Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that the government is monitoring the talk shows in different television channels to detect who are instigating destructive activities in the country. “We’re monitoring the TV talk shows; the government will…
Law enforcers on Wednesday night blocked the supply of food and bottled water to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office meant for her office staff and security personnel. As a van carrying packets of cooked food and bottled water reached in…
Six people, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed into a human hauler at Kashinathpur on the Pabna-Nagarbari highway in Sujanagar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Runa,20,…
Blasting BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for enforcing hartal and blockade by holding the country’s people to hostage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today branded the BNP chief as a “killer”,not a political leader. “Khaleda Zia is not a leader of…
British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson yesterday called upon all political parties in Bangladesh to fully consider the effects of their actions and refrain from causing further damage to the country’s national interest. He made the call in a statement…
A minor boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Kazipara village in Shailkupa upazila on Tuesday.
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in possession of six crude bombs from Ghoshpara in the city on Tuesday night.
A court here on Wednesday sentenced five members of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed for killing a public prosecutor eight years ago.
Two policemen were injured and a picket sustained bullet wounds in a clash between the law enforcers and blockaders in Gauripur upazila on early Wednesday.
Boro farming is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm.
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Tuesday launched road carpeting works at a ceremony in Bahar Kachhna area of the city.
Police arrested an alleged terrorist in possession of a foreign-made pistol, four rounds of bullet and some sharp weapons from his house at Dakkhin Chakjadu village in Dhamoirhat upazila on Wednesday morning.
Police recovered five Molotov cocktails from Western Para Reserve Pukur Par area in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
Police arrested five local activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from a procession in the district town on Tuesday.
An arrested murder accused died in front of the gate of the Noakhali district jail on Tuesday afternoon.
Speakers, including Shishu Forum leaders, at a press conference have demanded more allocation in education, health and welfare sectors in the national budget for the children ensuring their overall development.
Leaders of Mohila Awami League (MAL) at a human chain and protest rally strongly protested the blockade, hartal, violence, killings and destructions of the BNP-led 20-party alliance in the name of political movement.
Farmers switch to cereals from paddy in Barind .In the wake of adverse impact of climate change, farmers have started switching to cereals from paddy with new technology and seed in the vast barind tract.
Australia is to compete at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
The US has confirmed the death of aid worker Kayla Mueller, the last American hostage known to be held by Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.
Britain’s urban areas are home to more types of wild bee than farmland, a study has found.
Scotland thrashed Ireland by 179 runs in their penultimate World Cup warm-up match in Sydney.
Egypt and Russia have agreed to jointly set up Egypt’s first ever nuclear power plant in the Dabaa in the North-West part of the country. This was disclosed at a press conference held in Cairo yesterday (February 10, 2015) soon…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) seems to be seeking UN mediation to facilitate dialogue for ending the political impasse. BNP leader and the country’s former planning minister Moeen Khan told ‘Times of India’ in an email interview that the UN…
An anti-corruption party has won a stunning victory in the Delhi state elections in a huge setback for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP admitted defeat after Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 67 of the 70 assembly…
British diplomatic staff in Yemen have been withdrawn and the embassy closed due the security situation in the country, the Foreign Office has said. Embassy staff and its premises are at “increased risk” and all Britons who remain in Yemen…
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were killed and another person was injured in Indian Border Security Force (BSF) firing at the Moheshpur border in Jhenidah district early Wednesday morning. The shooting took place at the Lebutala border under Jabadpur Union of…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said no talk is possible with those who are involved in militancy, and termed the call by various quarters, including the civil society, for holding a dialogue as unrealistic. He made the remarks while…
Robert J. Burrowes The usual definition of a ‘terrorist’ is simple: a person who uses violence in the pursuit of a political objective. By this definition, the two major categories of terrorist are those political leaders who perpetrate state terror…
The government on Tuesday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia over sending Bangladeshi workers to the Gulf country under 12 categories. The deal was singed 10 days after the Saudi government reopened its manpower market for Bangladeshi jobseekers lifting a…