Hundreds of depositors have filed two criminal cases in Patuakhali Sadar police station, alleging they have been duped of nearly TK 200 million by RDP Finance & Investments MCS Limited.This company has been approved by the Ministry of Cooperatives. Its…
Ted, the foul-mouthed and hard-drinking bear, returns to the silver screen in a sequel to the 2012 comedy hit about a man and his talking teddy.”Ted 2″ sees the bear, also known for his womanising, married to his girlfriend Tami-Lynn…
Chile bundled reigning champions Uruguay out of the Copa America with a 1-0 victory in a fast-paced quarter-final that ended in controversy and kept alive the host nation’s dream of a maiden title on Wednesday.Uruguay were reduced to nine men…
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, upholding nationwide tax subsidies crucial to his signature domestic policy achievement.Obama strode into the White House Rose Garden after the…
EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece. Summit chairman Donald Tusk said 40,000 would be relocated to other EU states over the next two…
Two siblings were killed and their parents injured in a landslide, caused by incessant rainfall for the last four days, at Banarupa Para in Bandarban municipality area early Friday. The deceased were identified as Alif, 12, son of Abdur Razzak…
Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; Renewable energy targets created in 20 more countries, new total: 164; Renewables account for over 59% of net additions to world’s power capacity; Policy-makers more attentive to green energy heating /…
Robert J. Burrowes In an article I wrote a year ago, the following words appeared: ‘If a child is crying and you comfort them, you will (presumably unintentionally) scare them out of feeling their sadness when, in fact, their crying…
Masum Billah Reading education materials is one of the important early aspects in the process of learning and being educated. We do reading usually in two ways such as oral or loud reading and silent reading. Knowing the difference between…
At least 3 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) hospitalised after they were beaten up by Bangladesh Chhatra league (BCL) cadres, student wing of rulling party AL on the JU campus on Thursday. Sources said, Indrojit Voumik Shawon, Md. Shajahan Badsha…
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested two suspected Islamic Militants, including the alleged commander of a newly formed Islamic ‘jihadi group,’ from Mohammadpur area in the city on Wednesday. Three foreign made pistols, 16 roubd bullets and…
BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Wednesday alleged that the government cannot get abducted BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak released from Myanmar due to its ‘knee-jerk’ foreign policy. “Nayek Razzak was taken away from our maritime territory. Seven…
Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan formally handed over the charge of the Army chief to Let Gen Abu Belal Mohammad Shafiul Huq. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped the Bangladesh Armed Forces would move forward upholding…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that basic human rights have got obliterated in Bangladesh with the disappearance of rule of law. In a statement, she said, “In the countries where authoritarian governing system has been introduced snatching people’s…