The government is dishonouring verdicts delivered by courts, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said. She has alleged that her party leaders and activists are being arrested even after their securing bail from the High Court. In a statement issued Friday,…
Different political parties and organisations have started staging demonstration and issuing statements against the increase of gas and electricity prices and called for withdrawing the same. The Bnp, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, the Islami Oikya Jote, Nezame Islam Party, Gono…
The UN has said “much more is required” to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a “collective political response” to avert “a crisis of solidarity”.…
Hungarian police say they have arrested four people over the discovery of the bodies of 71 migrants, thought to be Syrian, in a lorry in Austria.
West Brom boss Tony Pulis says Saido Berahino is not a “lump of meat” and needs protecting during the summer.
Toyota says it will gradually restart work at its Tianjin plants two weeks after deadly chemical explosions in the Chinese port city.
For the first time over a billion people used Facebook on a single day, according to company founder Mark Zuckerberg.
New Delhi/Dhaka: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) through the SPRINT Initiative is providing humanitarian assistance to the flood affected people of Bangladesh with a focus on maternal and child health services. Bangladesh has been witnessing heavy floods since the…
Eight Bangladesh nationals, including two children, were among those died after two boats carrying about 500 migrants sank off Libya, said an official on Friday night. “The death toll is so far eight,” Counsellor (labour), Bangladesh Embassy to Libya, now…
Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed will be laid to rest beside his parents graves at Cheora village in Chauddagram upazila, Comilla on Saturday. “Four more janazas of Kazi Zafar Ahmed will held in Camilla…
“On this international day, I urge all Member States to ratify or accede to the Convention without delay, and I call on the States parties to the Convention to implement it. It is time for an end to all enforced…
At least 30 people were injured, 15 of them with bullets, as they locked in clash with robbers during a robbery incident in a bus at Burni in Companiganj upazila on Thursday midnight.
A local Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death by some miscreants at Siladi in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
Police recovered the body of a woman, who had remained missing from Thursday night, from a pond at Borai village in Kaliganj upazila on Friday morning.
A Dhaka court on Friday placed two members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ on a 5-day remand each in connection with the murder of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy. Those remanded are Kawsar Hossain Khan and Kamal Hossain Sardar.
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society staff and volunteers are supplying water to families whose meagre resources have been exhausted by repeated disasters.
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held on Friday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. Engineer Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting, said a press release.…
Two global bodies have signed an agreement this week to strengthen the cooperation between the two organisations in minimising the illegal killing of and related illegal trade in elephants and other CITES-listed flagship species in various regions.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday called upon her arch rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to work together for a sustainable democratic system in the country as they did it in the past. In a statement, the BNP chief said,…
Blogger and Ganajagaran Manch activist Shammi Haque has filed a general diary (GD) with a police station in the capital, seeking security.
Two lovers have allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with a single scarf from a tree at Bhumurdia village in Sadar upazila.
Indian and Pakistani border guards traded gunfire in the divided region of Kashmir, leaving nine civilians dead and another 63 wounded, authorities said Friday. Both sides blamed each other for “unprovoked firing and shelling” on villages near disputed border in…
Usain Bolt was knocked down by a cameraman in Beijing on Thursday night, shortly after winning a race.
A local Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death by some miscreants at Siladi in Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Sabuj Hossain, general secretary of no 1 Siladi union unit Jubo Dal and son of…
The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi on Friday morning. BNP central committee member Hasan Uddin Sarkar, general secretary of JP’s Gazipur city unit…
Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say. The first boat, which signalled for help early on Thursday, had nearly 50 people on…
It is not understandable why President Obama himself being a highly climate conscious personality has given green signal to Shell to drill two oil exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean this summer! Arctic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere remains covered…
The first convocation of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka is scheduled to be held on November 16, 2015. A number of sub-committees have been formed comprising of teachers, officers and staff of the university. Every member of the SAU family…
By Wambi Michael KAMPALA, Aug 22 2015 (IPS) – Climate change is reducing the size of several species of fish on lakes in Uganda and its neighbouring East African countries, with a negative impact on the livelihoods of millions people…
By Rachel Browne A group of Yazidi spiritual and political leaders, activists, and aid workers are demanding an inquiry into the work of a Montreal man who claims to have rescued 128 Yazidi and Christian women and children enslaved by…