Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has said in London that Bangladesh urgently needs an acceptable election to overcome the political crisis that the country is facing due to the absence of people’s representation in the government, says a message received…
Eight persons died when a mini truck carrying around 20 people, a team of local kabaddi players, overturned and fell off a bridge near Suarapalli village on the Lahunipara-Baharaposi in Sundargarh district on Saturday. Nine people have sustained severe injuries.…
Russia has delivered the first batch of Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft (NATO reporting name Mitten) to Bangladesh. The plane allows training pilots in flying four-plus and fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russian media reports. The delivery process started on September 17.
Prakash Bhandar Europe is facing an unprecedented refugee situation as desperate families from war-torn Syria and political crises-ridden Hungary are making a beeline for various countries there, travelling long distances by train, road, rickety boats and even walking to reach…
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government, sidetracking the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has unilaterally reduced the customs fee to Tk 580 from Tk 1,000 for transit or transhipment of each tonne of Indian goods through Bangladesh. Addressing a…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the central bank will mobilise a $7-billion fund for the country’s infrastructure development to accelerate the GDP growth from 6 percent to 8 percent, aiming to fulfill the nation’s dream of…
Cox’s Bazaar : Coxsbazar is the longest sandy sea beach in the world enriched with the natural beauties. Innai and Himchari are the two attractive points for tourists where a number of accommodation units are located. Inani is kilometers away…
A case was filed against two schoolboys under the Pornography Control Act 2012 on Saturday as they allegedly spreading a doctored nude image of a class VIII girl of their school on the internet, causing the victim a severe mental…
The other day I was reading an online medical literature where I found an ethical quote from Padmashri Prof. Dr. P. V. A. Mohandas, founder of the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (M.I.O.T), Chennai, India which I would like…
A probe has been initiated into the police firing during a clash at Tangail’s Kalihati Upazila. Three people were killed in the incident on Friday. Police’s Dhaka Range chief said that the policemen who had allegedly opened fire would be…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent an Eid-ul-Azha greeting card to Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina. BNP Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Latif Jony led a delegation to deliver Khaleda’s card to Hasina’s political office in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi…
Cristiano Ronaldo, who has hit eight goals in two games playing more centrally for Real Madrid, aims to add to his tally against Granada on Saturday with coach Rafa Benitez saying his forwards are given flexibility to move freely. The…
Egotistical politicians, conflicted advertising executives, a prison full of devious women and the bloodthirsty nobles of warring kingdoms. Welcome to the Primetime Emmy Awards, the biggest honours in television, and a ceremony on Sunday that holds the promise of a…
After failing to agree on a plan to distribute 160,000 refugees across the EU — just a fraction of the numbers arriving this year — the bloc has called a summit for Wednesday to work on a united response. Donald…
Tannery owners, worried about preserving raw hides made available during Eid-ul-Azha sacrifice due to hot weather, also fear a sharp drop due to Indian restrictions on cow smuggling. Hides of animals sacrificed during Eid meet nearly half of Bangladesh’s annual…
Sydney, Sep 19: Australia captain Steve Smith feels that his team must curb its aggressive style and focus on grinding out results during their tour to Bangladesh next month. Smith will make his first tour after taking on the captaincy…
Russia’s State Nuclear Corporation-ROSATOM presently has foreign orders worth $ 300 billion for construction of 30 nuclear power units in 12 countries and discussions on construction of 10 more units are underway. Sergey Kirienko, CEO of Rosatom apprised the Russian…
German carmaker Volkswagen has been ordered by US regulators to recall half a million cars because of a device that disguises pollution levels. The “defeat device” allows cars to pass lab testing even though they actually emit 40 times the…
Syrian government war planes have launched one of the heaviest bombardments yet on the city of Palmyra, which is held by Islamic State (IS) militants, activists say. About 25 air strikes left at least 26 people dead, including 12 militants,…
Alleging that the government is trying to curb the opposition parties by using arms, BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Friday said it is impossible for such a government to establish democracy in the country. “The government has issued…
A Bangladeshi national was killed and four others sustained bullet injuries as members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them at bordering Paschim Ram Krishnapur village in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat distric on Friday. The deceased was…
The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Friday called on all states to assume the search of the disappeared as a priority, urging them to start by recognising the issue and determining its exact extent through…
A man and his daughter were found dead inside a septic tank at a house at Labanchora in Khulna city on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Elias, 75, and his daughter Parveen Akter, 25, a resident of the…
Jeffrey D. Sachs , Enrico Giovannini , Robert Chen and Shaida Badiee New York – There is growing recognition that the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will be adopted on September 25 at a special United Nations…
Gro Harlem Brundtland London – When Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote that “All that is solid melts into air,” they intended it as a metaphor for the disruptive transformations that the Industrial Revolution implied for established social norms. Today,…
Two people were killed and 50 others injured in reported police firing and baton charge on a demonstration in Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Faruque Hossain, 30, of Kushtia village in the upazila,…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to launch its second five-year Strategic Plan 2015-2019 on Saturday. The launching ceremony will be held at AKN Ahmed Auditorium of Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA) at Mirpur-2 at 10:30am. Governor of the central bank…
Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed and 12 others injured by mortar shells launched by Hauthi rebels of Yemen in Jizan, South Eastern province of Saudi Arabia (750 km away from Jeddah), on Friday morning. As per initial report gathered through…
Dhaka: Former Australia batsman Stuart Law warned Thursday that rookie skipper Steve Smith and his new charges would have a real fight on their hands from fast-improving Bangladesh in their upcoming two-Test series.(‘Bangladesh Have a Golden Opportunity to Beat Australia’)…