Actor Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, hospitalised following complaints of chest pain, is out of danger.Known simply as Riaz in the Bangladesh film industry, he was rushed to Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka on Monday evening after he complained of acute chest…
Bangladesh is trying to send workers to Australia, Thailand and Canada, apart from Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, says the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister.“We are discussing the matter (with those countries) right now,” Nurul Islam BSc told reporters on…
The export of internet bandwidth to India has been delayed because cable connection was not set up across the border, State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim says.Bangladesh would start selling bandwidth in November, she said on Tuesday.She was…
An ancient zircon crystal unearthed in Western Australia may hold evidence that life appeared on the planet 4.1 billion years ago, or about 300 million years earlier than previously thought, according to a team of US researchers.Scientists from Stanford University…
Bangladesh national cricketer Litton Kumer Das has faced religious hatred after posting a photo of goddess Durga on the occasion of Puja on a social networking site.He posted the photo wishing happiness to all and seeking everyone’s blessing on his…
By Rachel Browne and Hilary Beaumont Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau has been elected Canada’s 23rd prime minister, beating out Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who reigned for nearly a decade. The son of the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau — a…
Bonn (Indrajit Bose) – Japan has objected to observers’ presence in spin-off groups that will negotiate the Paris climate agreement, even as 134 countries in the Group of 77 and China (G77 and China) stressed that negotiations must remain transparent…
A court here will record the depositions of 15 witnesses again on Wednesday in the teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case.
The re-registration of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) through biometric verification system begins on Wednesday on an experimental basis, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Tuesday.
Dhaka – Japan has decided to temporarily withdraw some 35-40 volunteers, mostly working in rural areas, as they want to take more time to get back to work, said a diplomatic source on Tuesday.
Observing that Bangladesh’s economy is stable but not ‘certain’, the World Bank on Tuesday forecast the country will post a 6.5 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal year.
Former city mayor and BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday termed the court sentence as “lopsided” and hoped that he would get justice from the higher court.
Dhaka-JMB militant Tarequl Islam Mithu, arrested over the killing of Khijir Khan, has revealed that he along with his other associates slaughtered the former PDB chairman following conflict over religious ideology, said a DB officer.
A minor boy drowned in a pond at Gandagohali village in Puthia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdullah,5, son of Abul Kalam of the village.
A woman and her daughter were burnt to death and two others injured as miscreants set their house afire at Faraspur village in Kaliganj upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Taslima,45, wife of Chan Miah of the village, and…
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Haripur in Jaintapur upazila on Monday night.Locals said a young man of Hemu Haudpara village went to Haripur Bazar to purchase shoe, and locked into…
Police recovered two bombs from a hotel of West Malsahdah village under Gangni upazila here yesterday.Sources concerned said, acting on a tip off, a team of the police raided the hotel and recovered the bombs.
State Minister for Social Welfare Advocate Promod Mankin distributed cattle among 45 ultra poor ethnic people of Haluaghat upazila of the district on Monday..Caritas, an international NGO, Mymensingh Regional office organised the distribution ceremony under the Arshebad project for making…
Right to food and food security must be ensured as a prerequisite for ensuring human rights for every citizen everywhere around the globe.NGO executives expressed the opinion at a views-sharing meeting organised by district unit of Right to Food Bangladesh…
World Statistics Day-2015 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country and the globe yesterday with a call to formulate social and economic plans for a sustainable development of the nation.This year’s theme of the day is ‘Better…
There is no alternative to launching an effective social movement, involving everybody, against corruption for further accelerating development in building a corruption-free developed Bangladesh.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district Awami League Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed said this while addressing…
Collective efforts of all government and non-government agencies concerned including the community people has become an urgent need for attaining hundred percent sanitation coverage for the sake of freeing people from various air and water borne diseases.To this end, time…
Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) chief Kader Siddique has moved the High Court seeking to overturn the Election Commission’s decision scrapping his nomination for the Tangail-4 by-polls.His counsel AJ Mohammad Ali told bdnews24.com a bench would hear the plea on…
Petitions by war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid for a review of their death sentences will be heard at the Appellate Division on Nov 2.The Supreme Court’s Chamber Judge Syed Mahmud Hossain gave the order…
Actor Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique has been admitted to Apollo Hospital with severe chest pain during a shoot.Known only as Riaz in Bangladesh’s film industry, he was rushed to the hospital in Dhaka at around 9:15pm on Monday, the hospital’s…
The United States and other rich nations are doing less than their fair share to fight climate change under a UN accord due in December while China is outperforming, a report by 18 civil society groups said on Monday.Overall, governments’…
Bonn – (Meena Raman) – It was a dramatic and rocky start to the climate talks in Bonn, Germany, which began on 19 October, under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) of the…
Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed Dhaka – ‘Good governance” is a term that has become a part of the lingo of a bulky range of institutions, development or else, and other actors within the cupolas of local, national, regional and international…
Dhaka – Direct train service from Jessore to Benapole, has been introduced on Tuesday to provide a shortcut journey to the travelers to and from Bangladesh and India by land route. The railway authorities decided to introduce the service following…