Coldplay have revealed their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on 4 December.The band have previously hinted it could be their last, with Chris Martin describing it as “the completion of something”.The upbeat, summery first single,…
US teenagers average more than six and a half hours a day in front of screens, from televisions to tablets, with pre-teens lagging close behind, a report released Tuesday said.Authors of the study, which was conducted by the Common Sense…
UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off, the BBC has learned. The UK government suspended all flights to and from the Egyptian resort…
The Sector Commanders’ Forum on Friday demanded withdrawal of its press statement by Amnesty International issued on October 27 or to correct it with suitable logical words. The Sector Commanders’ Forum, an organisation of the Bangladesh Liberation War veterans and…
Engr Syeda Tanzia Abedin Can any organisation run smoothly without performance appraisals? No, it is practically impossible. To put it simply, performance appraisal is a process of evaluating an employee’s job performance relative to his or her performance standards and…
Meenakshi Ganguly Rangoon – On November 8, the Burmese people will choose over 1,100 representatives to the country’s national parliament and state and regional assemblies. It is a massive exercise with over 6,000 candidates from 93 registered political parties in…
Officials at the Dhaka airport have seized a large consignment of contraband gold from a flight that flew in from Malaysia.“We found 120 gold bars hidden under a seat of Regent Airways on Friday morning,” customs’ Joint Commissioner Sohel Rahman…
In preparation for a manned mission to Mars and returning the human spaceflight launches to the US soil, the space agency will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of future astronauts.NASA will accept applications from December 14 through…
Dean Elgar was the unlikely bowling hero for South Africa as the tourists skittled India for 201 on the opening day of the first Test in Mohali on Thursday.The part-time left-arm spinner, who had managed just six wickets in 17…
Allegations have been raised that women are being trafficked to war-torn Syria from Bangladesh as sex workers and domestic help.The women are reportedly being lured with the prospect of jobs in different countries in the Middle East and but once…
STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the use of national anthem as a ringtone or welcome tune by the mobile operators.
Dhaka – Five people, including an unidentified woman, were killed in separate accidents in the city’s Darus Salam, Pallabi, Khilkhet and Malibagh areas on Thursday.
STAFF REPORTER Accusing the government of not allowing the BNP to carryout its political activities, party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon yesterday claimed that extremism grows when there is no rule of law or democratic means for expression.
Staff Reporter The 7th Global Social Business Summit 2015 started in Berlin, Germany on 4th November to explore how social businesses can address each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unveiled in September by the United Nations.
STAFF REPORTER The High Court (HC) yesterday fixed November 9 for hearing on the rule issued by it earlier asking the government to explain why the BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir`s permanent bail should not b granted…
A minor boy died from electrocution at Shahbajkandi village in Matlab North upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Talha, 2, son of Shahabuddin Mridha, a resident of the village.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion detained a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Baluchar area in the Sylhet city on Wednesday afternoon.The arrested person was identified as Rezaul Karim Nasan, former social welfare secretary of Sylhet Metropolitan unit JCD.
A sexagenarian man was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shambhuganj Raghobpur on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Kutub…
A court in Barisal on Wednesday afternoon sentenced one accused to life imprisonment for drug peddling.The accused Syed Ziaul Hossain Rumman, son of Mozammel Hossain from Dengu Sardar Bari of South Alekanda in the city also fined Tk 10 thousand…
A garments factory official was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Zhinu Market area of Tongi upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, sewing in-charge of “Zaber and Zubayer Garments” in Pagar area of the upazila.
A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Halpara area of district town on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Anup Agarwal, 30, son of Shyam Sundor Agarwal, resident of the area.
Court Correspondent The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed November 12 for further hearing in Zia Orphanage Trust and Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.
A mobile court here sentenced three labourers to seven days’ imprisonment for lifting sand illegally from the Dhopajan river in sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The convicts were identified as Shafiq Miah, 30, son of Zohu Miah, Ekhlas Miah, son of…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Zafran Hasan, suspect in blogger Avijit Roy murder case on a fresh remand for five days for more interrogation about the murder.