RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, began distribution of clothes among 5,261 people of 1,398 extremely poor families of different villages under 10 unions in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari from Monday.The NGO will complete distribution of the clothes, including ‘genii’, T-shirts,…
Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified youth from a garden in Banglabazar area of Kathalbari union under Shibchar upazila of the district this morning.
A mobile court has slapped LabAid Hospital in Dhaka with a Tk 10 lakh fine for keeping “low-quality”, unauthorised medicines. The drugs were found during a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) police unit on the hospital in Dhanmondi…
The European Commission has decided to support resilience building at community level in Bangladesh, through the Global Climate Change Alliance+ Flagship Initiative (GCCA+). Starting early 2016, a new four-year project will be implemented by the Ministry of Local Government, Rural…
By: Tetet Nera-Lauron Paris – Three days into the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), negotiations are nearing fever pitch as the December 4 deadline for a revised draft text of…
Aachen/Berlin/Bonn/New York – For the last few decades, increasing globalization of the world economy and waves of deregulation and privatization have facilitated the emergence and increased the power of private actors, particularly of large transnational corporations. However, it is not…
A new book discusses how agroecology can nourish the world and transform the currently unsustainable agro-food system. The focus is on small-scale farmers who, all over the world, are prone to food insecurity, but who nevertheless feed more than 80%…
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – Millions of dollars given by major pharmaceutical companies to the World Health Organization (WHO) raise questions of compliance with the organization’s guidelines on interactions with commercial enterprises. Currently, WHO’s relations with commercial enterprises are guided…
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who started her career as a costume designer, says that she is open to explore fashion designing as a profession in the future.“Not now, but in the future. Never say never. I have studied fashion designing so…
President Barack Obama urged Muslims Sunday to confront the “extremist ideology” in its midst and ally with the West in combating the Islamic State group.”We cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between…
Dhaka, – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the government will soon take a decision over lifting the ban on the social networking site facebook. The minister said this while talking to reporters after a meeting with a two-member…
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday termed Pakistan’s denial mood on genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation as ‘laughable’, and mentioned that they are assessing the relations with Pakistan and thinking…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said action will be taken against those Ulema who are instigating militancy through their speeches in different places in waz mahfils (gatherings of religious sermon). “We’ve information that militancy is being…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opens its 302nd Branch at Pirganj of Rangpur. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank inaugurated the Branch on December 6, 2015 Sunday as chief guest.
A news item ‘nineteen people have been in disguise for two years’ has awakened us. In a press conference, parents and other family members spoke after having them back. All claimed that those in the corridors of power are involved…
Two new departments have been opened in the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). The two departments are Electric and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPE). On Sunday a university press release said this.
Manama, Bahrain: Middle East Global Advisors, the conveners of the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC), launched a comprehensive outlook report on the final day of WIBC 2015. Dr. Sayd Farook, Vice Chairman and CEO of Middle East Global Advisors, presented…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said self-confidence will take the nation forward though Bangladesh has resource constraints.
The High Court will deliver its order on December 9 on a petition filed seeking further investigation into the sensational seven-murder incident of Narayanganj.
Questioning the Election Commission’s (EC’s) neutrality, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday doubted whether the municipal polls will be held free on December 30.
Condemned convict Oishee Rahman on Sunday filed an appeal with the High Court against the tribunal verdict that sentenced her to death for killing her parents–police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman–in 2013.
RU Correspondent Two new departments have been launched in the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). The two departments are Electric and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPE).On Sunday a university press released said this.
Dhaka-Around 100 female members have been recruited for Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for the first time and they will start training from January next year.
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local people ‘centering seizure of smuggled goods’ in Kashipur border area of Sharsha upazila on Saturday night.The injured were identified as Abdul Mannan,…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Sunday) placed three suspects, including two spiritual leaders of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on a five-day remand each in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
STAFF REPORTER Former dictator also Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad yesterday raised question ‘where is democracy?’
Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in the district on Sunday demanding that the government impose a ban on plying of human haulers on the highways.Apel Mahmud, general secretary of Panchagarh Transport Owners Association, said they have…
A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing a friend of him to death at Haripur in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Sujan Ali,17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son…
A total of 459 answer sheets of recently concluded Primary School Certificate (PSC) examinations were burnt in a mysterious fire in sadar upazila complex on Saturday morning.The incident came to light on Sunday morning.