Dhaka – The Asia Foundation Bangladesh organized a book donation event on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at Panchagarh Government Auditorium, Panchagarh, to donate approximately 4040 books worth 22 lakh taka to 20 local schools, including 8 girls’ schools to promote…
By Siv O’Neall Yanis Varoufakis says about Europe: “A clueless political personnel, in denial of the systemic nature of the crisis, is pursuing policies akin to carpet-bombing the economy of proud European nations in order to save them.” (‘Yanis Varoufakis…
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the law is not equal for all in Bangladesh at the moment, as the trials of the courts can’t be held independently due to the government’s influence. “The law is not equal for all now.…
Amateur farmer Borhan Uddin (45) has courageously gone for cultivation dragon fruit in Kaligonj upazila of Jhenidah and made it monstrously popular among farmers and consumers level for its high commercial and nutritional values. Borhan Uddin services as a marketing…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed five youths on remand for gang-raping a college in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday noon. Magistrate Molla Saiful Islam of the CMM Court put accused Saiful Islam Babu,…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 other leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance to November 22 in the case filed over explosion in the secretariat.…
The BNP on Wednesday claimed that the national unity cannot be established by undermining the contribution of late President Ziaur Rahman. “We welcome the recent statements of Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam to unite the nation. Our party…
Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a partially flooded bridge, killing at least 24 people, officials say. The trains were passing each other near the town of Harda, and some coaches…
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has suggested the government recruit judges to vacant posts soon in order to reduce the backlog of cases piled up in courts across the country. The committee came…
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday placed 10 leaders of different local units of BNP on one day remand in a case for subversive activities during the hartal-blockade programmes enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance after January 5.
Yet another college girl was gang-raped by miscreants in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday noon. Sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station Abdullah Biswas said the 20-year-old girl along with her boyfriend came to the house of one of the acquaintances…
Sudhurendar Sharma Whether or not you smell them, their presence remains ubiquitous.Think and you will find them, not one but many – here, there and everywhere. Having followed humans to just about every corner of the globe, these creatures have…
The BNP yesterday sought intervention of United Nations to stop killing, enforced disappearance and kidnapping in Bangladesh. “BNP is concerned with the dignity of the country as the scenario of deterioration of different international indicators are being unveiled one after…
Two Turkish soldiers have been killed and 31 wounded in a suicide attack by Kurdish PKK militants, the Turkish military says. A tractor laden with explosives was driven at a military police station, a statement said. The attack happened early…
A meeting of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at the Islami Bank Tower here on Sunday. Mufti Sayeed Ahmad, Vice-Chairman of the Committee and Mufti of Al Jamiatus Siddikiah Darul Ulum (Madrasah-e-Furfura Sharif), presided…
Rapid Action Battalion (rab) arrested a youth from FDC gate area of Tejgaon in the city on Monday in connection with giving threat to DNCC mayor Annisul Huq. The arrested person was identified as SA Nahid Happy.
Even the most hardened critic of Barack Obama’s US presidency couldn’t help but be caught up in the passion of his visit to East Africa last month. Nairobi was on full alert for the visit, having spent millions of dollars…
Sydney – Bangladesh will host Australia for two tests in October in the first series between the two countries in nine years, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Sunday. The tourists will play a three-day warm up match in Fatullah…
From New York Office The ruling party of Bangladesh Awami League Activists in United States of America from Bangladesh, are getting asylum by using opposition party documents. They are using fake identities as members of Banglades’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist…
A total of 368 women were subjected to different sexual harassments , 83 of them were raped , 15 were gang raped and 9 were raped and killed and 19 came under attempted rape across the country in July. This…
Eminent urban planner Prof Nazrul Islam has stressed the need for undertaking climate-sensitive plans for the country’s cities to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change in the coming days. “When you (urban planners) will be involved in planning…
A Dhaka court on Monday again deferred the hearing on framing charge against 23 leaders and activists including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to September 3 in a case filed for vandalism and arson.
Dhaka district unit of BNP and its front organisations on Monday announced five-day demonstration programme demanding the release of district general secretary and central joint secretary general Amanullah Aman. Party district president Abdul Mannan announced the programme at a press…
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested nine members of two syndicates of leaking questions in separate incident from Jessore and Dhaka city on Sunday. Sources at the DB headquarters here said six members of a syndicate– Sumon…
People in Africa and Asia are more likely to consider global warming a personal threat if they notice changes in the local temperature, according to an analysis based on a survey of 195,000 people from 119 countries. Subsistence farmers in…
After bagging the titular role in AR Murugadoss’ ‘Akira’, Sonakshi Sinha is all set to play Haseena Parkar, sister of Dawood Ibrahim, in a biopic directed by Apoorva Lakhia. A TOI report suggests that the ‘Dabangg’ girl has been roped…
A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others till August 10. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 fixed the new…
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan has alleged that unjust incidents, including assaults on women, have marked a sharp rise in the country for the absence of an elected government in power. Addressing a discussion, he also regretted that the…
Heavy monsoon rains in India have killed more than 100 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in relief camps, India’s home ministry has said. A cyclone struck the state of West…
Dozens of bra-wearing men and women have protested in Hong Kong after a woman was jailed for assaulting a senior policeman with her breast. Ng Lai-ying, 30, had accused Chief Inspector Chan Ka-po of touching her breast during a protest…