The European Union announces the release of EUR 10.5 million to the primary education sector of Bangladesh through its Sector Budget Support operation. This is the Third Tranche payment of the EUR 51 million EU’s contribution to the Primary Education…
A citizens’ platform to protect oil, gas and mineral resources has demanded that a joint project to set up a coal-run power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans be dropped during India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Anu Muhammad, member…
Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer admits that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American says he also helped to arrange…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to unveil nearly a Tk 3 lakh crore budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 on Thursday likely eying a 7.1 percent GDP growth, down from 7.3 percent in the outgoing fiscal year. Like the…
A passenger bus has overturned while racing another on a traffic-free street in the heart of capital Dhaka, killing a man and injuring several others. The accident occured at Karwan Bazar at around 6:30pm on Wednesday, a public holiday after…
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said the collapse of country’s economy could not be hidden through the speeches of government ministers. “Where is the country’s economy? Thousands of people are now floating on the sea.…
Two children were killed and two others were injured by a lightning strike in Ishwardi upazila on Tuesday evening.
Two elderly men were killed as a truck crashed into them in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, 50, son of late Motaleb Hossain and Mohidul Mustafa, 52, son of Dr Hossain Ali, both hailing…
Two people, including a child, were killed as a truck knocked down them in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
A young man was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack by some miscreants over a trifling matter at Khalder Road in the district town on the night of holy Shab-e-Barat (early Wednesday).
A child was shot to death by some extortionists at Mohammadpur under Panchlaish Police Station in the city on Tuesday night.
Police in a drive arrested a listed human trafficker from his house at West Choufaldandi in sadar upazila early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Ekram Mia, a union parishad member of Choufaldandi union.
An elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a speeding train on the Gaibandha-Lalmonirhat rail route at Panchjumma village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Father and daughter were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Narail-Jessore road in Rupganj Bazar area of the district today.
Divisional Hill Management Committee (DHMC) yesterday issued warnings to the residents of 11 risky hills including Moti Jhorna and Lalkhan Bazar hill areas about possible landslides in Chittagong hill areas.
A foundation named after renowned journalist Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia was launched at a simple ceremony at the Ittefaq Bhaban in the presence of eminent politicians, writers, university teachers, editors of newspapers and journalists. Organisers said its objective should be…
Danielle Nierenberg This Friday, June 5, is World Environment Day (WED) which celebrates positive environmental action and calls on each of us to create change. The theme of WED—“Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care”—reminds us that we only…
Dr. Sinha M. A. Sayeed Anybody interested in knowing and understanding India and its overall policies towards Bangladesh, first of all, instantly appears before him/her is to look at the seven sisters in the north eastern zone and then ask…
Seven people sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila early Wednesday. The victims were identified as Ranjit, Suman Chandra Saha, Anjan Dev, Lovely Akhter, Johirul Islam, Khokan Chakma…
Law Minister Anisul Huq told Parliament on Monday that the Election Commission will consider the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) after making those fully flawless. Replying to a scripted question from M Abdul Latif MP (Chittagong-11), the minister, who…
Sepp Blatter’s resignation as Fifa president just days after his re-election to the most powerful job in world football is a seismic moment. The 79-year-old has wielded power for 17 years but will leave with Fifa mired in a corruption…
It was the moment the world thought would never come — Sepp Blatter has announced he is resigning as FIFA president. The most powerful man in soccer said on Tuesday afternoon he would step down from the post he has…
Detectives arrested four suspected members of a carjacking gang and recovered six stolen private cars and one motorcycle from their possessions.
Recently banned Islamic outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ issued a death threat against seven dignitaries including former University Grand Commission (UGC) chairman Prof AK Azad, Prof Azad Chowdhury registered a General Diary (GD) with Dhanmondi Police station on Wednesday, said Sub-inspector…
The SAMS Kibria murder case was transferred to Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal from the Habiganj Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday for its quick disposal. Judge of Habiganj Chief Judicial Magistrate court Nishat Sultana passed the order to transfer the…
Terming the human trafficking as a heinous criminal activities, Dr. Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the Prime Minister, on Wednesday said Bangladesh has been working on it ‘sternly and rapidly’ to control it. Dr. Gowher Rizvi came up with…
Russian Federation and Tunisia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in peaceful use of the nuclear energy. The MoU lays the legal foundation for cooperation between the two countries in the areas like development of nuclear energy infrastructure,…
Parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion expressing gratitude to Indian people and Narendra Modi’s government for the recent ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement by Indian Parliament due to farsighted diplomatic success of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chief…
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president ASM Abdur Rsb said on Monday that the people did fight the War of Liberation not to remain deprieved of the dmocratic rights of freedom of speech and expression Addressing a citizens’ rally organised by the…
Five people are dead and hundreds are missing after a ship carrying more than 450 people capsized on the Yangtze River in China’s Hubei province. The ship is submerged upside down in a wide stretch of the river – state…