STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday summoned the food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam and liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear in person before it on March 15 at 9.00am to explain their positions…
Around 10,000 members of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) will be on duty across the capital to ensure smooth activities of the city dwellers during Jamaat’s sponsored countrywide dawn-t-dusk hartal on Wednesday.
The BNP on Tuesday strongly criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement that the party has elected two accused in its two topmost positions.
Dismissing any apprehension of any big incident on the upcoming countrywide Union Parishad (UP) elections’ day, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday said the election will be held peacefully without any big incident.
The Independence Day Volleyball Tournament begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Volleyball Stadium in the city with the participation of 11 associations across the country.The five-day meet to be participated by Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy,Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh, Bangladesh…
Five-time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova said Monday she failed a dope test at the Australian Open, and isn’t sure what punishment she’ll face for her “huge mistake.”The former world number one from Russia said a change in the…
Defending champions Sri Lanka announced Lasith Malinga was stepping down as captain of their World T20 side Tuesday and Angelo Mathews would instead skipper the team in the tournament in India.”Angelo Mathews is going to be captain and (Dinesh) Chandimal…
Bangladesh national cricket team will take on Netherlands in their first group A match of the qualifying round of ICC World Cup T20 scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, India.The match…
International Women’s Day was observed here today in a befitting manner.In observance of the day a discussion meeting was held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner. Narsingdi District Administration and Department of Women Affairs office jointly organised the discussion.Deputy…
Members of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested three members of an organised gang of auto-rickshaw lifters from city’s Baizid area on Monday night.The arrested were identified as Rubel alias Farhan, 26, Kamrul Hasan, 25 and Iqbal, 20.A team of Baizid…
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) and Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) rescued 12 sailors of a lighter ship ‘Khan Sons-1’ that sank in the bay at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on Monday night.Of the rescued, four were rescued around 11pm…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for the equal development of the country’s womenfolk as there is no scope to leave them behind in the name of religion.”There’s no scope to push one behind or keep ignorant…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear before it on March 15 for their reactions to remarks of Chief Justice…
South Korean and US troops began large-scale military exercises on Monday in an annual test of their defences against North Korea, which called the drills “nuclear war moves” and threatened to respond with an all-out offensive.South Korea said the exercises…
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday (March 9) protesting the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death penalty of Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali convicted for war crimes. The verdict in the appeal case of…
Dhaka and New Delhi will sign the final agreement on a $2 billion (about Tk 160 billion) credit from India on Wednesday.The signing of the Line of Credit (LOC) deal will take place at the NEC Auditorium in Dhaka at…
Hulk Hogan is asking a Florida jury to slam the website Gawker for publishing a secretly recorded sex tape of the former professional wrestler as an unusual trial weighing a celebrity’s privacy rights gets underway on Monday.Hogan, who is also…
North Korea has threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea as the two begin their largest ever military drills.
Bangladesh Bank released a statement on Monday to the media on Monday, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit is working with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the Philippines to recover the rest of the funds. But the central bank did…
By John Everard On Monday the US and South Korea kicked off their annual joint military exercises. And North Korea is not happy about it. The exercises, which have taken place for two decades, have always been characterized by the…
Dhaka -The government has decided to decorate 14 distinguished personalities and Bangladesh Navy with this year’s Independence Award-2016 in recognition to their glorious and credible contributions in the national level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the awards to…
Dhaka – The cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft law to regulate the planned “bus rapid transit”, to reduce traffic jam in the capital and its outskirts. “The proposed law will regulate the BRT system designed to reduce…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the election of two accused in cases of murder and arson as the chairperson and senior vice chairperson of BNP, terming the election as a drama in the name of democracy. “One…
The BNP on Monday alleged that the government is obstructing party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman to return home by implicating “false cases” one after another. “Tarique Rahman is now in exile. A number of false cases were filed against…
Khalid Mahmood Mithu, an artist and filmmaker, died as a tree fell on him while passing through a road in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Monday.