Pahela Baishakh of the Bengali New Year-1423, was celebrated amid huge enthusiasm at Rajshahi University (RU), Vorendra University (VU), and Rajshahi University Engineering and Technology (RUET) campuses separately. RU VC Professor Dr Muhemmed Mizanuddin inaugurated the celebration at RU Teacher,…
Dhaka – Thousands of people thronged the streets and different popular places in the capital and elsewhere across the country as the nation today celebrated its most colourful and traditional festival Pahela Boishakh to welcome the Bangla New Year 1423.…
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that democracy will be ‘restored’ in the country in this Bangla New Year 1423 bringing an end to killings, enforced disappearances and repressive acts, unb news agency reported. “I hope the…
There are one thousand and seven hundred teaching positions which are lying vacant in three hundred and thirty three government secondary schools across the country for a long time. The number of government secondary schools is insignificant but the number…
By International Crisis Group As the Awami League (AL) government’s political rivalry with the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) reaches new heights, so has its repression. At the same time, a deeply politicised, dysfunctional criminal justice system is undermining rather than…
By Justin Ling and Jordan Pearson A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal’s criminal underworld shows that Canada’s federal policing agency has had a global encryption key for BlackBerry devices since 2010. The revelations are contained in a stack of court…
S.Korean government refuses to confirm or deny details regarding possible launch JH Ahn Pyongyang has deployed one or two Musudan missile(s) (BM-25) near Wonsan, the eastern part of North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. Unnamed South Korean government…
Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year’s Day was celebrated at the Bangladesh University of Professionals on Thursday amid traditional fervour.
A 24-foot-long reticulated python was captured just days ago in Malaysia. Members of Malaysia’s Civil Defense Force can be seen holding a big reticulated python caught at a construction site about a week ago. The snake has since died. A…
When pint-size pigs grow bigger than promised, they wind up euthanized or in overburdened shelters. Can education, regulation, and more sanctuaries solve the problem? Daisy Mae, miniature Vietnamese pot-bellied pig lounges in her West St Paul, Minnesota home with her…
Movie theaters reaped record earnings around the world last year – $38.3 billion – fueled by China and young people’s spending on cinema tickets, industry data showed Tuesday. Global spending on big screen showings of films was up by 5.2…
Lifestyle Desk With temperatures at a record high, and expected to plateau or even climb over the next week, we’re pretty much in for a roast. Operating on the assumption that not everyone has the luxury of being holed up…
Cultural Correspondent Indian 63rd National Award winning film Shankhachil is all set to be released in both Bengals on April 14, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh). Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was in Dhaka for the…
Garage rockers The Black Keys have voiced regret over inducting Steve Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, calling the experimental bluesman thoroughly unpleasant. Miller, one of five acts honored by the Hall of Fame on Friday, jolted…
Culture Desk For the past decade, hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, has become an integral part of Pohela Boishakh celebrations. People from the urban regions, in particular, are accustomed to consuming a dish of panta-Ilish, a combination of leftover…
Gazipur – A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his father in the city’s Khailkur area on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Rajib Hossain, 30, son of Khalilur Rahman of the area.
Khulna – A court here has sentenced nine people to life imprisonment for killing a minor boy in Terokhada upazila in 2003.The convicts are Abdul Sobhan, Md Karim Sheikh, Golam Rasul, Saiful Sheikh, Abdus Sattar Sheikh, Md Jabbar Sheikh, Md…
Satkhira – Two minor cousins drowned in a pond of Jugipukuria village in Patkelghata upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Shobha Khatun, 2, daughter of Shariful, and Shuvo, one-and-half-year-old son of Saiful.
Brahmanbaria – A woman and her son were killed and three people injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shahbajpur on Dhaka-Sylhet highway of Sarail upazila on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Nasrin Akhter, librarian of Sahilpur…
Dhaka – Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, is being celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus, unb news agency reported. The festivities began at dawn…
Former White House advisor says next provocation may take place within two weeks JH Ahn U.S. intelligence satellites spotted possible signs of North Korea’s next Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch, CNN has reported. According to the report, two unnamed…
A day long final Boot-Camp for the competitors of Rajshahi region on “NASA Space Apps Challenge- 2016” held at dean’s complex of Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday. US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with Bangladesh Association of Software and…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited signed an agreement with Ria Money Transfer (Ria) to provide remittance payout services in Bangladesh at a function held recently at Islami Bank Tower.
The government has decided to reduce prices of fuel oil in the face of severe criticism as the prices in global market slumped. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said this at a press briefing held…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday rejected review petitions filed by eight people, including four former BNP ministers, for reconsidering its verdict that had scrapped the High Court verdict acquitting them of graft charges.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday alleged that the ruling party activists unleashed a reign of terror across the country ahead of the third and fourth phases of Union Parishad (UP) elections. “Country’s people have become tired and terrorised with the…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said the Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will get at least four helicopters as part of strengthening capacity building of the paramilitary force. The Home Minister made the discloser in a commanders’ conference…
Dhaka – Police arrested a youngman on the charge of trying to steal a minor boy from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday night. Sources at the DMCH said Saijuddin alias Shahajuddin, 32, was caught red handed while attempting…
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on charge framing in the Gatco graft case against 21 people including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, to July 14.