Journalists from Least Developed Countries have formed an 11-member “LDC Journalists Forum” with Rafiqul Islam Azad of Bangladesh as its president and Baboucarr Camara of Gambia and Ben Jounior Kambire of Mali as its general secretaries for two years term.
TVEL, a fuel division of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A, a subsidiary of GE Hitachi) signed an agreement to work together toward the licensing, marketing and fabrication of fuel for U.S. customers operating Pressurized Water Reactors…
Dhaka-In light of the growing prevalence of natural disasters and increased vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, the European Union Delegation to Nepal hosted a regional conference on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation on Kathmandu, on May…
Dhaka-Out of 48 Least Developed Countries, a total of 10 countries including Nepal and Bhutan have fulfilled the entire three criterion for graduation in the last five years while Bangladesh is closed to be graduated.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed a couple of Mohammadpur in the capital on a day’s remand in a case filed for alleged murder and rape of their 12-year-old domestic help.
Dhaka-Darussalam Police Station in the capital on Sunday submitted two charge sheets of two cases to the court, against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 50 other leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20 party alliance in two arson attack…
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday warned that there will be no time extension for registration of SIMs and RUIMs after May 31. “SIMs and RUIMs which remain unregistered after May 31 will be deactivated and…
Trashing Israeli politician Mendi N Safadi’s claim that they had a meeting in Washington, Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said they met nowhere. In a Facebook post, Joy wrote: “I have never met Safadi, either in Washington or…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday renewed her allegation that the BNP-Jamaat clique is engaged in secret killings in a bid to destabilise the country and destroy the national economy. “Earlier, they were engaged in killings in public and broad…
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said people do not trust Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s remark that he never met Israel’s Likud Party leader Mendi N Safadi. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s…
Awami League bagged 388 chairman posts, while its arch rival BNP only got 66 in the 5th phase of Union Parishad elections held on Saturday. Besides, 170 independent candidates won chairman posts, in what was the best showing by them…
The government will take necessary steps for amending the Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) only after receiving the full Supreme Court verdict, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday. “There’ll be no step for the amendment…
BNP, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural organisations will observe the 35th death anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman on Monday with holding various programmes across the country. On May 30, 1981, Zia was assassinated by army at Chittagong Circuit…
Businesses across the country will stage a one-hour human chain programme on Monday demanding retention of ‘Package VAT’ in the new VAT (value added tax) law which is scheduled to come into effect on July 1 next. Dhaka, UNB News…
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been hospitalised as she fell ill. She was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka on Saturday night with hypertension, said a closed aide to the Speaker. “She’s now fine,” he said wishing…
Dhaka – Already one of the greatest players in the history of football, it turns out Zinedine Zidane makes the right moves on the touchline, too.Less than five months after taking over a squad in disarray under Rafa Benitez, Zidane…
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo did it again for Real Madrid, stepping forward to score a penalty and inflict another devastating loss in a Champions League final on rival Atletico Madrid.For the second time in three finals, the biggest game in…
Beanibazar – Three people, including an actress, were injured in a crude bomb explosion while shooting at Mollarpur in Beanibazar upazila here on Saturday night. Film director Iftekhar Chowdhury said the incident took place around 11:30 pm when a crude…
Feni – Police recovered 210 crude bombs from a house at Ramchandrapur village in Sonagazi upazila early Sunday.Tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid on an under-construction building of Manik Sawdagor in the area around 12:30am, said officer-in-charge…
Habigan – Two people were killed and five others injured as a stone-laden truck crashed into a microbus on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Model Bazar area of Nabiganj upazila on Sunday.The deceased could not be identified immediately,UNB News Agency Reported.
Gazipu -A truck helper was killed as a truck hit his vehicle in Naoroz area of the city early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, 22, hailing from Dinajpur district,UNB News Agency Reported.
Jhenidah -Muggers snatched cash Tk10.08 lakh and a cheque for Tk four lakh shooting a man in front of Pubali Bank Payra Chattar branch in the district town on Sunday morning.Afzal Hasan Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said a…
Bagerha -In the wake of escalating crackdowns by the law enforcement agencies, infamous forest robber gang “Master Bahini” based in the Sundarbans formally surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early Sunday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Rejecting Israeli politician Mendi N Safadi’s claim that they had a meeting in Washington, Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said they met nowhere. In a Facebook post, Joy has written: “I have never met Safadi, either…
The year is 2020. A group of warehouse workers are locking up for the weekend. As the lights go off, a swarm of buzzing drones fly into the darkness. Over the coming days, they will zoom up and down the…
Sylhet Correspondent A 5day training programme on Rural journalists on Democracy and Human Rights issues for local journalists who want to build their career in journalism began in the city on Saturday. News Network , a media think tank, arranged…
Health Desk Too Much Red Meat May Lead to Kidney Cancer Thus, we’ve gone ahead and pieced together all of the eye-catching cancer-related headlines that we’ve published over the past few months in order to provide you with a comprehensive…
Nearly half of sunscreen products in the United States do not live up to the SPF claim on their bottles, according to a new study. Researchers at Consumer Reports independently evaluated the Sun Protection Factor value of 65 sunscreen…
A worker takes measurements of the stone rings inside Bruniquel Cave. Once illuminated by the flickering fires of prehistoric builders, an array of mysterious stone circles hid in darkness for millennia, tucked into the recesses of a cave in France.…
Entertainment Desk Kareena Kapoor Khan has agreed to play the lead role in Shashanka Ghosh’s Veera Di Shaadi, which will also be Rhea Kapoor’s directorial debut. The film is an adaptation of the Hollywood flick The Sisterhood Of The Travelling…