Dhaka – Jamdani, the country’s one of the finest muslin textiles, is going to get registration by this month as Bangladesh’s first Geographical Indication (GI) product.Senior Secretary of the Industries Ministry M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure while addressing…
Dhaka – In the wake of growing tensions between two South Asian nuclear powers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Thursday urged both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint so that there is no further escalation of tension allowing peace…
Dhaka – Authorities have reopened the crucial 31 kilometres long Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel on completion of required dredging for movement of bigger vessels in the route keeping waterways adjacent to the Sundarbans undisturbed.”We have reopened the this crucial channel three days…
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – (IPS, Bangkok) Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been instrumental in shaping and leading socioeconomic transformations across Asia and the Pacific. One key to this transformation is the technology bundled…
DHAKA – Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the ICT adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will join the Awami League (AL) national council to be held on October 22-23, AL Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said today.”Joy will be joining the…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Thursdays aired doubt whether the government will be able to ensure punishment to the attacker of Sylhet college student Khadiza Akter.Speaking at a human chain programme, he also said all those…
GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – UN (IPS) The International Criminal Court (ICC) will pay more attention to crimes of environmental destruction and land-grabs, according to a new policy paper published by the court. This may see business executives and government officials…
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the Awami League-led government is trying to eliminate politics from the country in a pre-planned way and conscious manner, like the military-led caretaker government that governed for two…
Dhaka, Oct 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh will play England in the 1st ODI of a three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur on Friday.The day-night match will start at 2:30pm. Satellite channel Gazi TV will telecast…
Dhaka – The seven-nation International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy, 2016 for Men and Women with participation of South Central Asian Countries begins on Sunday at Shaheed (capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium.Road Transport & Bridges Minister and Chairman of…
Dhaka – A 33-mbmber Bangladesh National football team will leave the capital for Bhutan Friday at 9: am to play their last-chance play-off-2 of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers against hosts Bhutan at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on…
Dhaka – David Miller thumped 118 not out from No. 6 to take South Africa to the second-highest successful run chase in one-day international cricket and a series win over Australia on Wednesday.On his home ground, Miller blasted his 118…
Dhaka – Pakistan swept the one-day international series against the West Indies 3-0 after winning the last match by 136 runs on Wednesday.Centuries by Babar Azam and captain Azhar Ali propelled Pakistan to 308-6, and West Indies, which has never…
Dhaka – Three people, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured as a minibus overturned at Jatua on Sylhet-Sunamganj road in Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Radharani Das, 48, daughter of Jogananda…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven people and recovered five lakh pieces of yaba tablets from a trawler in the Bay of Bengal at Patenga in Chittagong on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Abdul Hamid,…
Dhaka – A man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Ershadnagar in Tongi on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, a resident of the area. He returned home from Malaysia a few days ago.Officer-in-charge of Tongi Police…
Dhaka: Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to clear the city from all sorts of illegal occupation and turn it into a clean, safe, soothing, business-friendly metropolitan. Addressing a business networking lunch in…
Dhaka – A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at Moulvipara in Chittagong on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sohana Akter, 24, a garment worker and wife of Rajib, a resident of Moulvipara area…
Pabna: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government will act to fast-track the trial of the perpetrator of the deplorable knife attack on Sylhet college student Khadiza Akter last Monday, in response to growing public anger across the entire…
Dhaka – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a Jubo League activist from Turag River at Ghasirdia in Kaundia area of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital early Thursday, three days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as…
Dhaka: A court here on Thursday two detained deputy general managers of Janata Bank, arrested by the Anti Corruption Commission, to jail in the Bismillah loan scam cases. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sajjadur Rahman passed the order after ACC deputy director…
Dhaka: The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins across the country on Friday. The annual festival will begin through Mahashashthi Puja on Friday and end with the immersion of the goddess’ idols on Bijoya…
Dhaka – The slaughtered body of a boy was found at Monglarpara in Sadullahpur upazila in Gaibandha on Thursday morning. Deceased Shahid, 11, son of Azizur Rahman, a resident of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur district, was an auto rickshaw driver.He…
Dhaka – Police recovered one shooter gun and four rounds of bullets from Pardilalpur area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday,UNB News Agency Reported.
South Sudan’s government and rebel forces should immediately adhere to a permanent cease-fire, the United States, European Union, Britain and regional states said Thursday, calling continued conflict in the troubled nation “senseless.”The statement issued by the State Department is the…
Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway showing positive trend in share price indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 0.60 points to stand at 4714.65 during the…
Samsung Electronics responded warily Thursday to a plan submitted by the US activist hedge fund Elliott Management for splitting the South Korean electronics giant into a separate holding and operating company. “We will carefully review the shareholders’ proposals,” the technology…
Blue-chip Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi built up a lucrative career by looking to the West for inspiration and buyers, but a new retrospective in Beijing reveals an unlikely turn back towards China’s own aesthetics and traditions. It is a story…
The historic Paris climate pact dashed across the ratification finish line Wednesday to diplomatic cheers. “A turning point for the planet,” said US President Barack Obama. “A defining moment for the global economy,” enthused Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and…
Cultural Desk Eminent music composer Alam Khan is undergoing treatment for his respiratory problems at the Samorita Hospital in the city. Khan, who composed a number of classic songs for Bangla films, has been suffering from a number of health…