Sangsad Bhaban – Mentioning that the Election Commission will be constituted as per the decision of the President following dialogue with political parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Thursday that her party will accept his decision. UNB news…
Dhaka – Police recovered the hanging bodies of a couple from their house at Ibrahimpur Pal Para in Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Mithon alias Mintu, 22, and his wife Beauty Rani Pal, 19.
Dhaka – The body of a construction worker was recovered at Koraitola in Chowgacha upazila in Jessore on Thursday noon.The deceased was identified as Hossain Ali, 50, of South Koyerpara village,UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – With a late equalizer by substitute Marco Reus, Borussia Dortmund drew 2-2 with defending champion Real Madrid on Wednesday to win Group F and set a scoring record of 21 goals in the group stage of the Champions…
Dhaka – Dhaka Dynamites will play against Rajshahi Kings in the grand finale of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.The final of the seven-franchise tournament will begin at 5:45 pm.Dhaka will…
Dhaka – Rajshahi Kings skipper Darren Sammy is optimistic to win the much-anticipated final game of the 4th BPL T20 against mighty Dhaka Dynamites, scheduled to be held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.“Hopefully we will come…
Dhaka – A century by debutant Keaton Jennings propelled England to 196-2 at tea on the opening day of the fourth Test against India Thursday as the tourists made a strong start to the must-win match.
Dhaka – Every player in the world’s top 99 bar pregnant Victoria Azarenka has confirmed for the Australian Open, including Roger Federer and Serena Williams as they return from injury, organisers said Thursday.The all-star field for the opening Grand Slam…
Aiming to learn and share the national work and progress on faecal sludge management (FSM), a national convention was organized by the Bangladesh Faecal Sludge Management Network (FSM Network).The daylong conference took place today at the city’s LGED Auditorium to…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought Myanmar to resolve the issue of their minority Rohingya community using political means, saying military measures could not be the answer to the problem, as newly appointed Danish ambassador in Dhaka Mikael Hemnid Winther…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposed New Delhi visit has been postponed and it is unlikely to take place this month.“There have been some last-minute changes. We’ll soon finalise new dates for the important visit,” a highly placed diplomatic source told…
The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a joint British-Australian exhibition. Three-dimensional images of six mummies aged between 900BC and 140-180AD…
Mel Gibson and his new movie Hacksaw Ridge have swept the board at the Australian film awards in a return from the wilderness for the “choked up” Oscar-winner. Gibson returned to his Australian roots to direct his first film in…
The massive Greenland ice sheet has melted away at least once during the last 1.4 million years, according to a study published on Wednesday, raising fears that manmade climate change could provoke dangerous sea levels. Bedrock samples retrieved through more…
Japan’s economy grew less than expected in the third quarter with a 0.3 percent expansion, revised data showed Thursday, a number that will likely fan fears that Tokyo’s growth plan has run out of steam. The latest figures were lower…
A sociologist who predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union and 9/11 attacks warns that American global power will collapse under Donald Trump. Johan Galtung, a Norwegian professor at the University of Hawaii and Transcend Peace University, first predicted in…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five suspected members of Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) Bangladesh from a reported ‘militant training camp’ in port city Chittagong’s Colonel Haat area on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Nazim…
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has surrounded a suspected militant hideout at Colonel Haat in Chittagong.
Dhaka – Four suspected robbers were killed in separate gunfights with law enforcers in Faripdur district and Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district early Thursday. In Keraniganj, two suspected robbers were killed in a gunfight with police at Agrakhola area under…
Iraqi air force kills at least 52 civilians waiting for salaries in western city of al-Qaim with dozens of others hurt. At least 52 people – including many women and children – have been killed when air strikes by Iraqi…
By Matt McGrath A dramatic drop in giraffe populations over the past 30 years has seen the world’s tallest land mammal classified as vulnerable to extinction. Numbers have gone from around 155,000 in 1985 to 97,000 in 2015 according to…
An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposed New Delhi visit will witness ‘new era of cooperation’ and signing of a number of important documents though a breakthrough on Teesta looks unlikely. The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave for New…
Dhaka-The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to formulate a law prohibiting the carrying of schoolbag weighing more than 10 percent of the weight of a primary school student.
Dhaka-Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Wednesday said a law will be formulated for the appointment of judges.
Dhaka-BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government is conspiring to restore ‘Pakistani flag’ by taking a move to remove the establishments made reshaping Louis I Kahn’s original design of parliament.
A concert marking the silver jubilee of legendary rock band LRB concert will be held on December 20 from 5pm to 10 pm at Nabratri Hall -4 Bashundhara in Dhaka.
Dhaka-Some 2000 people are homeless after Dhaka’s biggest slum caught fire on Sunday, 4 December. In less than two hours, 495 households were destroyed.
Geneva — For trade to deliver the maximum benefits to the most people, we need better competition policies and stronger, more independent authorities, a senior UNCTAD official says. History has shown that market abuse is more likely when too few…