Dhaka – Police, in special drives from Monday night to this morning, arrested 60 persons, including two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami with 500-gram of ganja from seven upazilas in Satkhira.Sources with the district police said they were picked up from different…
Dhaka – BNP on Tuesday submitted its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s 13-point proposal on constituting a stronger Election Commission (EC) to Bangabhaban for President Abdul Hamid’s consideration. A two-member BNP delegation, comprising party vice-chairman Ruhul Alam Chowdhury and its senior joint…
Dhaka – A couple was killed as a passengers bus crushed them in Fakirkandi area on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway under Sadar upazila of the town this noon.The deceased were identified as Khalid Sheikh, 30, and his wife Suraiya Begum, 18.…
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday delivered a split verdict on the writ petition challenging the legality of parliament membership of Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 constituency. Senior Justice Md Emdadul Huq passed an order declaring the Feni-2 constituency…
Culture Desk A musical programme fused with tunes of Ghazals was held on December 3 at Alliance Fran�aise de Dhaka. It was performed by Ivy Benarjee and Manzurul Islam Khan. Abul Kalam Azad, Managing Director, Bangladesh Songbad Sangstha graced the…
For generations the Mohanna tribe have lived, loved, worked, and played on Pakistan’s Manchar Lake; their floating settlement serving their needs from birth to death. But an unrelenting flow of toxic wastewater is pouring into the lake—a byproduct of industrialisation…
EU and US consumer watchdogs announced Tuesday they are filing complaints against a clutch of smart toys that can “spy” on children and their homes, for allegedly breaching privacy and data protection laws. The complaints target smart toys My Friend…
Late night television presenter Jimmy Kimmel ended months of speculation Monday over who would host the Oscars in February—announcing that he has been tapped to front the glitzy ceremony. It will be the first time for the comedian, who has…
The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study. Researchers estimate cases where the baby…
Entertainment Desk Romanian actress-model lulia Vantur, who is rumoured to be dating Salman Khan, says the superstar is a very ‘good friend’. “He is a very good friend. He is a good friend to all who know him. He has…
Dhaka – A BNP delegation will go to Bangabhaban Tuesday to hand over a letter along with chairperson Khaleda Zia’s 13-point proposal to reconstitute the Election Commission.
Cancún (Lim Li Ching) – The United Nations Biodiversity Conference opened in Cancún, Mexico on 4 December. The largest global gathering that convenes every two years to discuss biodiversity issues will meet over the next two weeks until 17 December.…
By Martin Khor Penang (IPS) – What kind of trade policy will the United States have under President Donald Trump? This is a hot issue, as Trump has made unorthodox pronouncements on trade issues during and after the election campaign.…
The Delhi High Court, India, recently lifted an earlier ban on more than 300 fixed dose combinations (FDCs), sending shock waves to public health, professional and civil society groups that have campaigned for years for rational use of medicines. According…
Cancun, Mexico – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction technology called gene drives. Gene drives, developed through new gene-editing…
Dhaka – A Sylhet court on Monday started hearing a case filed against suspended Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Badrul Alam for stabbing college girl Khadiza Akter on October 3. Witnesses gave depositions on the day Md Saifuzzaman, Chief Metropolitan…
Dhaka – Ferry Service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river was disrupted following dense fog early Tuesday.
Meherpur – Three suspected robbers were killed in a gunfight with police at Motmura village in Gangni upazila early Tuesday. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid will hold dialogue with all registered political parties to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC).
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is to visit Pearl Harbor, becoming the first leader of his country to go to the US naval base in Hawaii. Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the base in 1941, killing 2,300 US…
Dhaka – The European Union has urged the Myanmar government to address the underlying causes of the situation in Rakhine State involving Rohingya Muslims. The call came in the wake of the recent escalation of violence in the region along…
One of India’s most influential and colourful politicians, J Jayalalitha, has died at 68. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state suffered a heart attack on Sunday night and died at 23:30 local time (18:00 GMT) on Monday, Chennai’s Apollo…
Dhaka – A new diagnostic technique to determine dehydration caused by diarrhoea in children is more reliable and accurate than existing methods, say scientists who were part of a US-Bangladesh team that developed it. The DHAKA (acronym for Dehydration: Assess…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited provided 2 lac pieces blankets to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund for the winter affected people.
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred submission of the investigation report in connection with the terror attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1.
State-sponsored hackers who unleashed a digital bomb in key parts of Saudi Arabia’s computer networks over the last two weeks damaged systems at the country’s central bank, known as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, according to two people briefed on…
Dhaka – On Monday, locals at a village in Ghorhaghat Upazila of Dinajpur reported to police after spotting three bullet-ridden bodies. Police recovered the bodies, found near a pond, around 10am. All of the bodies had bullet wounds on the…
Dhaka- Medical Equipment suppliers will observe three days’ strike starting from Tuesday demanding a stop to harassment by the Drug Administration. Bangladesh Medical Association Instruments and Hospital Equipment Dealers and Manufacturers Association announced the programme at a press conference at…
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to submit reports to the Supreme Court and the government with explanations if any case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 is not disposed of within…
Dhaka – Five militant outfits carried out the grisly August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the city in 2004 under the patronage of Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence, special police super of Criminal Investigation Department Abdul…