Dhaka – Detectives arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Talghoria School in Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi on Monday morning.The arrestee was identified as Mahtab Uddin Khasru, a teacher of the school,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Customs intelligence officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 3 kg from a dustbin at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Monday morning,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – A suspected leader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police in front of Kundu Bari on Bakerganj-Barguna road in Bakerganj upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Khokon Khan, 38, a leader of…
Dhaka – Police arrested the prime accused in connection with gang rape of a girl from Bus Terminal area of Sadar upazila in Chuadanga on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Sabuj Ali, 22, son of Farhad Ali, a resident…
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two people along with 13 geckos from Moshimnagar in Manirampur upazila in Jessore on Sunday afternoon.The arrestees were identified as Azizur Rahman, 42, son of late Sabed Ali Moral of Moshimnagar village,…
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said terror attacks in different parts of the world, including Uri and Dhaka, reminded them that these ‘malevolent forces’ are yet to be defeated.“The world has been battling this scourge for long,”…
The government has taken a project to construct 18 ‘residence towers’ across the county under the annual development programme (ADP) keeping in mind the security of police personnel, including the officials.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the disclosure while responding to…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday directed his colleagues to perform their duty professionally and sincerely so that the Hindu community can celebrate Durga Puja in a festive mood.He issued the order at a meeting on…
Entertainment Desk Social crusader Anna Hazare is set to make a rare appearance on television. We are not talking about a prime-time debate on some news channel. This is going to be a unique appearance. Anna Hazare will be appearing…
Culture Desk Bollywood’s pop icon Sunidhi Chauhan who sang for the movie “Taarkata” has lent her voice again for a Dhaka-based movie. She has san a solo for ‘Bijli’ directed by Iftekhar Chowdhury. The song was recorded on September 14…
A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland—dubbed “a city under ice”—could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began constructing a futuristic…
Senor bankers asked their branch-level colleagues to attain professional skills as it is inevitable for achieving success in the banking sector. They urged them to make their banking activities client-friendly so that they get total benefits of the banking service.…
A Singapore firm headed by a scion of one of Asia’s richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone, with plans to diversify the iconic magazine into new business including live events and merchandising. BandLab Technologies, a…
Inclusive education for the physically challenged students and children with special needs could flourish their latent talents to turn them into worthy citizens of the country. The opinion came at a ceremony arranged for distributing sub-stipends among the physically challenged…
Sylvan Technologies Limited (STL), a concern of PRAN-RFL Group, signed an agreement with a Switzerland-based multinational company ABB to produce world-class electrical equipment. Engineer Mustafizur Rahman Khan, STL chief operating officer and Moshfeq Ullah Rafiq, General Manager of ABB Limited…
The US ambassador to the UN has accused Russia of “barbarism” over the bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Samantha Power said Russia had told the council outright lies about…
Shakib Al Hasan has stamped his name on a number of first-ever feats for Bangladesh cricket but this time the Tigers’ talisman has again scaled uncharted heights. Tamim Iqbal has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to go past 9000 international…
Dhaka – The government has imposed a restriction on nighttime stay of its employees inside the Bangladesh Secretariat in order to ensure security of the country’s administrative hub, UNB news agency reported. The Home Ministry issued a notification, signed by…
Beirut (AP/UNB) — At least 26 civilians were killed in fresh government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo, Syrian activists said Sunday, as the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on the spiraling violence in Syria but…
Masum Billah Following the sad and terrorist incident in the Holy Artisan Hotel at Gulshan a widespread discussion concentrating on English Medium School and Private University education has been in the fore. It is also observed that some quarters have…
Arnold Palmer, the gentleman golfer from Latrobe, Pa., whose thrilling, go-for-broke style made him the first television superstar of his sport and earned him generations of devoted fans, has died, according to Golf Digest. He was 87. The beloved Palmer,…
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign plans to bring a one-time mistress of former President Bill Clinton to his showdown Monday night against Hillary Clinton at the first 2016 presidential debate. And you thought U.S. politics had hit its lowest point when…
Dhaka – Bangladesh managed a narrow seven-run victory over spirited Afghanistan at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of capital Dhaka on Sunday night. The hosts collected a total of 265 all out, with Tamim Iqbal top-scoring with a…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in the USA, is clearing urgent files from there through email so that official activities do not get stalled for her absence in the country.
Africa’s elephant population has suffered its largest drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has said, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.Based on 275 estimates from across the continent, a report, released on Sunday by…
The BNP has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comments about ‘enough scope of politics’ in Bangladesh as ‘bereft of an iota of truth’.BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu came up with the party’s reaction on Sunday to the prime minister’s recent interview…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rubbished BNP’s allegation that the Awami League government was ‘depoliticising’ Bangladesh.”There is enough scope for politics, of articulating views and opinions in Bangladesh and there is no doubt about it,” Hasina told Voice of America’s…
The government will reply in seven days on the concern of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) over the planned Rampal power plant.”We will reply to the UNESCO stating our position over its concern on the Rampal…
Saturday’s dedication of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture brought together the president who signed into law the funding for the museum and the president who was in office during its completion. But the gathering of the 43rd…