Operations at river ports and passenger terminals for waterways across Bangladesh have been disrupted after transport workers went on an indefinite strike, bdnews24.com has reported. The strike to push for a 15-point demand, including pay hike, began at Wednesday midnight.…
Geneva 21 April (K M Gopakumar) – Developed countries are turning against the World Health Organization’s framework of engagement with non-State actors (FENSA). Many European countries are putting conditions for the adoption of FENSA, as negotiations enter into the last…
New Delhi/Geneva: Access to affordable medicines could be severely restricted for millions of people around the world under the current proposals in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, the international humanitarian medical organisation M้decins Sans Fronti่res (MSF) warned…
Dhaka – The police recovered bullet-riddled body of a college student from Kharagoda in Chuadanga sadar on Wednesday morning. The victim was identified as Sahanur Rahman Sahan, 20, son of Mohsin Ali, a resident of village Ishwarba in Kaliganj of…
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Officials of Customs Intelligence seized another luxury LEXUS car in Sylhet on charge of misusing carnet facility on Tuesday midnight. Sources at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) here said the car was recovered abandoned…
Speakers emphasised at a discussion at the Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday that simplicity of service delivery procedure, convenience of hosting facilities and service delivery perimeters, courtesy, politeness of service delivery agent’s, provision for fault-reporting and rectification essentials ensuring a…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 10 suspected robbers, including prime accused Habib alias Rubel, in connection with the snatching of Tk1.84 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Wednesday fined a young man Tk 4,000 for grazing buffaloes on the protected Sundarbans, unb news agency reported.
Rome, 19 April – Italian celebrity chef Carlo Cracco is working with the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Recipes for Change campaign to highlight the threats small scale farmers in developing countries are facing as a result of…
By Daniel Twining It was only weeks ago that Donald Trump appeared unstoppable in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the United States. Although he had hardly won a majority of Republican voters in any state, his competitors…
By Ahmed Al-Haj Hazyaz, Yemen (AP) — The baby was born in war, even as planes blasted his village in Yemen. Five months later, Udai Faisal died from war: His skeletal body broke down under the ravages of malnutrition, his…
By Samuel Oakford As diplomats gather at the United Nations in New York this week to consider the future of global drug policy, one Portuguese official, João Goulão, will likely command attention that far outstrips his country’s influence in practically…
Campaigners are increasing the global pressure as reports persist of beatings and safety hazards • Clare Hutchison • The deaths of more than 1100 people in Bangladesh helping to supply global brands such as Primark with clothes in 2013 was…
Gazipur – An Awami League-backed union parishad member candidate was hacked to death by miscreants at Bankoramona village in Proholapur union of Sreepur upazila on Tuesday, three days ahead of the UP elections.The deceased was identified as Akter Hossain, a…
Sirajganj – Two labourers were killed and five others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Rameshwargati village in Raiganj upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin, 25, son of Altaf Ali, and Idris…
Staff Reporter BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday the government intends to divert attention from Bangladesh Bank cyber heist and Tonu murder incidents by arresting Shafik Rehman.
Dhaka- Cricket Australia has scheduled day-night test matches against South Africa and Pakistan in a revamped southern summer that will break with tradition by starting in Perth.CA on Wednesday released a program including a three-test series against South Africa, opening…
Staff Reporter BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam said news on confession that Shafik Rehman has made confession of his involvement in the plot to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy is unusual.
STAFF REPORTER The conspiracy was done to abduct and kill Sajib Wazed Joy to destroy the Awami League (AL), road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said yesterday.
Rangpur – At least 10 people, including two women, were killed and more than 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Teromile on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased…
STAFF REPORTER Bangladesh has ranked 144th among 180 countries in terms of press freedom in 2015, according to a report of the press freedom index-2016.
Rajshahi -Three children, who were abducted from Faridpur, were rescued by a BRTC bus supervisor in the city on Tuesday night. After their rescue, the supervisor later handed over the children to police. Officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station Shahadat Hossain…
Panchagarh – A farmer was shot and injured by the members of Indian Border Security Force along Moynaguri bordering area in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 10 suspected robbers, including prime accused Habib alias Rubel, in connection with the snatching of Tk1.84 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on…
Chittagong – A case was filed on Wednesday against seven people in connection with the recovery of the bodies of a housewife and her five-year-old daughter from their residence in Boalkhali upazila. Bidhan Shil, mother of deceased Shelly Shil, filed…
Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Ltd dropped important points again in the Group B of the KFC Independence Cup Football after playing 2-2 draw with Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.After the 2nd consecutive draw in their…
Dhaka – Abdus Salam Murshedy has been elected unopposed as Senior Vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) again. Chief Election Commissioner of the BFF election 2016, Misbah Uddin informed to press that as the three other aspirants — Manjur…
Dhaka – Dhaka University and National University emerged joints champions in the Inter-University Football Championship that concluded at the Dhaka University central playground on Tuesday.
Dhaka – The three-day Brac Chicken 2nd National Surfing Championship, organised by Bangladesh Surfing Association (BSA) begins Thursday at the Laboni point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach.A record 150 surfers from across the country will compete in three categories of…
Culture Desk Krishnopokkho, a film adaptation of a novel by the late legendary writer Humayun Ahmed, was screened at the closing ceremony of Geneva International Film Festival, which took place in Switzerland on Sunday. It is the first film directed…