Lindsey Poisson You can bet the biggest night in music will include incredible live performances, tearful tributes and heartfelt speeches. But, if we’re really lucky, maybe there will be an awkward red-carpet encounter, bizarre stage high jinks and even a…
Berlin – Hostilities in eastern Ukraine have damaged or destroyed hundreds of schools, many of which were used by parties to the conflict for military purposes, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 65-page report, “Studying Under…
The BNP has decided to elect party’s senior vice-chairman through direct election as it elects the national executive committee chairperson. Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday approved the amendment to the constitution in this regard on the basis of recommendations…
Dhaka – The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with…
A high-profile Unesco delegation will visit the Sundarbans soon to assess the possible impacts of the proposed coal-based Rampal power plant on the world’s largest mangrove forest.
The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with ‘maximum choices’.
The first-ever census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh began in six districts on Friday to determine their exact number and stop their further influx into Bangladesh. Resolving the long-pending issue in a systematic and transparent way is also the…
STAFF REPORTER A code of conduct both for the sitting and retired judges of the Supreme Court is needed, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said yesterday.
RU Correspondent A female student of Var endra University (VU) has fallen in victim of Cyber Crime.
A microbus was set to afire as it hit two pedestrians killing one and injured another one in the city’s Jatrabari area on Friday.
Two people, including a construction worker, died falling from two multistoreyed buildings in separate incidents in city’s Madhya Badda and Pallabi areas on Friday.
The UN says it hopes to start delivering aid to some besieged areas in Syria within the next 24 hours.The move comes shortly after world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in a week’s time.Some Syrian cities…
Employees of Banglalink have freed an official after nine hours’ of confinement with the management and police promising to look into the dismissal of a senior engineer.Ujjal Paul, the president of the proposed employees’ union of mobile-phone operator Banglalink, said…
Employees of mobile-phone operator Banglalink have confined an official demanding withdrawal of an order sacking a senior engineer.They were yet to let Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Perihane Elhamy leave her office in the operator’s headquarters at Gulshan at 10:45pm on…
Bangladesh’s development will not sustain in the absence of democracy, Khaleda Zia has told a visiting delegation of the European Parliament.The representatives of the European Union’s parliament met the BNP chief at her Gulshan office on Thursday.“It was clearly stated…
Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been sold for $1,10,000 or Tk 87 lakh to a Caribbean Super League (CPL) team. The star all-rounder is going to join Jamaica Talawas, following his successes in Indian Premier League (IPL) previously…
The High Court has ordered an inquiry into allegations of patients being administered spurious drugs at Dhaka’s Square Hospital.The court issued the order in response to a writ petition filed by Prof Dr AMM Zakaria Swapan, who alleged that he…
The researchers said they detected gravitational waves coming from two black holes – extraordinarily dense objects whose existence also was foreseen by Einstein – that orbited one another, spiralled inward and smashed together. They said the waves were the product…
RU Correspondent Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit demanded trial of Begum Khaleda Zia, the BNP chairperson, for her controversial remark on the martyrs of Liberation War.
By Tess Owen Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented what he described as a “litany of doom” at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, detailing the various national security threats currently faced by the United States. “Unpredictable…
Six Jammat-Shibir activists were arrested from one Jammat leader Hassan Ali’s house in Fulbari area under Panchagarh sadar upazila of the district this morning.The arrested were Md. Juel, 22, Abdul Quader, 20, Al-Mamun, 22, Ashik, 19, Hasan Ali, 50, and…
Former Jatiya Party MP and valiant freedom fighter Major (retd) Shamsul Huda Bachchu, who was locally known as Major Bachchu, died of cardiac arrest at his Index Plaza residence in the town this morning. He was 70.He left behind his…
Storm clouds were gathering Thursday over cricket’s World Twenty20, with organisers still to release tickets or confirm the venues, less than a month before the tournament begins in India.Hundreds of thousands of supporters are expected to attend the 16-team contest…
Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says.The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Mr Stoltenberg…
If you feel down and out most of the time, try meditation coupled with aerobic exercises twice a week for just two months to beat the blues forever, finds a study, adding that this mind and body combination reduced the…
Actress Anushka Sharma, who is sharing screen space with superstar Salman Khan in “Sultan”, is learning how to wrestle for the film.Taking to her Twitter account, Anushka posted images wherein she can be seen in the wrestling ring, leaning forth,…
Bangladesh bowed out of the ICC U19 World Cup on Thursday, but with their heads high. The young Tigers suffered an agonising three-wicket loss at the hands of West Indies who will now play India in the final.It was a…
Gold prices have risen again for the second time in a week.The prices of the precious metal were raised by Tk 1,225 per bhori (11.66gm) after its increase by the same amount on Feb 4.The new prices will take effect…
It’s been one of those weeks in India when it comes to wild animals rampaging through populated areas and inflicting damage. On Sunday, it was a 6-year-old leopard that mauled three people. On Wednesday, a large elephant rumbled through a…
Seoul -A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for “factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption,” a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs told CNN Thursday. The official, who spoke to CNN on condition of…