A two-day Free Medical Camp for the disabled people concluded today at a simple function at Ghior of the district under the auspices of Protibandhi Unnayan Foundation.During the period, the medical camp provided free medical services to the poor and…
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) today filed a case against the owners of seven business institutions for not renewing certificates and for selling and distributing goods without assess standards.Mohammad Safayet Hossain, an officer of BSTI, Chittagong Zone, filed…
A two-day information fair began at Boishakhi Mela field in Jamalpur town this afternoon.District Administration and Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organised the fair.Additional Deputy Commissioner Md. Rassel Sabrin formally inaugurated the fair. A total of 31 stalls were…
Chuadanga District Administration has organized a three day digital innovation fair which was began at local football ground today. Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga, Saima Yunus inaugurated the fair as the chief guest while Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT), Chuadanga…
Motivated Bangladesh under-19 team will start their ICC U-19 World Cup (WC) campaign when they face their South African counterpart in their opening group A encounter scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.In…
FIFA on Tuesday confirmed the final five candidates for the presidency of the world body one month from the vote.FIFA’s electoral committee said that Prince Ali bin al Hussein, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and…
Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an “exploding nightmare” in the developing world, including Africa where the number of obese and overweight children under five has nearly doubled since 1990, a WHO commission said Monday.The authors of…
Teenagers as young as 16 are experiencing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), say researchers, adding that it shows that the condition is much more common in them than previously thought.The team from the University of Bristol in Britain found that almost…
India drew first blood in the three-match Twenty20 series when they beat Australia by 37 runs at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.After Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and sent the visitors in to bat on both countries’ national…
Muscat: Nepalese government has fixed minimum basic salary and food allowances for unskilled and domestic workers at OMR120 ($311) in Oman, according to a statement issued by the Nepalese Embassy in Muscat. “Those sponsors willing to recruit Nepalese workers through…
Dhaka – The Honourable Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, SUP, psc, PhD, has left Bangladesh for England on 23 January 2016.
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) — Global flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) jumped by 36% in 2015, reaching an estimated US$1.7 trillion, with the principal factor behind the global rebound being a surge in FDI targeting the developed economies, the United…
In 2015, the Oakland Institute released 33 case studies providing irrefutable evidence of the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. Agroecological projects have restored degraded land and saved…
A ferry boat carrying about 60 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila, about 200 kilometres southeast of Capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning.
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth. “The formation of a party doesn’t mean it’ll survive forever. A party…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night alleged that no public issue and the country’s problems are now discussed in the ‘so-called’ 10th parliament for lack of democracy. “There’s no one to speak for people as there’s no…
Canadian top coffee maker Second Cup has begun its journey in Bangladesh’s “growing” coffee market.The global brand opened an outlet at Banani in the capital Dhaka on Monday, announcing they will open more such outlets in Uttara, Gulshan, and Dhanmondi.Canadian…
With a blizzard hammering the East Coast, Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Revenant” topped a subdued US box office with $16 million at 3,711 locations this weekend, according to Sunday estimates.Winter Storm Jonas shut down theatres Saturday in New York City, Washington…
Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 32 people and wounded 66 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it struggles to contain violence blamed on Nigeria’s Boko Haram.State-owned radio and…
By Paul Findley Twenty years ago the plight of Muslims in America was so serious, it led me to a weeklong international conference on Western images of Islam. It was held in Penang, Malaysia, half way around the world. Leading…
BAU CORRESPONDENT The seventh convocation of Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh will be held on February 23 at the university campus.
The High Court yesterday asked the government to inform it on what steps it has been taken to tackle air pollution including, dust, smoke and other deadly elements causing damage to people’s health in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj cities.
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday termed sedition charges against Khaleda Zia as nothing but a mockery.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday summoned BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 23 to explain her comments on the number of martyrs in the independence war of 1971.
It is a new feather in her cap. Veteran singer Runa Laila has been named as one of the jury board members of India’s highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2015. The leading Bangla daily Prothom Alo has…
Japan’s Kyodo News, citing a source familiar with diplomatic affairs, reported on Sunday that China remains opposed to the UN resolution draft that includes heavy sanctions on exports of crude oil to North Korea.
South Korean lawmakers on Saturday reached an agreement to pass the North Korean human rights bill this Friday at the National Assembly plenary session.
The massive blizzard that walloped New York on Saturday came up one-tenth of an inch short of history. The storm dumped a whopping 26.8 inches of snow on the city, just short of the record set in 2006 and the…
Gonzalo Higuain struck his 21st goal of the season to help Napoli tighten their grip on Serie A with a 4-2 win at Sampdoria on Sunday as Juventus’s 1-0 win over Roma threatened to be overshadowed by a racism row.As…
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, the world’s most wanted drug lord, was captured on January 8 in his home state of Sinaloa, known as the “cradle of Mexican drug trafficking” because of the large number of infamous narcos born there.