Michael Douglas ended months of speculation over fellow actor Val Kilmer’s health on Monday by confirming his friend was suffering from cancer, several reports said on Monday. Douglas reportedly told the audience at an event in London over the weekend…
Bangladesh must seek a legally binding treaty to ensure compensation for countries vulnerable to the impacts of climate change at the upcoming Paris Climate Summit, said development activists at a discussion here today. They said the Conference of Parties (COP21),…
Factory activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years last month, official and private measures both showed Tuesday, boding well for the world’s second-largest economy. Investors closely watch the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) numbers, which…
Dhaka – Detectives arrested an Indian citizen along with 10 firearms, 12 magazines and 35 rounds of bullets from Gabtoli area in the city on Monday night, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Awami League candidates won in 25 union parishads (UPs) while its rebel candidates in eight, and BNP candidates in seven among some 400 UPs where the election was held on Monday, UNB news agency reported. According to reports…
Dhaka – A court in Pirojpur on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for possessing drugs, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A young man was found dead in a canal in Oxygen area under Bayazid Police Station of Chittagong city, in Southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday morning, UNB News Agency reported.
Dhaka – Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began across the country Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ruled that schizophrenia is not a mental illness, paving the way for the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic man convicted of murder, reports BBC. Imdad Ali was declared clinically insane after killing a…
Dhaka – Vladimir Zeldin, believed to have been the world’s oldest working actor, has died aged 101, after appearing for 71 years at the same Moscow theatre. The Russian actor appeared on stage as recently as last month, using a…
Two of China’s brand new, top-of-the-line stealth fighter jets streaked and screamed across an air exhibition on Tuesday as Beijing showed its newest military hardware to the public for the first time. The J-20 fighter is called Beijing’s answer to…
TASS, the Russian news agency, always publishes things for a reason. So when it releases a video extolling the virtues of underwater weapons used by Russia frogmen (those trained in tactical scuba), it should raise eyebrows. The APS Automatic is…
Kent, Nov 1 (AP/UNB) — Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.” Clinton’s comments were her most pointed yet on the subject, and they underscored…
Shaila Mahmud With the Paris Agreement coming into full effect just before the next meeting of the Conference of Parties’ (COP) is all set to kick off has opened the floor for implementation talk in this year’s UN Climate Conference…
Islamabad: The Pakistani army says Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing four civilians and wounding six others. A military statement Monday blamed Indian troops for targeting civilians in…
Recently, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while addressing the 13th Convocation of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) at Krishibid Institutions Bangladesh, Dhaka has asked physicians to serve people with sincerity and good feelings. While stressing the importance of providing…
By Olivia Becker Donald Trump urged his supporters in Colorado to vote early and often — literally. He urges supporters to break election laws in Colorado by voting twice, Vice News Reported. At a rally in Greely on Sunday, the…
Dhaka – Noting that the article 116 of the existing Constitution is one of the main reasons behind the slowness of the judiciary, Chief Justice SK Sinha on Monday demanded reinstatement of the same article of the country’s original national…
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake on Monday said things have improved and confidence is coming back since July 1 tragedy but it is far too early for any of them to relax their guard.
Dhaka-A tribunal here on Monday rejected the bail petition of suspended Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a case filed under the Explosives Substances Act over the killing of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria.
Over 8,500 children die every year in Bangladesh from diseases caused by household air pollution (HAP) and 89 percent of households use solid fuels – mostly wood, agricultural waste and cow dung – for cooking and space heating.
Jerusalem: Arab lawmakers have walked out on the Israeli prime minister’s speech to parliament as a pre-emptive protest to a planned boycott of them by members of the governing coalition. Lawmakers from the Joint Arab List say they are protesting…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party will not compromise with the government when it comes to fighting for restoration of democracy and people’s rights.
Dhaka : A three-day international exhibition on machinery, components, chemicals and accessories for leather, footwear and leather goods will begin in the capital on Thursday. The 4th exposition titled ‘Leathertech Bangladesh- 2016’ is being organised by ASK Trade and Exhibitions…
Accusing ruling party men of resorting to widespread election frauds and terrorism in the reelection to 31 Union Parishads (UPs), BNP on Monday said this has exposed that the government did not retreat from its policy of ‘snatching people’s voting…
Dhaka: The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin across the country on Tuesday. This year, a total of 2,412,775 examinees — 1,124, 373 males and 1,288,402 females — will appear in the JSC and…
Dhaka: The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the promotion of 99 police inspectors to assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) under the BCS cadre should not be declared illegal and beyond…
The admission test results of the first year honours courses under academic session 2016-17 at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh was published on Sunday.
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka on Monday fixed November 6 to pronounce the verdict in a case filed against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmin Jahan for allegedly torturing their 11-year old domestic help Mahfuza…
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed December 8 for submission of the charge sheet in the case filed against 10 persons under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009.