The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration on Saturday to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement programme was vital.US President Donald Trump on Friday put…
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday lamented that justice cannot be ensured in many cases for the hapless people for lack of capable lawyers to defend them at district level. “The Constitution stipulates that everyone is equal in the…
Dhaka – Describing the search panel members as revered persons, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday hoped that they will propose the names of acceptable persons to constitute a neutral Election Commission (EC). Speaking at a programme at his…
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said the present government is committed to protecting human rights and dignity of the country’s all citizens.
The leading European human rights organization, Council of Europe, has slammed both Israel and Egypt over the blockade against Gaza in a new report, branding the policy a form of “collective punishment” against Gazans. The report also accuses Israel of…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bank will unveil its 2nd half yearly (January-July) monetary policy statement (MPS) of the current fiscal year on Sunday. There will be a plan in the new policy to continue support towards achieving GDP growth target set…
British journalists were locked outside of the White House because their dates of birth were submitted in UK format – and it baffled the Secret Service. Prime Minister Theresa May today became the first world leader to visit the new…
Dhaka – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday stressed the need for taking measures to enact an effective law with collective efforts to make the country’s roads safe.
Melbourne, Jan 28 (AP/UNB) — Serena Williams has won her record 23rd Grand Slam singles title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over her older sister Venus in Saturday’s Australian Open final.
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Lambasting again those who are opposing Rampal power plant project Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said there is no possibility of environmental damage for implementation of the project.
Dhaka, Jan 28 – The search committee formed by President Abdul Hamid for reconstituting the next Election Commission on Saturday asked the 31 political parties which took part in talks with the President to propose 5 names within Tuesday.
Transplantation of Boro rice seedling has been continuing in full swing as the farmers already completed the process on around 21 per cent of the targeted land area in Rangpur agriculture region this season. According to sources in the Department…
Entertainment Desk The Matt Damon starrer, The Great Wall was released in Bangladesh yesterday, January 27 and is now available for movie enthusiasts at Bashundhara City’s Star Cineplex. Interestingly, the film is yet to be released in its country of…
At a recent award function the gorgeous Rekha was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The perfectionist that she is, she made it known to the organizers that the AV which would be played at the event should be according…
Shah Rukh Khan left us crackling when he narrated this incident from the airport. So the actor was returning to Mumbai along with AbRam and naturally, there were tons of photographers waiting to click pictures of SRK. To protect AbRam,…
Asthma patients must learn the proper way of using inhaler as the device has been proved to be the most effective means to control the disease, a leading chest disease expert told BSS. “Inhaler is an effective way of treatment…
Microsoft on Thursday reported a rise in profits over the past quarter, showing gains in cloud computing and other new areas of focus as it absorbed the LinkedIn social network. The US tech giant said profits rose 3.6 percent in…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir will unveil the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the second half (H2) of the financial year 2016-17 (FY17) tomorrow at 11 am at the central bank headquarters in the city. The governor would also…
Dhaka, Jan 28 –An elderly woman and her grandchild, who suffered burn injuries in a fire following explosion in a building at Paschim Bakalia Dewan Bazar of the city on Friday, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital in the post…
Dhaka –An elderly woman and her grandchild, who suffered burn injuries in a fire following explosion in a building at Paschim Bakalia Dewan Bazar in Chittagong on Friday, died at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital early Saturday.The deceased were identified…
Dhaka 28 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected members of Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) from Karpashdanga village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Saturday morning.
Dhaka – West Ham has made forward Robert Snodgrass its second signing of the January transfer window.The 29-year-old Scot joined for 10.2 million pounds ($13 million) from Premier League rival Sunderland on a contract through June 2020.
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 1kg of heroin worth TK 20lakh in ‘C and B’ intersection area of Godagari upazila on Friday afternoon.
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a man, alleged to have killed by his wife, from a septic tank of his house in Charpata area of Raipur upazila on Friday night, two days after he went missing.The victim was…
Rome, 27 January – The establishment of a new network to help bridge the estimated US$150 billion financing gap that prevents small rural producers and businesses in developing countries from growing their operations and strengthening rural economies, was announced today.
National election is increasingly becoming the focus of all concerned in Bangladesh. The tenure of the present Election Commission will end in February 2016. So, to have a neutral EC, a search committee has been formed. BNP said AL’s desire…
Media reports indicate US President Donald Trump is considering executive orders that include reviewing whether to resume the once-secret “black site” detention program; revise the Army Field Manual to determine whether certain “enhanced interrogation techniques” can be used to allow…
Sydney, Jan 27 – Two people have died after a light plane nosedived into a river in front of thousands of horrified spectators at an air show in Western Australia, missing nearby boats and crowds.
Dhaka – Bangladeshi origin British shadow minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the Labour frontbench over BREXIT saying voting to start the process of leaving the EU would be a betrayal of her north London constituents, UK’s mass circulation the…
Washington — Just days after President Trump spoke of a “running war’’ with the media, his chief White House strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, ratcheted up the attacks, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by the election outcome and repeatedly…