The Bangladesh government’s plan to introduce a carbon tax has drawn criticism from church activists, environmentalists and the business community. Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith is considering imposing a carbon tax in the next budget due in June, according to local…
Dhaka– A team of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 20 lakh shrimp fry from Kanchpur Bridge area of Naryanganj early Wednesday. Sources at the Coast Guard headquarters said acting on a tip-off, an operational team of Coast Guard from Pagla Station…
Dhaka- A discussion programme will be held at the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) VIP Lounge in the city at 10am on Thursday, marking the World No Tobacco Day-2017 with WHO theme for the year ‘Tobacco threat to development’.
Dhaka – A member of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police was sentenced to six months jail here on Tuesday for marrying second time without taking permission of first wife.The convict cop is Sub-inspector Towhidul Islam of Jessore CID and son…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s top-order batsman Soumya Sarkar departed from opening stand with golden duck when the team collection was at 7 in 3 balls against New Zealand’ 270 runs in the last match of Tri-nation Series at Clontarf Cricket Club…
Dhaka- Bangladesh will need 271 runs for their maiden away win against New Zealand in the Tri-nation Series at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin on Wednesday.Sent in to bat first in the 6th and last match of the series,…
Dhaka – Mustafizur Rahman made the first breakthrough for Bangladesh dismissing Luke Ronchi when New Zealand collected 23 runs in 3.4 overs in the 6th and last match of the Tri-nation Series at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin on…
Taiwan’s top judges have ruled in favour of gay marriage, paving the way for it to become the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions. The highest court ruled that current laws preventing members of the same sex from…
Gazipur – More than 50 employees of a garment factory fell sick due to scorching heat at Konabari in the city. UNB news reported
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the horrific attack in the northern English city of Manchester, which killed 22 people and injured dozens more. UNB news reported
Dhaka – Uber, the world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, celebrated 180 days of service in Dhaka on Tuesday, by reiterating that the company’s strategic focus in 2017 will be to make every Uber ride in Dhaka a great experience for…
Chapainawabganj – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have kept two houses at Chakpustam and Balugram Shimultala villages in Gomostapur upazila cordoned off since early Wednesday suspecting the presence of militants there. UNB news agency reported
Dubai, May 24 (AP/UNB)- Bahrain police raided a town Tuesday that is home to a prominent Shiite cleric facing possible deportation, arresting 286 people in an assault in which officers fired tear gas and shotguns at protesters. At least five…
Kathmandu, May 24 (AP/UNB)- A government official and a rescue coordinator say four bodies have been found inside a tent at the highest camp on Mount Everest.
Dhaka, May 24 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have kept two houses at Chakpustam and Balugram Shimultala villages in Gomostapur upazila cordoned off since early Wednesday suspecting the presence of militants there.
Dhaka – Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Tuesday observed that the state is trying to tighten its grip on the apex court after keeping the lower courts under its strong control. “You’ve taken the lower courts under your clutch…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 23 (IPS) – Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters, according to a new report. In examining trends around the world for its annual Global Report on Internal…
By Linda Flood Stockholm May 22 (IPS) – The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) has voted in favour of a boycott against Israel, which is expected to affect cultural, economical and academic ties. Condemnation has come from Isreali politicians,…
By Zofeen Ebrahim Berlin, May 22 (IPS) – In a last-ditch effort, Germany and China are trying to influence the United States not to walk away from the Paris climate change accord it signed along with 194 nations. In December…
Dhaka – The 34 th Annual General Meeting of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 23 May 2017, Tuesday at Kurmitola Golf Club, Dhaka. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting. Sheikh Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, Chairman…
Rajshahi – A three member probe body has been formed making Prof M Habibur Rahman Principal of Rajshahi College its member-secretary to investigate therecovery of 100 answer scripts of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examination from Munnuzan hall of Rajshahi…
Dhaka – Former Australian medium pacer Damien Geoffrey Wright has been appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team until the next year’s ICC Under-19 World Cup.The 41-year-old former Tasmania seamer has a solid and full-blooded coaching career…
Turin, (AP/UNB)- After two loan spells from Chelsea, winger Juan Cuadrado has been permanently acquired by Juventus.Cuadrado’s latest loan required Juventus to purchase his full rights if it won Serie A. So, after clinching a record sixth straight Italian title…
Dhaka – Bangladesh finished runners-up in the 5th South Asian Basketball Championship losing their 4th and last match to stronger India by 71-142 points in the Maldives capital Male on Tuesday.With the day’s feat, India earned the rights to play…
Dhaka – Bangladesh eye their maiden away victory against New Zealand Tigers eye maiden away victory against Kiwiswhen they will meet the Kiwis in the last match of the Tri-Nation Series in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday.New Zealand have already clinched…
Dhaka-A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing a young man in a moving train in Chitoshi area of the district in 2013.The court fined the condemned convict, Sadhon Hossain Kazi, 28, son…
Dhaka-At least 10 people, including a policeman, were injured in clashes at Char Algi govt Primary School polling center under Char Algi union in Ramgati upazila during the union parishad election in Laxmipur on Tuesday.Following the clash, voting has been…
Dhaka-A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Ghior upazila in 2013.The court also fined the lifers–Ripon Ullah, Delwar Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Babu and Ismail Hossain Nuru—Tk 10,000 each.District and sessions…
Two men have been caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex. The men stood on stage in white gowns praying while a team of hooded men lashed their backs with a cane.…
Dhaka – Four people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Faridpur districts on Tuesday.In Sylhet, two people were killed and four others injured when a rashly driven CNG-run auto-rickshaw overturned on Sylhet-Dhaka highway…