Former Professor of Dhaka University (DU) Bangla Department Dr Sanjida Khatun has been appointed as ‘Ahmed Sharif Chair’ Professor at the same department. She was appointed as the first professor for the newly launched chair at DU Bangla Department and…
Southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will open a luxury cruise line between Fangchenggang Port to Da Nang and Nha Trang in Vietnam. The passenger liner will start service on Aug. 29 and is expected to extend to Cambodia, Thailand,…
The annual flagship event for the South and Southeast Asian nations to promote regional trade and investment kicked off in Kunming today. The 2017 South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) will be held from June 12…
Planned afforestation and promotion of eco-friendly practices have helped significantly reduce air pollution in Rajshahi city. Rajshahi city dwellers are now getting cleaner air than they used to get few years back, city authorities claimed. Quoting data recorded in ‘Round…
Dhaka – Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has recognised as a Champion in UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2017 Community Radio related two Initiatives of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)…
Qatar can easily defend its economy and currency against sanctions by other Arab states, Qatari finance minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi told CNBC television in an interview broadcast on Monday. He said that the countries which had imposed sanctions on Qatar…
German authorities found no evidence that three British men, reported by fellow passengers on a London-bound plane to have been having a “suspicious conversation” about terrorism, posed any danger. Passengers on easyJet flight EZY3246 on Saturday, travelling from Slovenia to…
The size of the budget for 2017-18 fiscal year will cross the Tk 4 trillion mark, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. This is really a great achievement.
The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections.
Singapore, 12 June – Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia (BSA), an integral value provider with customer-centric solutions has been awarded a contract of $405,000 to provide business process automation for an established fragrance and cosmetics distributor’s invoice processing needs.
Melania Trump and son Barron have moved into the White House – five months after her husband Donald took office. Mrs Trump and the couple’s 11-year-old son had stayed behind in New York so Barron could finish the school year.
A China Eastern Airlines plane has had to turn back to Sydney airport after a technical failure which left a hole in an engine casing. Flight MU736 was heading from Sydney, Australia to Shanghai, but the pilot reported problems with…
Dhaka – The Access to Information (a2i) Programme under Prime Minister’s Office and National Board of Revenue (NBR) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday 11 June to deliver revenue services to citizens through…
Savar – Police detained a BNP activist from Gouripur Bottola area in Ashulia union of Savar upazila, on the outskirts of the capital, on Monday morning for posting a distorted photo of Prime Minister on Facebook. -UNB
Paris – Emmanuel Macron’s takeover of French politics is all but complete. The newly elected French leader’s gamble that voters wanted to throw out old faces and try something new is paying off in full – first by giving him…
Rajshahi – Law enforcers detained three alleged militants, including two siblings, and nine members of their family from a suspected hideout they cordoned off at Dangapara village in Tanore upazila early Monday. -UNB
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping an indigenous woman in 2014.The convicts were identified as Ariful Islam, 30, son of Delshad, and Ziaur, 32, son…
Dhaka – Around 50 houses of 16 families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dangabari village in Sadar upazila in Panchagarh early Sunday. Witnesses said the fire originated from the kitchen of a house in the early…
Dhaka, Jun 11 – The case filed over the much-talked-about rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel in Dhaka city was transferred to a tribunal on Sunday.
Dhaka, Jun 11 – Around 50 houses of 16 families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dangabari village in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh district early Sunday.
Dhaka, Jun 11 – Six fishermen went missing as a fishing boat capsized near Domar Char in Noakhali coast in the Bay of Bengal amid a storm on Sunday.
Bologna, June 11 (AP/UNB) – Top environment officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies met Sunday in Italy amid ongoing differences between the U.S. and other members of the club over how to deal with climate change.
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka directed the authorized authorities concerned to submit the probe report in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case on July 26.
Iran says it has killed the alleged mastermind of twin attacks last week claimed by the Islamic State group. The official IRNA news agency on Sunday quotes Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi as saying the suspect left Iran for a neighboring…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the aleem-ulema of Qawmi madrassas to motivate the mass people against the spread of terrorism to expedite the government’s efforts to eliminate this social menace from the country. “Please motivate people to engage…
Awami League Presidium Member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said AL government is not afraid of BNP’s movement threats as it (AL) is the party of common people. “Awami League is not afraid of any threat of movement at…
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) will build the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at a cost of Taka 13,610 crore. After the completion of the terminal, passenger handling capacity of the country’s major airport will…
A wave of anti-Muslim rallies planned for almost 30 cities across the US on Saturday by far-right activists has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights groups and inspired counter-protests nationwide. A number of small protests took place and in many…
About 35 percent of tanneries in Hazaribagh have relocated to the leather industrial estate in Savar, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said.Fifty-five of the 154 tanneries in Savar have started production, said Amu in response to a question from…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Krira Sikkha Protishtan (BKSP) earned two gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the Friendship Judo Tournament concluded in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu recently.Apart from BKSP, the participants of Nepal and hosts Bhutan also took part…