Culture Desk Pix Cineplex has become one of the few multiplexes established outside the capital Dhaka. The new multiplex has been set up in Shirajdikhan of Munshiganj. Shirajdikhan ZH Shopping Center hosts the multiplex with two halls of a hundred-seat…
Police, in special drives from Sunday night to this morning, arrested 48 persons including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and seven drug traders from different areas of the district. Law enforcers also recovered 407 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and 200 pieces…
A brand new posthumous album release from Michael Jackson is set to hit shelves this September. Entitled ‘Scream’, it features thirteen songs in all including a bonus mash-up track by The White Panda and comes just weeks after ‘Thriller’ was…
Bengali poet, fiction writer and playwright Sukumar Ray (1887-1923) was perhaps the most famous practitioner of “literary nonsense” in the subcontinent. He is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems “Abol Tabol”, novella “Ha…
The second senate meeting of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was held today at the conference room of administrative building on the campus. Vice-Chancellor of the university and Chairman of its senate Professor Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah presided over the…
China, the world’s biggest auto market, is considering a ban on fossil fuel cars in a major boost to the production of electric vehicles as it seeks to ease pollution. The move would follow similar plans announced by France and…
Stock markets finished the session of the week down as major sectors closing with falling trend at both the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges on Monday. The falling major sectors were food and allied, insurance, ceramics and textile. A total…
By Robert Jensen Now that the violence in Charlottesville has forced “white supremacy” into our political vocabulary, let’s ask an uncomfortable question: “When will the United States transcend white supremacy?”
Geneva (D. Ravi Kanth) — The chair for Doha agriculture negotiations, Ambassador Stephen Karau of Kenya, has said that the permanent solution for public stockholding programs for food security purposes (PSH) in developing countries remains “a priority issue” for the…
A comprehensive Australian national report on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Australia has highlighted a number of specific types of bacteria as major emerging healthcare problems, with one type, in particular, causing resistance to last-resort antibiotics in just over…
By Juliane Nier, Rachel Phillips and Russell Cook Accelerating the shift to climate compatible development is CDKN’s business and improving the lives of the most climate-affected people is our mission. A multi-year, £130 million programme funded by the British and…
Nathaniel Mason and Miriam Denis Le Sève The world is transforming in many different ways. These shifts – from climate change, o migration, to new technology and urbanisation – will have a significant impact on the management of water resources…
Islami Andolan Bangladesh has demanded deployment of Army during the forthcoming national election. The party has also given its opinion against the use of the electronic voting machine (EVM) at a dialogue with the election commission on Sunday.
Hurricane Irma is blasting up the west coast of Florida and is now bearing down on the city of Tampa. Irma made landfall on Marco Island off Florida’s west coast with winds of up to 120mph (192km/h), but has since…
Dhaka-Two suspected muggers sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bosila Beribadh area in Hazaribag of city on Sunday night.The injured were identified as Abdul Haque, 35, son of Shukur Ali and Kabul…
Dhaka – Detective Branch of police arrested a suspected drug peddler along with 120 Yaba tablets from Forest Department road in Magura on Sunday night.Tipped off that Mirazul Islam, 25, son of Shahar Ali of Dorimagura village, has been selling…
Dhaka- A snake charmer, who used to rear snakes at his house at Tupi Para village in Sreepur upazila, died from cobra bite in Magura on Sunday evening.
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its third Agent Banking Outlet in Bhaterchar Bazar of Gazaria Upazila Munshiganj on 10 September 2017 Sunday.
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed October 10 for submitting the report in the case filed in connection with the alleged abduction of the writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar.
Dhaka – The Office of the Attorney General till Sunday did not receive any instruction from the government to lodge an appeal on the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that upheld the High Court verdict scrapping…
The ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday expressed his optimism that the neighbouring country India would remain with Bangladesh to face the ongoing humanitarian crisis of Rohingya people.
Dhaka – About three thousand Rohingyas have so far been killed in Rakhine state in the hands of Myanmar security forces since August 25, foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said while holding two back-to-back briefings for foreign diplomats stationed…
Dhaka – The home ministry has formed a ‘Rohingya cell’ headed by an additional secretary of the ministry to monitor the ongoing situation of Myanmar citizen who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar.
Dhaka – After 40 days of their separation, the much-discussed twins Tofa and Tahura were given release from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday with an assurance of a job for their poor father.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s second submarine cable line paving the way of getting uninterrupted broadband internet services with cheaper price and better quality. Through a video conference with local public representatives and government officials from her…
BNP on Sunday called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit different countries, including India and China, and seek their support for resolving Rohingya crisis and repatriating the Myanmar citizens taken shelter in Bangladesh. Speaking at a discussion, BNP secretary…
Twelve more Rohingyas, including a woman and two teenage girls, who have crossed border with bullet wounds, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The injured – Sirajunnesa, 28, Md Shaker, 27, Hossian…
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged the OIC member states and the international community to come forward to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and ensure the worst persecuted Rohingya Muslims’ rights to live and return to their homeland…
Parliament is likely to discuss two crucial issues — the influx of Rohingyas and the Supreme Court’s verdict annulling the 16th amendment to the Constitution — in a day or two once notices from MPs are placed in the House.…
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday ruled out the possibility of engaging in any war with Myanmar over the Rohingya issue. “What do you say? Shall we engage in a war? Shall we? We won’t engage in any war…