The complete amount of the stolen reserve money of Bangladesh Bank will be recovered after conclusion of the judicial case in this connection, said Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir on Wednesday. After attending a discussion programme at Club Road in…
India remains highly supportive to ensure the safe return of Rohingyas to their homeland but does not support any forceful approach that might turn counterproductive, said a highly placed diplomatic source. “We’ll continue to support this effort. But if you…
China wants to see a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis bilaterally and send them back to their homeland – Myanmar, says an official on Wednesday. “Their intention and commitment for sending them (Rohingyas) back is now stronger,” Foreign Secretary M…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced nine people to death for killing a college student in 2010.The condemned convicts are-Selim, son of Shamsul Haq, Asadul Islam, son of Abdul Sobhan of Joydebpur, Zahirul Islam Jhantu, son of Nazmul…
Dhaka – A man was killed and eight others were injured in a clash over cutting paddy in Gurdia area of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified Shamsul Alam, agriculture affairs secretary of Boalmari Upazila unit…
Dhaka – Members of Customs Intelligence arrested a man along with eight gold bars worth Tk 40 lakh from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.
Dhaka- Uttar Baridhara Club beat Agrani Bank SC Ltd by 2-1 goals in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football at Kamalapur Stadium here on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face hosts South Africa in the 1st T20I of the two-match series at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Thursday.The match will begin at 10pm Bangladesh time with all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan leading the Bangladesh side for…
Dhaka – Satadal Club Juniors made a good start in the Confidence Cement-CJKS First Division Cricket League beating Sitakunda Upazilla KS by five wickets in the opening match at the MA Aziz Stadium here in Chittagong on Wednesday.Earlier, Chittagong City…
Dhaka – Nepal Under-19 Cricket team will tour Bangladesh from October 30 to November 6 next to play a three-match one-day series against Bangladesh Under-19 side, all at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) ground in Savar.
People with heart trouble who take blood- thinning medication to avoid strokes may also significantly reduce their risk of dementia, a study published Wednesday said. Researchers found that of 444,106 patients in Sweden who had atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart…
With US-Mexican relations at their lowest point in recent memory, Disney Pixar is set to release “Coco,” a cinematic celebration of Mexico that its director said Tuesday is an antidote to the “negativity” of the current political climate. Set in…
The world will be in deep trouble if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde warned on Tuesday. “If we don’t address these issues… we will be moving to a dark future” in 50…
Japanese investors pressed on with their buying on Wednesday, pushing the Nikkei towards a 17th straight gain following another record close on Wall Street, while other Asian markets edged up. A fresh round of strong earnings in New York reinforced…
From a car that wants to be your friend to another that burns off the fat: here are five hot vehicles on display at the Tokyo Motor Show. The biennial event opens for a media preview on Wednesday, before throwing…
Entertainment Desk Director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s bilingual film Doob – No Bed Of Roses, starring Irrfan Khan and Tisha, will not have its premiere show in Dhaka. The premier show has been shifted to Kolkata instead, which also scraps Irrfan’s…
Entertainment Desk Dhallywood actress Pori Moni planned something special to celebrate her birthday yesterday. She celebrated the ‘special day’ with some ‘special guests’ and they are street children who never get such opportunity. Pori Moni said she will share her…
Beijing, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — The model lunar rover didn’t much impress the retiree in a cotton Mao jacket visiting an exhibition of Chinese achievements under President Xi Jinping. Nor did the displays charting China’s climate change progress or other…
Dhaka, Oct 25 – A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which faced problem in a wheel after taking off from Syedpur Airport, landed safely at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.
A photograph of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Afghanistan appears to have been altered to suggest he was in Kabul, not at a US air base miles away. Images show him meeting President Ashraf Ghani in a windowless…
Dhaka, Oct 25 – Declaring Bangladesh Secretariat a smoke-free zone, the Cabinet Division has asked the secretaries of all the ministries to make sure that no one smokes in the country’s administrative hub.
Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday, in a royal pyre representing heaven. Preparations – including the…
A US Republican senator says he will not seek re-election, delivering a fierce attack on President Donald Trump. Arizona Senator Jeff Flake said “reckless, outrageous and undignified behaviour” at the top of the US government was dangerous to democracy. Mr…
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 24 (IOM) – Last week, the Government of Bangladesh moved near 7,000 Rohingya refugees, who had been stranded in “no man’s land” near the Anjuman Para border crossing point in Cox’s…
By Ann Therese Ndong Jatta and Siddharth Chatterjee Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 24 (IPS) – 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In his message to the world the UN Secretary General, Mr Antonio Guterres remarked, “When…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Oct 23 (IPS) – As the crisis in Myanmar reaches unprecedented levels, frustration is at its peak as the international community remains slow to respond and act cohesively. Over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh…
on Tuesday the World Nuclear Association launched a special update to its 2017 World Nuclear Performance Report, focusing on developments in Asia.
Dhaka – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh organized a day-long seminar titled “Bangladesh…
Dhaka – Three owners of Dhaka’s Apan Jewellers in three money laundering cases as they misused the privilege of their bail which they earlier secured from the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
Savar – The security office of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday, recovered a total of 112 bottles of phensidyl in the university campus and detained a rickshaw-puller.