Dhaka – Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Air Force and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) reached the semifinals of the Victory Day Basketball Tournament beating their rivals on the opening day at the Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Basketball gymnasium on Thursday.
Dhaka – A man was killed and 15 others were injured and six houses were torched in a clash between two rival groups over land dispute in Hologram union Chaar of Sadar upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was Nurjamal Mandal, 55,…
Bangladesh will require an additional US$ 7 billion to meet the targets of environmental development projects by 2021 under the government’s seventh Five-Year Plan, according to Bangladesh Country Investment Plan for Environment, Forestry and Climate Change.It reveals that the government…
Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage from the Russian space agency showed. American Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli of Italy and…
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Malek MP said that the government has implementing huge development projects to make the country a Middle income Nation. He said we have sufficient food, people were getting health service properly and…
Entertainment Desk Senior actor ATM Shamsuzzaman has defended Shahriar Nazim Joy’s popular celebrity roasting show ‘Sense of Humor’ after Dhallywood actor and producer Omar Sani criticized it for being disrespectful. Shamsuzzaman defended the show by appearing in one of its…
Bollywood actor, writer and filmmaker Neeraj Vora, in coma since a year, died at a Mumbai hospital in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 54.
At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than Myanmar’s official figure of 400.…
The Saudi government has announced plans to increase prices of electricity, car and aviation fuel and diesel in the first quarter of next year. The announcement coincides with the first payments under a citizen’s account programme announced in December last…
Magura, Dec 14 – Police rescued a couple from Elengkhali village in Mohammadpur Upazila of Magura district on Wednesday night a day after their abduction from Elengkhali Bridge area.
By Baher Kamal ROME, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) – “European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained by Libyan immigration authorities in appalling conditions in Libya,” Amnesty International charged…
Dhaka- A man was killed and 15 others were injured and six houses were torched in a clash between two rival groups over land dispute in Hologram union Chaar of Sadar upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was Nurjamal Mandal, 55, son…
GLASGOW,(BSS/AFP) – Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says his side’s hectic festive fixture list is not an excuse for any dip in performances from the Scottish champions. A clinical first-half performance from the Glasgow giants saw them record a 3-1 win over…
LONDON,(BSS/AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino reflected with satisfaction on Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion despite the slightly fortunate nature of his side’s goals. Serge Aurier’s freakish first goal for Tottenham after 40 minutes broke the deadlock at Wembley…
To discuss and deliberate the emerging issues and concerns in South Asia in the context of fallouts of neo-liberal economic policies adopted by all South Asian countries, SAAPE in collaboration with Social Scientists’ Association (SSA, Colombo) and Centre for Labour…
Danielle Nierenberg Wondering how to teach kids to eat better, especially during the holidays? Books can be a great way to tell the stories of food, farmers, and food and agriculture workers across the globe.
Dhaka, Dec 13 – Each year farmers in Bangladesh grow close to 10 million tonnes of potato, well surpassing the domestic demand of the tuber crop and export the surplus to 20 countries. But to save the prime vegetable from…
Dhaka, Dec 13 – BNP on Wednesday alleged that Awami League’s student body Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is forming its committee at the school level to build the ‘superstructure of terrorism’ across the country.
Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday asked the owner of the Niramoy Private Clinic and fake physician Razan the Das of Patuakhali, who left gauze inside a woman’s abdomen, to pay the victim Tk 9 lakh as compensation.
Dhaka – Bangladesh police have not found any evidence of Akayed Ullah’s involvement in militant activities at home who allegedly blew up his homemade explosive in a pedestrian subway tunnel in the heart of the Midtown Manhattan in New York.
Dhaka – The government has prepared a 5-year country investment plan (CIP) to combat climate change impact and would invest US$ seven billion (Tk 56,000 crore) in this sector.
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted bail to two Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) leaders after hearing in a case filed on the charge of making derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu…
Rohingya repatriation and reconciliation policies will fail without accountability and non-discriminatory rule of law and public safety measures to address the fears and distrust among communities in Rakhine, says a top UN political official. “…but the origins and solutions to…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two alleged terrorists along with arms from Namajgram area of Puthia upazila on Tuesday night.
President M Abdul Hamid today said OIC must not remain as bystander on Jerusalem issue as he joined an emergency summit of the Muslim nations’ major grouping, convened to decide a coordinated response to the US recognition of the city…
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Thursday to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971. On…
Dhaka – At least four people sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a jewellery shop in Fulbari upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Leaders and top officials from Islamic nations gathered in Turkey on Wednesday for a summit that is expected to forge a unified stance against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The summit of the 57-member…
Dhaka – Police have arrested six people, including the imam of a local mosque, in Kumarkhali upazila in connection with a fatwa (edict) prohibiting women from going to farms.The arrestees are President of Kalyanpur Mosque Committee Altaf Hossain, its Secretary…
Dhaka – Arnab Sharar of Bangladesh earned the quota-place to participate in the next Youth Olympic Games directly considering his performance in the 10th Asian Airgun Championship that concluded in the Japanese city of Wako on Tuesday.