The Myanmar government needs to lay out a clear strategy and timeline for the citizenship verification process which should be transparent and efficient with a solid basis in the existing legislation, says an international commission. The Commission, led by former…
Devastating floods triggered by seasonal monsoon rains have killed more than 950 people and affected close to 40 million across northern India, southern Nepal and northern Bangladesh, officials said Thursday. The rains have led to wide-scale flooding in a broad…
The High Court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why three sections (2ga, 3, and 6) of the Organ Transplantation Act-1999 will not be declared unconstitutional. The HC also asked them to explain why the failure of…
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that the August 21 grenade attack on Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s rally in 2004 was carried by the party itself to put the then Khaleda Zia-led government in…
The High Court on Thursday directed the government not to allow any industrial unit to be set up within 10 kilometers of the Sundarbans. The HC bench of Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hasan passed the order after…
Former President Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain have called for a national unity for the emergence of a greater political force.They came up with the call in a joint statement issued on Thursday.
Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez’s kiss—trimmed or otherwise—in A Gentleman made all the news recently. But before the two Sidharths (he plays a double role in the film) met Jacqueline in A Gentleman, the two had acted in Brothers where…
Entertainment Desk Popular actress Moushumi has recently expressed her grief over the demise of iconic artist Abdur Razzak. Terming his death as ‘an irreplaceable loss of our industry’, Moushumi delivered a heart-rending statement. “I can’t stress on his importance in…
Jahangirnagar University (JU) is going to a 12-day vacation from August 27 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. All class and examinations will remain closed till September 7 while administrative activities will remain closed from August 29 to September 7,JU Registrar…
Scientists on Wednesday unveiled an extinct species of toothless, whiskered and objectively cute mini-dolphin that plied Earth’s oceans some 30 million years ago. With only a fossilised cranium—found in a river near Charleston, South Carolina—to work with, the researchers were…
Acclaimed Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov was due to appear before a judge Wednesday after being charged with fraud in a case that has sent shockwaves through the arts community. The director denounced the charges against him as…
ExxonMobil knowingly misled the public for decades about the danger climate change poses to a warming world and the company’s long-term viability, according to a peer-reviewed study, released Wednesday, of research and statements by the US oil giant. An analysis…
Google and Walmart on Tuesday announced a partnership that will make the retailer’s products available on the internet giant’s online shopping mall. “Starting in late September, we’ll be working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items for voice…
A Los Angeles jury issued a $417-million verdict Monday against Johnson & Johnson, finding the company liable for failing to warn a 63-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer about the risks of using its talcum products.
Different reactions to the Supreme Court verdict illustrate the proverbial incident when a group of blind persons touched an elephant, and each one of them describing it according to its organ he had caught. Let me also sum up my…
Global debt levels have surged to a record $217 trillion in the first quarter of the year. This is 327 percent of the world’s annual economic output (GDP), reports the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
Dhaka – A rickshaw van driver was killed as a speeding truck hit the van in Shahjalal International Airport area in the city early Thursday.The identity of the deceased – aged around 60 – could not be known immediately.
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated Tk. 5 crore for flood victims in the PrimeMinister’s Relief Fund. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the cheque of a donation from Md. Shahabuddin, Vice Chairman of Islami Bank on 23 August in…
Dhaka– Amari Dhaka’s Cascade Lobby Lounge unveiled its all-new platter as the centrepiece of an exciting and unprecedented commitment to serving its guests with food items that are made fresh daily – by hand – from scratch, using a painstaking…
Rashahi – A mobile court has sentenced 8 men to imprisonment for different terms in Rajshahi on Wednesday. The court of Executive Magistrate Hamidul Islam has given those imprisonments on different allegations.
Noakhali, Aug 24 – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police at Alaiyapur in Begumganj upazila on Wednesday night.
Dhaka – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing emergency food supplies to more than 200,000 people in northwest Bangladesh, about a week after massive floods inundated more than half the country. WFP, in partnership with local NGOs,…
Dhaka – BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says he has heard whispers that Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will be ‘shown ill’ and eventually removed as chief justice.
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Accusing BNP of trying to create a ground for another 1/11 by making provocative remarks on Supreme Court’s 16th amendment verdict, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday warned that such move will only turn…
Dhaka, Aug 23 – The High Court on Wednesday directed the government to stop the use of hydraulic horns in the capital within 48 hours aiming to mitigate sound pollution. The HC bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice…
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated across the Bangladesh on September 2 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zillhajj was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.
Dhaka, Aug 23 – The Bangladesh Copyright Office of the Cultural Affairs Ministry on Wednesday launched online copyright registration (e-Copyright) system to protect intellectual property rights.
Dhaka, Aug 23 – The Cabinet Purchase Committee at a meeting here on Wednesday approved a total of 21 proposals, including the import of 100,000 mt of wheat and 50,000 mt of non-basmati rice.
Dhaka, Aug 23 – One day after the verdict in the sensational Narayanganj 7-murder case, Maisha Wazed Prapti, daughter of Wazed Ali Khokon, the public prosecutor (PP) who fought the case for the state (and won), had poison forced down…
Dhaka (AP/UNB) – England record-scorer Wayne Rooney retired from international football on Wednesday after spurning an offer to return to the squad.”I believe now is the time to bow out,” the former England captain said in a statement. “I will…