Canberra, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — Australia plans to tighten its citizenship rules to require higher English language skills, longer residency and evidence of integration such as a job, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the new citizenship test…
Dhaka, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) -It’s another love game for Serena Williams: She is pregnant — and, based on the timeline she offered, she already was when she won the Australian Open.
Bogota, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — A deluge of rain set off landslides that smashed homes and filled streets with mud Wednesday in a mountain city in a coffee-growing part of Colombia, and authorities said at least 17 people were killed…
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning from Bhutan wrapping up her three-day state visit.
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Another worker who received burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila in Dinajpur district on Wednesday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday.
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Production at Ashuganj Fertilizer Factory in Brahmanbaria remained suspended since Wednesday morning due to gas crisis.
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Dhaka – Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked a Bangladeshi youth up from Hapania bordering point in Porsha upazila on Wednesday.The BSF members from Kadaripara camp dragged away Ramjan Ali, 16, son of Azhar Ali of Srikrishnapur village…
Penang, 13 Apr (IPS/Martin Khor) — What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise its true value when it is impaired? Good health, of course. That’s something many people must have reminded…
Dhaka – The chiefs of three separate panels of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) have expressed their intension to establish a corruption and irregularity free HAAB and Hajj management in future.
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League has taken a new initiative to tame the internal feud being alive across the country in a bid to make the party stronger, smarter and dynamic ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to…
Islamabad – Pakistan’s army chief has signed off on the death sentences for 30 militants, including some convicted for the 2014 Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar that killed 144 schoolchildren. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Istanbul – Turkey’s foreign minister says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet next month. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A powerful landmine was recovered from the Bhairab river in Meherpur on Wednesday. The law enforcers recovered the unexploded ordnance around 2.30 pm from the spot. UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Dinajpur District earned 44-33 points victory over Barisal District in the final round of the Independence and National Day Kabaddi Tournament at the Kabaddi Stadium here on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Siddikur Rahman will play in the US$1.37 million Panasonic Open Japan starting at Chiba Country Club, Umesato Course on Thursday.Siddikur, who is the only Bangladesh golfer taking part in the meet, qualified as nine category player, placing the…
Dhaka – It is time for cricket, one of the world’s most widely played games, to start taking the threat posed by global warming seriously as many of the big cricket-playing nations, including Bangladesh, are on the frontline of climate…
National Committee to Protect Sundarbans Convenor Sultana Kamal has alleged the government is hiding the correct information about the Rampal coal-fired power plant project from the public. Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday, she said the…
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended its drive against ‘sitting or gate lock’ bus services in the city for 15 days. However, the drive will continue against the buses that are charging additional fares and not keeping seats reserved…
A female worker was killed and 29 people suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police and locals said the boiler went off with a big bang at ‘Jamuna…
A high-level international meeting on sanitation should address barriers to realizing the human right to sanitation with privacy and dignity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United Nations and Sanitation and Water for All, a global…
Madrid, Apr 19 (AP/UNB) — With a hat trick that made him the first player to score 100 Champions League goals, Cristiano Ronaldo led Real Madrid to a 4-2 win over 10-man Bayern Munich after extra time on Tuesday and…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit this weekend will be her first bilateral visit in seven years. The two sides are expected to announce a slew of agreements on connectivity, energy and trade, but former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to…
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested four Bangladeshi people at Benapole check post for carrying USD 21,000 and a huge amount of Indian currency without documents on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a ‘drug peddler’ along with 3,200 pieces of Yaba tablets at Kana Pukur in Abhoynagar upazila on Tuesday night.
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a van driver from a paddy field at Golapbari village in sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Musa, 22, a bus helper and son of Nifaz Ali, Mamin, 28,…
Dhaka – A furniture market caught fire at Tongi Bazar in the city on Wednesday morning.Sources at the fire service said the fire erupted at a furniture shop around 10 am and it soon engulfed several other adjacent shops.
Dhaka – Two workers died and another fell ill after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of Samibari Bazar in Sherpur upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 40, son of Aynal, and Solaiman, 55, of…