Bangladesh has urged Bimstec member states to conclude the Bimstec Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations as early as possible. Bangladesh conveyed its position at the seventeenth session of the Bimstec Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held on Tuesday in Kathmandu, Nepal…
Late Sunday at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, a group of 97 companies — mostly in the technology sector — filed a “friend of the court” amicus brief strongly condemning the immigration policies of President Donald…
London, 6 February (Sangeeta Shashikant) – The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework (PIP Framework) adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2011 is a “bold and innovative tool” and a “success story”. These views were expressed at discussions at the 140th…
MIT researchers have developed new smartwatch software that understands the tone of a conversation, and can tell you if the person is happy, sad, or neutral based on their speech patterns and vitals. The researchers demoed this feature on a…
Geneva, 2 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who took office in January, in a reference to US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that suspends the entire US refugee program as well as bars nationals from seven…
As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the US electrical grid could be unable to meet peak energy needs by century’s end, researchers warned Monday. The cost to upgrade the US electrical grid…
China will test how its largest solar drone performs near-space flight this year, according to the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) Tuesday. With a wingspan of more than 40 meters, wider than that of a Boeing 737 passenger plane,…
Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record low of 1.50 percent Tuesday but soft inflation and growth figures kept the door open for future cuts. The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed rates 300 basis points between November 2011…
Culture Desk Tarik Anam Khan will publish his second book in the ongoing book fair. The book named “Natak Samagra” is expected to be launched today. This will be his second book. His first book “Konjus” was released in 1985.…
It has become sort of a trend for the makers to release the deleted scenes or songs after the film has been released. However, you won’t mind the two deleted scenes from the much-loved slice of life movie, Dear Zindagi.…
Culture Desk Actress Bobita has fallen as the second victim of theft by house help. It has been reported that the two maid-servants of her house Pinki and Yasmin have gone missing since February 1. Pinki went off from Bobita’s…
Dhaka, Feb 6 – President Abdul Hamid on Monday constituted the new Election Commission (EC) making former secretary KM Nurul Huda the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He also appointed four new election commissioners — former additional secretary Mahbub Talukder, ex-secretary…
Dhaka- A mobile court, in a drive, seized 200- maund of jatka (small hilsa fish) from Rupatoli area in the city in Barisal this afternoon.The court also sentenced two persons to 18 and 13 months jail respectively and fined another…
Dhaka – A woman was killed and her husband injured critically as a bus hit their motorbike in Borodorga area of the upazila in Pirganj at Rangpur this morning.The victim was Nargis, 35, a NGO worker and wife of school teacher…
Dhaka – Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews was Monday ruled out of this month’s three-match Twenty20 series in Australia with a hamstring injury.”Captain Angelo Mathews will not be part of the squad as he has been ruled out due to…
Dhaka – Alastair Cook resigned as England Test captain after a record 59 matches in the role, saying Monday it was “a sad day” but the right decision for the team.Cook, England’s leading scorer in Tests with 11,057 runs, became…
Dhaka – Police arrested three more people in connection with the attacks on Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila on Sunday night.The arrestees are Tabarak Hossain, Saddam Hossain and Ahammad Ali.Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station Abu Zafar said they arrested the…
Dhaka – Bangladesh sweated out against Indian 2nd-string team in the two-day warm-up match which ended up in draw on the final day at Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad, India on Monday.Replying to Bangladesh’s 1st innings collection of 224/8-dec, the India A…
Dhaka – A recurrence of a thigh injury sidelined Bangladesh opening batsman Imrul Kayes from the Tigers squad for the one-off Test against India which is scheduled to begin at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.Imrul has…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) North Zone and Prime Bank South Zone secured big win against their rivals in the 2nd round of the four-day match Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), both ended on day 3 at two separate venues…
Dhaka – ‘Prothom Partho’, a Bangladeshi Stage play, is going to be staged at the International Theatre Festival of India, the ’19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017′ on Tuesday at Abhimancha auditorium in New Delhi.The 21 day festival was organized by…
Dhaka – Nineteen baby crocodiles have been found dead at Karamjal Wildlife Reproduction Centre in Bagerhat of the Sundarbans.M Saidul Islam, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East, said the forest officials recovered the 19 dead babies that bore…
Dhaka — Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey’s northern Aegean coast on Monday, damaging dozens of homes in at least five villages and injuring at least five people.The first quake was centered beneath the Aegean off…
Dhaka – Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali on monday praised Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)’s role for aiding Rohingya refugees in the country.
Describing the refugee crisis as a global problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh has also been hit by it due to the intrusion of Myanmar nationals into the country. She made the remarks when German MPs Hans-Peter…
Dhaka – A court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 26 to cross-examine former Senior Trial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam in the Savar six students killing case.
Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, set a new record Monday as the first British sovereign to reach their sapphire jubilee, marking 65 years on the throne. The head of state, now 90, became queen aged 25 upon the…
Bander Yahya A Alzahrani, who works for the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Beijing, was sentenced to a caning by a judge in Singapore after being found guilty of groping the 20-year-old woman in an en-suite bathroom. The court heard the…
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to give ‘Tax Card’ to all tax payers as an electronic smart card instead of giving it to VIPs. During a meeting with NBR chairman…