by Luda Bujoreanu With more than 1.1 billion individuals without official proof of identity, a myriad of technologies is advancing at a faster speed than ever before and becoming more affordable, making it possible for nations to leapfrog paper based…
Moscow, March 1 – The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Russian Federation), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of the Republic of India signed a…
Dhaka- Chittagong Ispahani Cricket Academy emerged champions in the BKSP TID Cup Under-13 Cricket Tournament beating Khulna Mohammedan Cricket Academy by six wickets in the final at BKSP Ground-1 in Savar on Thursday.
Correspondent Dhaka,Mar 1 -The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday declared parliament membership of Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Hazari legal.
BAU Correspondent Bangladesh Agricultural University Teachers’ Association on Thursday arranged a human chain in front of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium for protesting attack on Prof Dr Syed Sakhawat Husain, the governing body chairman of Krishi Biswabidalay (KB) College & also…
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Football Team reached Qatar’s capital Doha on Wednesday night for a two-week long training there as part of their preparation for the SAFF Championship in Dhaka from September 4-15.
Hundreds of Hindu community members today celebrated Holi, a religious festival of colours, across the country with much enthusiasm and religious fervor.
How many people know where their gold and diamond jewelry comes from?How many people consider the human cost of its production?Not many consumers ask these questions, and, shockingly, neither do many of the world’s leading jewelry brands.It’s a trend that…
The members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) have been put on high alert as Myanmar Army took position along Tambru border in Naikkhongchhari of Bandarban with heavy arms and ammunition on Thursday.The Foreign Ministry also summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka LwinOo…
Hitting out at the Prime Minister for branding their party as a corrupt one, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday suggested Sheikh Hasina to see her own face in the mirror.
A mentally disturbed teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a 1981 visit to New Zealand and police covered up the botched attempt, according to official documents released Thursday.
A three-day trade show started today in the city to display product of American companies in Bangladesh as well as give a boost to the bilateral trade between the two countries.
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw mixed trend in early hours of trading on Thursday as investors remain active on both sides of the trading session.
BNP distributed leaflets across the country, including the capital, on Thursday demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
It was a premiere: We took our podcast live, to Stockholm’s Kulturhuset, and the guest was perfect, somebody we had wanted to talk to for a long time, the techno-sociologist, activist, author, professor Zeynep Tufekci.
Feb 27 (The Daily Star, Bangladesh) – No one would realise better than a woman how it feels when a child is snatched away from the arms of a mother and slaughtered, a man is murdered before the eyes of…
Dhaka -Unidentified miscreants stabbed a college student to death in Laxmibazar area in the capital on Thursday.
Rome,(AP/UNB) – AC Milan’s unbeaten streak in all competitions reached 13 matches with a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Lazio on Wednesday to advance to the Italian Cup final against Juventus.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-7 in a drive arrested two drug peddlers along with 348 bottles of phensidyl from Shuvopur bus station under Sadarghat Police Station in Chittagong on Wednesday night.
Paris(AP/UNB) – With star striker Neymar out injured, Angel Di Maria staked his claim to start against Real Madrid next week by scoring two goals as Paris Saint-Germain beat a sloppy Marseille side 3-0 Wednesday to reach the French Cup…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a man along with heroin worth Tk one crore from a bus at Hatikumrul Golchattar in Salonga upazila in Sirajganj early Thursday.
Asuncion(AP/UNB) – A young Lionel Messi dribbles a soccer ball or poses for a photograph with his grandmother. As an adult, he embraces his children, kisses his wife, or points two fingers to the sky in memory of his grandmother…
Dhaka – A worker was killed and three others were injured when a truck hit a trolley in Sadar upazila in Sirajganj on Wednesday.
Paris,(AP/UNB) – Neymar will undergo surgery in Brazil on his fractured foot, ruling him out of next week’s Champions League match against Real Madrid.
The UAE’s Ministry of Energy has announced a slight decrease in fuel prices for the month of March after a significant increase last month. Fuel prices increased 5-7 per cent in February following the introduction of value added tax on…
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visited Saudi Arabia for the first time since his abrupt resignation during a visit there in November set off a major political crisis. Lebanese officials said at the time that Riyadh had forced its long-time…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to travel to the United States for a visit from March 19 to the first week of April, a Saudi official said. A Saudi government source said earlier the prince was expected…
The verdict in the court case involving a senior newspaper editor in Dubai who stands accused of murdering his wife is expected on March 25, according to local media reports. The defendant, Francis Matthew, 61, stands accused of fatally hitting…
The moon will have its first 4G cell phone network in 2019, the network builder Vadafone said Tuesday. The German branch of the multinational telecommunication company has teamed up with Nokia to do the mission, London-headquartered Vadafone said in a…
The Rolling Stones have been rocking together for a half century but the legendary tensions between Keith Richards and Mick Jagger look to be very much alive. Richards apologized Wednesday to his bandmate after the guitarist suggested that the fecund…