By IPS World Desk Rome, Mar 19 (IPS) – The UN General Assembly will launch the International Decade for Action: Water for sustainable development (2018-2028) on World Water Day, 22 March 2018. According to UNGA President Miroslav Lajcak, outlining his…
Rajshahi, March 22 – Welcoming Bangladesh as it has attained the qualifications of a Developing Country in the World, the District Administration of Rajshahi took out a rally in the city on Thursday.
Dhaka, March 22 – Tania Begum, wife of accused Hassan Mahmud in the DB Inspector Md Jalal Uddin murder case, gave statement in connection with the incident, under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Dhaka, March 22 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday put on two members of Neo JMB including Hadisur Rahman Sagar on remand. Sagar, allegedly supplied bombs during the Holey Artisan attack. Magistrate Raihanul Haque of…
Dhaka, March 22 – The BNP has convened a joint meeting of the party central leaders and another meeting with leaders of 20-party leaders on Saturday to discuss the latest development in the political arena and strategies for next course…
Dgaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday recovered 10 gold bars weighing 1.16 kg from Sonamasjid Land Port area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj.
Shariatpur – Police on Thursday recovered the throat-slit body of a rickshaw puller from Uporgaon Guccha village in Sadar upazila.
Dhaka- A minor boy was crushed under the wheel of a tractor in Yusufnagar Pulpara area of Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
Bagerhat – Some unidentified people reportedly killed a civet (locally known as Khatash or Gandha Gokul) near Technical College in Harinkhola area of the district town on Thursday morning.
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced two people to death for killing a woman in East Upalata village of Shahrasti upazila in Chandpur in 2016. District and Sessions Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed pronounced the verdict in presence of…
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three people along with a touchstone weighing 27 kilograms from Bhimkathi village in Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur on Thursday morning.
DHAKA, March 22, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the countrymen to keep up the achievement dedicating Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing nation to them as she was accorded a grand reception for her stewardship for the…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that the government has only developed the ruling party’s position and its leaders and activists, not the country over its nine-year rule. “Have you ever seen such processions…
DHAKA – Bir Protik Nurjahan Kakon Bibi, a valiant freedom fighter, died at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College last night at the age of 103 due to old age complications.
Dhaka, March 22 (UNB) –Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal on Thursday said local private airlines need to be more cautious in running their business. He said this while inaugurating the three-day Dhaka International Tourism Fair–2018 at Pan Pacific…
PARIS, (BSS/AFP) – Since the poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England on March 4, a war of words has escalated between London and Moscow.
PARIS, (BSS/AFP) – Harmful carbon emissions from energy rose in 2017 for the first time in three years, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, proof that the world’s efforts to fight climate change are falling short. Strong economic growth pushed…
Dhaka- The government on Thursday launched a five-day programme to celebrate Bangladesh’s eligibility for graduation from the group of least developed countries (LDCs) to a developing one.
Dhaka – For the second time in the country’s history, three baby ostriches hatched from eggs at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
The Netherland government has contributed $800,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for scaling up an initiative on rice fortification in Bangladesh. Fortification is a complex process of increasing the content of essential vitamins and minerals in staple…
Harmful carbon emissions from energy rose in 2017 for the first time in three years, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, proof that the world’s efforts to fight climate change are falling short. Strong economic growth pushed global energy demand…
Six Australian media companies seeking to join the battle against a record Aus$4.5 million (US$3.5 million) defamation payout to Hollywood star Rebel Wilson had their case knocked back Thursday. The “Pitch Perfect” star was awarded the damages against magazine publisher…
Culture Desk Bangladesh Chalachitra Shilpi Samiti had organised a milad mahfil and commemoration ceremony at BFDC’s Shilpi Samiti study room in her honour Two years ago on the afternoon of March 20, 2016 veteran actor Parveen Sultana Diti died after…
Culture Desk Dhallywood superstars Shakib Khan and Misha Shawdagar Shahid Hasan has finally declared that they will be working together after more than a year in the upcoming film “Captain Khan.” Speculations were made that they might not work together…
” Asia needs nuclear energy to meet its economic, energy and environmental goals” according to Agneta Rising, Director General of World Nuclear Association, who was speaking at the Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018 conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Nuclear energy is…
Mahmud Hafiz It was a shocking experience for an investigative environmental journalist to see the exhibits of foreign materials collected from stomach of a dead gray whale at the pacific science center, Seattle, USA. Because he is already aware of…
Rome, 21 March – On World Water Day 2018, a new report released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) shows that sustainable investment in freshwater ecosystems in developing countries helps farmers reduce the impact from floods, droughts and…
Dhaka – Locals have caught three fake environment officials while extorting money from a brick kiln at Nagarparh in Muradnagar upazila in Comilla and handed them over to police.
Dortmund,(AP/UNB) – Sprint star Usain Bolt is set to train with German soccer team Borussia Dortmund on Friday.
Key Biscayne,(AP/UNB) – The match ended with Serena Williams grinning at the net. She saved her worst shot for last, and after a rare first-round defeat she had to laugh.