Dhaka, May 17 – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members a human trafficking syndicate masquerading as “travel agents” from different places in Dhaka. The law enforcers have launched a country-wide crackdown on human traffickers after dozens of Bangladeshis…
Dhaka, May 17 – Gambia is working actively to take the issue of the Rohingya persecution to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for bringing the Myanmar government under accountability for their atrocities committed on the Rohingya people in Rakhine…
Dhaka, May 17 – At least three people were killed and dozens injured during a storm in the capital on Friday evening. Two of the deaths were reported from Badda where a wall collapsed adjacent to Pran-RFL building. Bulbul Biswash,…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB)- Four Bangladeshi youths, led by veteran mountaineer MA Mohit, will go on an expedition to scale Mount Pharchamo in the Himalayas. The team will leave Dhaka on May 21, Bangla Mountaineers and Trekking Club (BMTC) told…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – Senior BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday claimed that wrong government policies are denying farmers fair prices of their products. “Why is the government not procuring paddy directly from farmers with fair prices?” the…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged everyone to work together to ensure that the digital economy delivers for all. “We must also recognise our shared responsibility to ensure that these technologies are not used…
Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 17(UNB/IPS) – Kaptai Lake, the biggest manmade lake in Bangladesh, is heading for a tragic end as sediments fill up its bottom and waste materials continue to pollute it every day. The 688-square-kilometre lake, created by damming…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB)- Bangladesh Krishak Samity (BKS) on Friday called a nationwide sit-in protest for May 23 in front of deputy commissioners’ offices seeking fair prices for farm produces. “We’ll call non-stop sit-in and nationwide road blockades next month if…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged all to remain alert so that anti- liberation forces and war criminals cannot return to power. “We all have to remain alert so that anti-liberation and war criminals…
বাংলাদেশ আবহাওয়া অধিদপ্তরের অবসরপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা মোঃ দেলোয়ার হোসেন গত ১৬ মে বেলা ১১.০০টায় চট্টগ্রামের সেন্টাল হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় মৃত্যুবরণ করেন ( ইন্না লিল্লাহে ওয়া ইন্না ইলাইহি রাজিউন)। মৃত্যুকালে তার বয়স হয়েছিল ৭৫বছর। তিনি দীর্ঘদিন যাবত বার্ধক্যজনিত রোগে ভুগছিলেন। ১৬ মে…
Dubai, May 17 (AP/UNB) — Saudi Arabia accused Tehran of being behind a drone strike that shut down a key oil pipeline in the kingdom, and a newspaper close to the palace called for Washington to launch “surgical” strikes on…
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – The 39th Homecoming Day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed on Friday. On May 17, 1981, Sheikh Hasina returned home from India after nearly six years in exile following…
Dhaka, May 16 (UNB) – Water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is contaminated in 59 areas under its 10 zones, according to a report submitted to the High Court on Thursday. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD)…
JOHANNESBURG, May 16 2019 (IPS) – Does the name Ihsan Al Fagiri ring a bell? How about Heba Omer or Adeela Al Zaebaq? It’s likely that these names, among countless others, are not known to the average news consumer. But their…
WASHINGTON DC, May 16 2019 (IPS) – The notion of citizenship has evolved over time. Historically, allegiance was typically to an ethnic group or a feudal lord. With the birth of the nation-state in the 19th century came the need to…
Chicago, May 17 (AP/UNB) — Columbia University Libraries in New York will produce the official oral history of Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama Foundation officials announced Thursday that the project at The Columbia Center for Oral History Research will provide a…
Jerusalem, May 17 (AP/UNB) — Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of…
Cannes, May 17 (AP/UNB) — Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes entry “Bacurau” is a feverish and violent Western about a rural Brazilian community defending itself from a hard-to-comprehend invasion. For the filmmakers, it’s not so different than President Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.…
Dhaka, May 16 – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday urged their party leaders and activists to take to the streets with courage to have their chairperson Khaleda Zia freed from jail. “We’re saying many things about the…
Chattogram, May 17 – An activist of opposition BNP associate Judo Dal was stabbed to death allegedly by the activists of local Awami League over previous enmity at East Muradpur Delipara in Sitakunda Upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified…
The longtime manager for Britney Spears voiced concern about her mental health on Wednesday, saying he believes the pop singer should not return to performing at a planned Las Vegas residency in the near term “and possibly never again.” In…
Vaccination against measles should be mandatory for children before they start school in order to prevent future outbreaks of the resurgent disease, according to new analysis released Friday. The World Health Organization says cases of measles — a highly contagious…
SpaceX postponed a launch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit that was scheduled for Thursday night, possibly until next week, citing a need for software updates. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was to be the first…
Entertainment Desk This year is a very special one for one of the country’s popular rock bands – Miles. The band has come a long way and touched the milestone of 40 years in the music industry. Miles’ band members…
As a first timer at this enormous film festival at Cannes, I somehow survived the first day almost unscathed. Most people here speak only French and anyone will tell you that it’s not the easiest festival to navigate through. I…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, বিশ্বব্যাপী অস্থিরতা চলছে। কোথা শান্তি নেই, নিরাপত্তা নেই। দেশব্যাপী নারী হত্যা, ধর্ষণ, শিশু ধর্ষণ-নির্যাতন চলছে। এ অবস্থা থেকে মুক্তি পেতে হলে সকলকে কুরআনের শাসনের দিকে ফিরে আসতে…
Dhaka, May 16 – The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed graved concerned against a High Court bench for giving an unprecedented order relating to a civil case. The seven members bench of the Appellate Division head by chief justice Syed…