Nearly a quarter of the world’s population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to “day zero” conditions when the taps run dry, according to a report released Tuesday. The World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas…
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi has boarded the cast of Showtime series Halo to be produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. The series, which will begin production later this year in Budapest, will be directed by Otto Bathurst. An adaptation of…
Culture Desk Senior actor Sohel Rana made his debut as an actor with Masud Rana in 1974. He acted opposite National Award winning actress Kabori Sarwar in the film. Now after more than four decades the two are joining for…
Dhaka, Aug 06 – Col Oli Ahmed, Chairman, Liberal Democratic Party and founder of the Jatiya Mukti Manch on Monday called for unity and selfless movement of all professional groups of people to secure the freedom of the people which,…
Dhaka, Aug 6 (UNB) – Mohona TV journalist FM Mushfiqur Rahman who went missing from the capital on Saturday was found blindfolded in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district early Tuesday. The imam of a local mosque found Mushfiqur near the…
ভারতীয় সংবিধানের ৩৭০ ধারা ও ৩৫(ক) ধারা তুলে দেয়ায় কাশ্মীর অঞ্চলের মুসলমানদের নিরাপত্তা বিপন্ন ও নাগরিক অধিকার স্থায়ী ভাবে লুণ্ঠিত হয়ে যাওয়ার আশঙ্কা প্রকাশ করেছেন বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ নেতৃবৃন্দ।
কক্সবাজার: বিশ্বের দীর্ঘতম সৈকত নগরী কক্সবাজারের সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে ক্রমবর্ধমান যানজট নিরসনের দাবিতে ডেমোক্রেসি ইন্টারন্যাশনালের রাজনৈতিক ফেলো বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ কক্সবাজার জেলা কমিটির নির্বাহী সদস্য তানজিদ ওয়াহিদ লোটাস এবং বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদলের কক্সবাজার পেকুয়া উপজেলা কমিটির সিনিয়র যুগ্ম সম্পাদক শওকত হোছাইন আজ…
Dhaka, Aug 05 – A three-member probe committee was yesterday formed to investigate the allegation made by a woman that five police personnel raped her in a police station on Friday in Khulna.
Dhaka, Aug 05 – The density of Aedes mosquitoes, the carrier of dengue disease, in the capital city of Dhaka has been increased for thirteen times more than before the advent of rainy season, according to sources in the Directorate…
Dhaka, Aug 05 – Aysha Siddika Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif, yesterday filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in a case filed over the killing of her husband.
Dhaka, Aug 05 – The hajj flights run by Biman Bangladesh Airlines concluded on Monday operating all 189 flights while the last Hajj flights of Saudi Arabian Airlines will fly on Tuesday with rest of the pilgrims. On the last…
Dhaka – Amid several franchises’ move to rope in star players for their teams for the next season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said it has no validity as they are yet to renew…
Dhaka – Three players shared the top slot in the Walton Air Conditioner International Rating Chess Tournament on Monday securing full four points from four matches at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room. The leaders are: FM Mehdi Hasan Parag…
Birmingham (AP/UNB) – Australia won the first Ashes Test by a huge margin of 251 runs on Monday after dismissing England for 146 in its second innings on the final day.
Dhaka – A court here on Monday issued a warrant for the arrest of nine BNP leaders and activists, including its acting chairman Tarique Rahman and secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for issuing death threat…
Dhaka – BNP on Monday alleged that Bangladesh has become a ‘vulnerable’ country for living as people here do not feel safe since the government is busy ensuring its own protection by indulging in widespread corruption. “We’re living in a…
Dhaka – Amid the shortage of dengue-testing kits due to the widespread prevalence of dengue, the government has exempted import duty, VAT, advance tax and advance income tax from the detection kits.
Dhaka – Senior Entomologist of WHO Southeast Asia region Dr BN Nagpal on Monday said Aedes mosquitoes cannot be killed by applying insecticides through fogging machines on streets. “WHO has completely stopped the recommendation of fog…the problem is that this…
Japan, Aug 5 (AP/UNB) — Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. The test flight reaching 3 meters (10 feet) high was…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (UNB) – Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun called upon the close associates of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family members, including Sheikh Kamal, to come forward to share their ideas accurately to the…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (UNB) – Four members of a family, including two children, suffered serious burn injuries as an air conditioner caught fire in their house at Kathalbagan in the city early Monday. The injured were identified as Moniruzzaman Liton,…
Bangkok, Aug 5 (AP/UNB) — A United Nations fact-finding mission called Monday for an embargo on arms sales to Myanmar and targeted sanctions against businesses with connections to the military after finding they are helping fund human rights abuses. The…
Manikganj, Aug 5 (UNB) – Health Minister Zahid Malik has said there is nothing to be worried about dengue as there is no country in the world where there is no dengue. “There’s no country in the world where dengue…
Ed Sheeran has thanked his fans after breaking a tour record set by U2. The singer-songwriter’s Divide tour will be officially the biggest, most attended and highest grossing of all time when he plays in Germany later. He wrote on…
The little girl who fled from war-torn Latvia spent more than 50 years in exile – but soon after returning she became president. Not only that, Vaira Vike-Freiberga became the first female head of a former Soviet bloc state. “My…
Police arrested a woman along with a foreign 9mm pistol, four bullets and 15 bottles of Phensidyl at Shibnathpur Baropota village in the upazila of Jashore district on Sunday night. The arrested was identified as Rahena Begum, 38, wife of…
Nidia Silva had never realized her dream of swimming with dolphins until a Miami NGO gave her a pair of virtual reality glasses as part of an experimental treatment for depression and isolation in senior citizens. “You’re in a world…
Culture Desk Redoan Rony, a famous TV drama director, made the drama series ‘Behind the Scene’ on the occasion of Eid in 2011. The serial telecast on NTV and got huge responses from the audiences for its comic content. The…
Cultural Correspondent Noted filmmaker Giasuddin Selim is about to start with his third film. Titled ‘Pap-punna’ shooting of the film would start after Eid-ul-Azha. Selim has already finished the screenplay and script by himself while two lead male actors have…
Dhaka, Aug 4 (UNB) -French inventor Franky Zapata has made the first-ever successful Channel crossing on a jet-powered flyboard, reports the BBC. Mr Zapata, 40, took off from Sangatte, near Calais, at 06:17 GMT on Sunday and landed in St…