The decision to organise Amar Ekushey Granathamela, the longest duration book fair in the world, from March 18 to April 14 has come under criticism.
Day: February 24, 2021
Savour the best of rice cakes at Pitha Utsab
Jatiya Pitha Utsab (National Rice Cake Festival) began on the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) ground in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Dhaka wants strategic relations with Washington
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh wants to elevate her relations with the US from partnership to a strategic level through maintaining a close and sustained contact with the US leadership.
Golden jubilee of independence: BNP’s grand rally on March 30
BNP on Wednesday announced a 19-day programme, including a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, for the month of March to celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.
UP member shot dead in Rangamati
A Union Parishad member was gunned down by some miscreants in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Wednesday.
President shocked at banker Ibrahim Khaled’s death
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank and prominent economist Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled.
Chattogram City Polls: CEC, EC secretary among 9 sued
BNP’s defeated mayoral candidate in the recently-held elections to the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Dr Shahadat Hossain on Wednesday filed a case against nine people including the Chief Election Commissioner for ‘manipulating the election results.’
Journalist, columnist Syed Abul Maksud dies
Journalist and noted columnist Syed Abul Maksud died in the capital on Tuesday evening. He was 74.
Eminent banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled dies
Eminent banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled died at a hospital in the city early on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment for post-Covid complications. He was 80.
3 Rohingyas killed in Teknaf ‘gunfight’ with RAB
Three Rohingya men were killed in a gunfight with RAB near a Teknaf Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, around 6 pm on Tuesday.
Students block Nilkhet crossing protesting exam postponement
Students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University blocked Nilkhet intersection in the capital on Wednesday morning, protesting the postponement of their ongoing examinations.
Complainant asked to withdraw case against Al Jazeera
A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the complainant to withdraw a sedition case filed against four people over a report of Al Jazeera titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men”.
Salman’s death case, no-confidence hearing adjourned
A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing on the final report submitted by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on February 25, last year in connection with the death of eminent film star Salman Shah.
WHO EB discusses pathogen sharing & benefit sharing
On 25-26 January, the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) considered the public health implications of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing, a treaty under the Convention Biological Diversity.
How Mango Farmers are Tackling an Invasive Fruit Fly Pest
Every harvest season, Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, Zimbabwe, buries half the mangoes she’s grown that season.
সৈয়দ আবুল মকসুদ এর মৃত্যুতে বাংলাদেশ পরিবেশ আন্দোলন (বাপা)’র শোক
বিশিষ্ট লেখক-সাংবাদিক ও কলামিষ্ট সৈয়দ আবুল মকসুদ ২৩ ফেব্রুয়ারী, ২০২১ সন্ধ্যা ৭.০০ টায় বার্ধক্যজনিত কারণে রাজধানীর স্কয়ার হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় মৃত্যুবরণ করেন (ইন্না-নিল্লাহি ওয়া ইন্না-ইলার্হি রাজিউন)।
Aids patient interview
I found your report on the Indian AIDS man most interesting.
You must have been so embarrassed when the report was published after discovering how the Sub-Editor had represented your report and given it a totally new slant.
IBBL inaugurates Dhaka Judge Court Sub-Branch
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Dhaka Judge Court Sub-Branch under Sadarghat Branch, Dhaka on 23 February 2021, Tuesday.