Dhaka, Jan 11 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that Awami League has been following a depoliticisation formula introduced by the 1/11 regime in 2007 as part of its efforts to “establish a monarchy” in…
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3 laws being amended for HSC results by January 28 sans exam
Dhaka, Jan 11 – The Cabinet on Monday approved the drafts of three amendment bills aiming to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations by January 28 next.
Huawei must focus on the development of Cloud: Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder, Huawei, has recently given a speech at the company’s internal event where he has raised and discussed numerous critical topics of Huawei’s operational activities.
বঙ্গবন্ধুর প্রত্যাবর্তন দিবসে ইউপি চেয়ারম্যান সমিতির শ্রদ্ধা
গতকাল রবিবার (১০ জানুয়ারি) জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের ঐতিহাসিক স্বদেশ প্রত্যাবর্তন দিবস উপলক্ষ্যে ধানমন্ডি ৩২ নম্বরে বঙ্গবন্ধুর প্রতিকৃতিতে ফুল দিয়ে শ্রদ্ধা নিবেদন করেন বাংলাদেশ ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ চেয়ারম্যান সমিতি।
Advocate Tasmiah new country director, ‘Global Peace Chain’
Dhaka, Jan 11 – The United States-based advocacy group ‘Global Peace Chain’ has appointed young Bangladeshi lawyer Advocate Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed as its Country Director for Bangladesh.
IFAD, GCF act to better life, boost African Great Green Wall
Paris, 11 January 2021 – Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause for hope today because of their governments’ support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering 11…
The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approval of the discriminatory Nation-State Law in July 2018. Indeed, the latest addition to Israel’s Basic Law is…
Trump impeachment: Democrats ready to act over Capitol riot
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has shared with lawmakers plans to remove President Donald Trump from office before starting an impeachment process. The House of Representatives would vote on a resolution calling on Vice-President Mike Pence to remove Mr Trump’s…
Bashundhara Kings retain Federation Cup title
DHAKA – Bashundhara Kings retained title of 32nd Federation Cup Football beating Saif Sporting Club by 1-0 goal in the final held today at Bangabandhu National Stadium here. Bashundhara now won two Federation Cup titles in their third consecutive final…
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day observed
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Sunday.
Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UNB/AP) — Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after…
‘Middlemen hired’ for vaccine import to commit graft: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Jan 10 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has ‘hired middlemen’ in the procurement of coronavirus vaccine to indulge in corruption.
BNP’s nationwide human chain program Wednesday
Dhaka, Jan 10 – BNP will form human chains across the country on Wednesday in protest against framing of charges against party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and issuing a warrant for his arrest in a sedition case.
Mayor Taposh calls Khokon’s remarks about him unimportant
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The extraordinary war of words between the incumbent and immediate-past mayors of Dhaka South City Corporation continued to boil on Sunday, with Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh shrugging off his predecessor Sayeed Khokon remarks on his…
Illusion of a makeover
Sudhirendar Sharma That the populist image-building force has developed into an instrument of coercion isn’t the concern of the large majority. Francis Fukuyama had professed that the post-war evolution of mankind will spur the ideological universalization of liberal democracy. In…
IBBL concludes 2-day Business Development Conference
The closing ceremony of a two-day Business Development Conference of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka on 10 January 2021, Sunday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, PhD, Chairman of the bank addressed the concluding session…
Rice import from India through Hili land port resumes
Hili (Dinajpur), Jan 10 – Trucks carrying 112 metric tonnes of rice from India entered into Bangladesh through the Hili land port on Saturday afternoon.
Freedom fighter status of 52 more people cancelled
Dhaka, Jan 10 – More than seven months after the publication of the new list of freedom fighters, the government has cancelled the freedom fighter certificates of 52 people including Mosleh Uddin Khan one of the convicts in Bangabandhu murder…
Bangladesh Mission in Italy honours top remittance senders
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshis and a business organisation with “Remittance Award”. The event was held on Thursday on the occasion of “International Migrants Day 2020”.
Bangladeshi sentenced for conspiracy to bring aliens to US
Washington – A Bangladeshi national formerly residing in Monterrey, Mexico, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to smuggle aliens from Mexico into the United States.
Global COVID-19 cases near 90 million, deaths 1.92 mn
Dhaka, Jan 10 (AP/UNB) – Almost 90 million people have been infected with coronavirus as COVID-19 cases hardly show any sign of slowing down, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
BOSTON (AP/ UNB) One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signalling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion.
Training aircraft crash lands at Rajshahi airport; crew safe
Rajshahi, Jan 9 – A training aircraft’s landing gear (wheels) split open forcing it to crash land during a training session at Rajshahi Shah Makhdum Airport on Saturday. All 3 crews including the trainer were unharmed.
BAPEX discovers 4-layer gas in new part of Haripur
Sylhet, Jan 10 – Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) has started extracting gas from a new part of the Haripur gas field located in Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet.
40 BNP men in Ctg sued for ‘threatening to oust govt’
Chittagong, Jan 10 – A case was filed against 40 leaders and activists of BNP for threatening to oust government through an armed movement.
Another cold wave coming this week, yet another by month-end
Dhaka, Jan 9 – A warmer condition for over a week in the country gives an impression that the winter is going to end but meteorologists say mercury may fall again from Tuesday next.
Akram urges Bangladesh to guard against complacency
DHAKA — Bangladesh should not take West Indies lightly despite the fact that the Caribbean side will be without 12 first choice players, said Akram Khan, the cricket operations chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Amongst the 12, a…
Tigers to rely on spin to prey West Indies again
DHAKA —The Bangladesh is unlikely to change their concept which brought success for them at home soil in the longer version format so far. Spin is Bangladesh’s main weapon, which they unleashed successfully against the teams like Australia, England and…
Taposh is not fit to be mayor: Sayeed Khokon
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has lost all his credentials to remain in the post, according to his predecessor Sayeed Khokon.
West Indies to arrive Bangladesh tomorrow
DHAKA —West Indies is set to arrive in Bangladesh Sunday for a two-match Test series and three-match ODI series in their month-long tour here. The team got weakened significantly because of the absence of 12 first choice players. Amongst the…