Dhaka – The lawyers both loyal to the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP-Jamaat held separate protest meetings and brought out processions on the Supreme Court premises chanting slogans against each other over the ongoing countrywide blockade that virtually stalled…
Dhaka – Amid the crippling blockade and worsening political violence, the country’s top business leaders met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tonight (Monday night) and shared their concern over the political instability that has cast a shadow on the economy, especially…
Awami League’s General Secretary Syed Asharful Islam’s motorcade has been attacked at Tongi in Gazipur, police said.
A day after placing them on a four-day remand, a Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to two journalists of a private television channel in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station for inciting blockaders to explode crude bombs.
The pilot cull of badgers in west Gloucestershire has failed to meet the 70% target set by the government, official figures have shown.
The BNP led 18-party opposition alliance has extended the countrywide blockade until 5:00pm on Thursday for another 59 hours in protest against Election Commission’s failure to postpone the election schedule.
Chittagong’s railway link with Dhaka has been restored 22 hours after an inter-city train derailed in Comilla after suspected Opposition blockade campaigners sabotaged the tracks.
Filing of nomination papers for the next parliamentary polls ended at 5 pm on Monday. Candidates of the Awami League, Jatiya Party and others submitted their nomination papers to the returning officers on the last date for filing.
Top officials of five business houses, accused in the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam cases, on Monday failed to turn up at the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) head office to face their scheduled grilling.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Election Commission to postpone the schedule announced for the 10th parliamentary election and thus save the country.
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells.
Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice-chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain and JU Teachers’ Association (Juta) president Prof Ajit Kumar Majumder have received death threats on their cell phones.
The 3rd day of the 72-hour opposition’s road-rail-waterway blockade passed off amid bomb blasts, vandalism, clashes, arson attacks on buses and railways across the country on Monday, leaving two people dead.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance enforced a non-stop hartal in Comilla-9 constituency (Laksam and Monaharganj upazilas) on Monday demanding that two opposition leaders allegedly picked up law enforcers be traced and released.
Opposition BNP on Monday alleged that the government is going to put the last nail in the coffin of democracy by arranging a ‘one-sided farcical election’.
Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism among people who carry a genetic disposition for the neurodevelopmental disorder, according to newly published research led by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of…
A delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday met Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A. Nikolaev at the latter’s office and discussed the current political situation. Jamaat assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzaq led the delegation. A Jamaat leader, wishing not…
Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima on Monday urged all the political parties to engage in a constructive dialogue to find a mutually acceptable solution for holding the coming general election in a free, fair, credible, inclusive and peaceful manner in the…
Egypt’s new draft constitution was approved Sunday for a referendum billed as the first stage in a “democratic transition” promised by military-installed authorities after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s July ouster.
Kazi Zafar Ahmed has demanded the release of all Opposition BNP leaders, including the party’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters’ demands that she step down, amid fresh clashes in Bangkok.
Energy drinks packed with caffeine can change the way the heart beats, researchers warn.
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected Egypt’s new draft constitution.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire has held on to the top spot at the US box office for a second week, with Disney’s Frozen opening at number two.
The entries have been on show at a former Army barracks at Ebrington, in the city.
Madrid – Barcelona’s 2-1 loss at Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League last week was down to a lack of intensity while Sunday’s 1-0 reverse at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga exposed their relative physical frailty.
Real Madrid defender Pepe claims his club and international colleague Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world, but the team can cope in his absence.
Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML), a state owned enterprise, is going to start sugar production from December 13.
The village of Govindapur under Paba Upazila of the district had been declared free from child marriage on November 27 last year.
An 11-member ‘District Employment Implementation Committee for Physically Challenged People’ was formed at a meeting held here at ‘Adhikar Chamber’ in the city on Sunday afternoon.