Visiting US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Monday encouraged a secretary-level dialogue between the country’s two major political parties for finding a way forward to hold a ‘peaceful, free, fair and credible’ election.
The treasury bench members in Parliament on Monday welcomed the formation of a polls-time government to oversee the next general election.
Iran’s Defense Minister plans to unveil the country’s latest drone plane on Monday.
Workers at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have begunremoving fuel rods from a storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor building.
Former military dictator and Jatiya Party president HM Ershad on Monday said he is going to contest the polls under the just-formed election-time cabinet to win the race not to sit in the opposition bench.
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance will stage countywide demonstrations on Friday protesting what it said the reshuffle in the cabinet in the name of forming an government and demanding restoration of the caretaker government system to oversee the…
Leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in a statement on Monday said the people would identify those who would try to promote the atheist forces to come to power as ‘national traitors’.
Marvel superhero Thor hammered rivals for a second straight weekend at the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday.
In the wake of formation of an election-time cabinet, BNP Chairperson and opposition leader Khaleda Zia is going to meet President Abdul Hamid Tuesday evening to seek his initiatives for resolving the deepening political crisis.
Malaysia on Monday assured that it would look after the Bangladeshi workers so that they don’t face any adverse situation there. The assurance came from visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Bin Razak during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh…
The newly floated political party, Bangladesh Nationalist Front is all set to contest the next parliamentary election with ‘Television’ as its electoral symbol following confirmation of its registration by Election Commission on Monday.
A Dhaka court on Monday awarded death sentence to one person and life-term imprisonments to 12 others in a case filed for killing an Awami League leader of Kishorganj in 2005.
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) General Secretary Habibur Rahman Habib on a one-day remand for police interrogation in a case filed with Ramna Police Station for his alleged involvement in torching vehicles, obstructing police while…
By Neil Smith Dame Helen Mirren has won another award for her portrayal of the Queen.
President Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the Malaysian government to recruit more manpower, especially skilled ones, from Bangladesh, saying they would contribute to the economies of both the countries.
At least two people were killed and 50 othersinjured as garment workers demonstrating for Tk 8,300 minimum wage clashed with law enforcers in Gazipur and Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, Monday.
Australia have suspended six players for one match and warned nine more for drinking in midweek before Saturday’s win over Ireland.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said the country’s rental power plants need to be kept in operation until the power supply situation gets stabilised.
Parliament on Monday passed Bangladesh Travel Agency (Registration and Control) Bill 2013 by keeping provision for sixth months of jail and Tk 50,000 fine for violating travel agency rules by the agencies.
Lance Armstrong has met and apologised to the woman who first accused the disgraced former cyclist of doping.
Luiz Felipe Scolari has expressed his belief that Neymar has already proven himself to be on a par with the world’s best players.
Police on Monday morning recovered the beheaded body of a man at a tea garden in Fatikchhari upazila.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 984 kilograms of contraband Indian cumin and 20 shawls from Azimnagar railway station in Lalpur upazila on Sunday evening.
A mobile court on Sunday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for stalking a JSC examinee in Gazaria upazila.
A battery-run easy-bike driver was beaten to death by miscreants in Benapole town of the district on Monday.
Muggers injured five cattle traders by stabbing them and took away Tk12 lakh from their possession at City Hat in the city on Sunday night.
A mega plan has been taken up for development work aimed at protecting the right bank of the Jamuna, one of the mighty rivers in the country, from its erosion and flood stretching from Sirajganj to Kurigram districts.
Speakers at a farmers’ awareness meeting have underscored the need for soil health management rightly for retaining its productivity.
The media successfully plays its vital role in establishing women rights and gender equity through empowering and flourishing women leadership by creating social awareness against repression and violence.
A three-day students training workshop for disaster management and fire fighting began at Fire Service and Civil Defense Station here yesterday.