Dhaka, Apr 4 – Nearly two weeks after his removal, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday reinstated his younger brother GM Quader as his party’s cochairman. A press release, signed by Ershad, SCO-chairman decision came into effect on Thursday.…
Dhaka, April 04 – A Dhaka court placed the six persons on a one-day remand each in a case filed for allegedly impersonating themselves as customs officials and grabbing money from different people putting them in trap. Magistrate Abu Sufian…
Dhaka, April 04 – City’s Chawkbazar Police on Thursday sought a 10-day remand for quizzing two owners of the Wahed Mansion, the centre of devastating Chawkbazar fire, in a case filed about the death of 70 persons. Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of…
Dhaka, April 04 – United Kingdom (UK) wants to extend its cooperation in different areas including business and trade as well as tertiary level education here in Bangladesh to strengthen the ties between the two countries. Besides, the UK has…
Savar (Dhaka) April 04 – The Election of Jahangirnagar University Alumni Association Executive Committee will be held on Friday 5 April. But the general secretary candidate S.M Shadat Hossen expressed fear about the Election at a press briefing held at…
Dhaka, Apr 3 – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh must end by 6 pm and traditional masks cannot be used during Mongol Shovajatra (procession of good wishes). He came up with the remarks…
Dhaka, April 03 – The prime accused of the latest ‘gang rape’ in Noakhali’s Subarnachar Upazila area on Wednesday surrendered before a Noakhali district court while the court rejected his bail plea. Abul Kalam alias Bechu Majhi, 40, the accused…
Dhaka, April 03 – Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) outgoing president Advocate Zainul Abedin yesterday demanded the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been languishing in jail since February 2018. After citing his achievement during his two years…
Dhaka, April 03 – A major reshuffle in police administration has been carried out by transferring nine senior police officers on Wednesday. Of the officers, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Headquarters Md Humayun Kabir has been transferred as Police…
Dhaka, April 03 – After the deadly fire at Banani’s FR tower the government agencies are now active to inspection high rise buildings in the capital, which finds most of them were violated building code and made the structure dangerous…
Dhaka, April 03 – Leaders and activists of ‘Jatiya Party Oikya Jote’ on Wednesday staged a demonstration demanding the reinstatement of Golam Mohammed Quader (GM Quader) as Jatiya Party (JP) Co-Chairman and also deputy leader of the opposition in Jatiya…
Dhaka, April 3 – A 61-year-old woman has given birth to her own granddaughter in the United States after serving as a surrogate for her son and his husband. The woman, Cecile Eledge, from Nebraska, had been through menopause but…
Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year, according to a new joint UN and European Union (EU) report released on Tuesday, which warns that these crises are primarily driven by conflict and…
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Senior journalist Mahfuz Ullah was admitted to Square Hospital here on Tuesday with severe chest pain. The journalist has been kept at the coronary care unit (CCU) of the hospital under cardiologist Dr Mahbub Mansur, a…
By Daryl G. Kimball Washington DC, Apr 1 2019 (IPS) – Fifty years ago, shortly after the conclusion of the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States and the Soviet Union launched the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Negotiated…
Dhaka, April 02 – The reinforced frame, weighing 58 tons, and the embedded part of the core catcher (core meltdown retention device), weighing 7.5 tons, have been installed at Unit 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna. “In the…
Dhaka, April 02 – Ganoforum’s MP-elect Mukabbir Khan, who won the last national polls from Sylhet-2 constituency, yesterday took oath as a member of the 11th parliament. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered him the oath at her office at…
নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা: প্রতিযোগিতা মানেই অনেক পারদর্শী হতে হবে, আবার পূর্ব প্রস্তুতিনিয়ে প্রতিযোগিতার স্থলে যেতে হবে। আর যদি এমন হয় পারদর্শী না হয়ে বাড়িতে বসেই প্রতিযোগীতায় অংশগ্রহণ করা যায়, তবে কেমন হয়? হ্যা ঠিক তেমনই এক আয়োজন শুরু হয়েছে শিশুকিশোর আঁকিয়েদের…
বিশ্বের সাথে মিল রেখে দুই এপ্রিল বাংলাদেশে পালিত হচ্ছে বিশ্ব ফ্যাক্টচেকিং দিবস। বিডি ফ্যাক্টচেক বিভিন্ন কর্মসূচির মধ্যদিয়ে এই দিবসটি পালন করে। বিশ্বের ফ্যাক্টচেকিং সংস্থাগুলোর অভিভাবক সংস্থা আন্তর্জাতিক ফ্যাক্টচেকিং নেটওয়ার্ক এই দিবসের প্রচলন করে। জনসাধারণের মধ্যে মিথ্যা, ভুল ও বিভ্রান্তিকর তথ্য…
ওয়ায়েজিনদের উপর করারোপ এবং ইসলামী আন্দোলনের নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীমসহ আলেমদের ওয়াজে বাধানিষেধের প্রস্তাবনায় গভীর উদ্বেগ ও ক্ষোভ প্রকাশ করে তীব্র নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই।…
Dhaka, April 02 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed April 15 for hearing on the cancellation of bail granted to Bangladdesh Football Federation’s women wing Chairperson and FIF Council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron in…
Data released recently by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveal that antibiotics used to treat infections that can be transmitted between animals and humans (zoonoses) like campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are…
Dhaka, April 01 – A Dhaka court on Monday sent a former Customs Commissioner and former member of Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal to the jail in a graft case filed for acquiring illegal property. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge…
Dhaka, April 01 – Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) yesterday started a two-day inspection of high-rise buildings to find out buildings constructed flouting the building codes and in compliance with fire safety rules. Twenty-four teams of RAJUK—the capital development authority—started its…
Dhaka, April 01 – The High Court (HC)on Monday directed the authorities concerned to submit a detailed report before it about fire suppression systems and fire safety measures in high-rise buildings in the capital city Dhaka. The mayors of Dhaka…
Dhaka, April 01 – A special judge court of Dhaka on Monday shifted the charge hearing in Niko corruption case to April 10. BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia could not be placed before the court for hearing on charge framing…
The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), a Non-Governmental Organisation in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council has in a statement said, Universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality are foundational…
‘Despite various challenges Bangladesh is on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goals’, a recent government report claims. The report titled Sustainable Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report 2018 says, Bangladesh is performing well in various aspects including poverty reduction, gender equality,…
Munshiganj, Mar 31 – A presiding officer, a policeman and a female Ansar member went missing as a trawler, carrying 19 election officials, capsized in the Meghna River during a sudden storm at Char Hogla in Sonargaon Upazila on Sunday…
Dhaka – A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists demanded the expulsion of the existing expired committee and also demanded immediate punishment who are involved in the attack on election seekers to the upcoming committee. They voiced…