Dave Lee North America technology reporter Twitter is suing the US government after it demanded it reveal the identity of an anti-Trump account. The @ALT_USCIS profile was an anonymous profile account criticising President Trump’s immigration policy. The account claimed it…
Savar, Dhaka – A two day-long jobs fair, titled ‘Career Fest 2017’, begins today at Sheikh Hasina Youth Development Center (SHYDC), adjacent to the JU campus. In collaboration with jobsBD.com, Forum of Entrepreneurship and Business (FEB) of Jahangirnagar University (JU)…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has planned to call spectrum auction by June to launch 4G service, but mobile phone operators said they are not yet ready to provide the service. “It is expected that the 4G service…
Dhaka – The government will construct four more eco-parks along river banks to protect them from encroachment and for the development of environment including recreation for the city dwellers, shipping minister Shajahan Khan has said yesterday.
Dhaka – They people once again have their eyes on the top judiciary as it brought the two review petitions filed by war crimes convict Delawar Hossain Sayedee and the government against its verdict in the war crimes case.
Dhaka – Dhaka city residents on Thursday experienced huge sufferings due to the closure of roads enforced for congregation of Ulema, Imams and Islamists in the city’s Suhrawardi Udyan.
Dhaka – The third death anniversary of eminent journalist ABM Musa will be observed on Monday. A doa mahfil will be held at his residence Suvastu Rimjhim, 5/2 Iqbal road, Mohammadpur, in the city after Maghrib prayers, said a press…
Dhaka, – Ziad Ahmed, an American teen of Bangladeshi origin, created history after writing #BlackLivesMatter a hundred times on his Stanford University application recently, prompting a successful admission. He received the acceptance letter on Friday and tweeted a photo that…
London, April 6 – Over 80 per cent (81%) of the public back calls for councils to help Britain’s under-threat bees by cutting areas of grass less often in parks and roadside verges to allow wild flowers to grow, a…
From AKM Moinudddin, UNB Staff Writer New Delhi, Apr 6 – The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) eyes a greater trade and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and India that will benefit both sides. “We feel very close to Bangladesh. We’ll…
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Police on Thursday submitted a chargesheet against national cricketer Arafat Sunny in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Dhaka’s train communication with the country’s northern region remained suspended as three bogies and the locomotive of a train derailed near Bangabandhu Bridge at Pathailkandi in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail early Thursday.
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports of abuses. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the Nobel peace prize winner acknowledged problems in Rakhine state, where…
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to remove improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and land mines planted along the border of the two countries to avoid possible casualties and injuries.
মাননীয়া প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা ৭ এপ্রিল ৪ দিনের সফরে ভারত যাচ্ছেন। উক্ত সফর বাংলাদেশের মানুষের মধ্যে আশার সঞ্চার করেছে। এ সফরের মাধ্যমে দুই বন্ধুপ্রতীম দেশের মধ্যে সম্পর্ক আরো উন্নত হবে আমরা আশা করি। বিশেষ করে এদেশের মানুষের বাঁচা মরার প্রশ্ন…
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated Tk.2 Lac for treatment of Mohammad Abdul Jabbar, freedom fighter and prominent singer of the country. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director & CEO of the bank handed over the cheque to Mohammad…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Wednesday included the review petitions, filed by the government and convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee, against its verdict in the case filed against Sayedee for his war crimes, in its…
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted interim bail to cricketer Arafat Sunny in a dowry case filed against him by Nasrin Sultana, who claims to be Sunny’s wife.
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced a man to death in his absence for killing a teenage girl after rape and later he cut the body into 26 slices in the capital’s…
Dhaka, Apr 4 – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night asked her party leaders and activists to get ready for the next general election. She said her party’s mayoral candidate in Comilla polls had to win facing many obstacles…
Rome, 3 April – Ensuring young people in rural areas can access financing and earn decent incomes is essential to stem migration to Europe and elsewhere, said Gilbert F. Houngbo, who began his term as the sixth President of the…
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Mar (IPS) – Investment in the least developed countries (LDCs) will need to rise by at least 11 per cent annually through 2030, a little more than the 8.9…
By Desmond Brown Bridgetown, Barbados, Apr 4 (IPS) – From tourism-dependent nations like Barbados to those rich with natural resources like Guyana, climate change poses one of the biggest challenges for the countries of the Caribbean. Nearly all of these…
By Kanis Dursin Jakarta, Mar (IPS) – Fifty-two-year-old farmer Theresia Loda was effusive when asked how conservation agriculture has changed her economic situation. “My corn harvest has increased fourfold per season since I started practicing conservation agriculture,” Loda told IPS…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail for one-year bail to Barrister AFM Fakhrul Islam, convicted in the case filed in connection with the leakage of the draft verdict in the war crimes…
Dhaka – The BNP on Tuesday called upon the government to disclose all the agreements and memorandum of understandings (MoU) to be signed with India during Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi before her four-day tour. “We hope…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced the death sentence given to two convicts of child Rakib Hawlader murder case to life term imprisonment.
Dhaka, Apr 4 – State Minister for Health and family Welfare Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh is marching forward in population development by putting people’s empowerment at the heart of its national development agenda.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Monday) ordered prison authorities to produce Oishee Rahman, sentenced to death for killing her parents, before it on April 10 to observe her mental status.
Anas Uddin Ovi Savar, Dhaka – Focusing on disaster management through geospatial technologies, a day-long international conference, organized by ‘Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS)’ of Jahangirangar University (JU), for the first time held on the campus on Monday.