Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
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Google celebrates Fazlur Rahman Khan’s 88th birthday
Dhaka – Google, a search engine giant, is celebrating the 88th birthday of Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan in a creative manner through its iconic doodle. Khan was born in 1929 in East Bengal, British India.
BNP vows to take to street against ‘anti-state deal’
Dhaka – The BNP will take to the street taking people with them if the government signs any anti-state agreement with India during the ensuing visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi. The BNP standing committee, the highest…
Rid Pharma MD, wife allowed bail in toxic syrup case
A Dhaka court Sunday granted bail to Mizanur Rahman, Managing Director (MD) of Rid Pharmaceuticals Limited and his wife Sheuli Rahman, after the couple sought bail to the court in a case filed against them for the deaths of 28…
Issue of interference on smaller sovereign states raised at IPU
Dhaka – Members of smaller countries of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) yesterday raised their voices to bring some amendments of the IPU resolution adopted in Geneva on the issue of outside interference on the sovereign states. They said the developed…
Rajshahi, Sylhet, Habiganj mayors suspended again
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury have been suspended again hours after taking charge on Sunday.
The love of my only remaining mom
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Dhaka – I call my lone daughter ‘mom’. We have only one issue. The attachment we have for her cannot be compared with anything else. She has grown over the years and now works with the GP…
Saima Wazed WHO Champion for Autism
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Saima Wazed Hossain, a strong advocate for autism, has been designated as the Champion of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region to enhance commitment and generate awareness and action to address the sufferings of children with…
Death sentences for blogger Rajib murder confirmed
Dhaka, Apr 2 – The High Court on Sunday upheld a lower court verdict sentencing two people to death, another to life term and six others to different jail terms for killing blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2015.
Dredging fails to restore Ganges distributary in BD
M Mamun Sagor & Rafiqul Islam Dhaka, Apr 2 – The Gorai River Restoration Project (Phase-II), initiated in 2009 in Bangladesh part of the Ganges under Kushtia district, has failed to restore the natural flow of the distributary river and…
Unjela Kaleem joins WSSCC as head of external affairs
Geneva, 30 March – The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is pleased to announce Ms. Unjela Kaleem as its new Head of External Affairs, Communications and Coordination.
1.2m apear at HSC exams across Bangladesh Sunday
Dhaka, Apr 1 – This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.
Election Working Group says Comilla polls good start for EC
Dhaka, Apr 1 – The Election Working Group (EWG) of Bangladesh, a 29-member national coalition of civil society organizations, in its observation has said that the Comilla City Corporation election was a good start for the new Election Commission despite…
None knows to when Dylan will receive his Nobel prize
Stockholm, Apr 1 (AP/UNB)- Bob Dylan has special fans at a Stockholm concert this weekend — members of the Swedish Academy who will hand him his 2016 Nobel literature diploma and medal.
Don’t bring out cars if not essential: BD Home Minister
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzzaman Kamal urged the city dwellers not to bring out their cars if not essential as the five-day Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) began here on Saturday. Asaduzzaman was talking to reporters…
JU ‘Geospatial Apps in Disaster Management’ int’l confce April 3
Anas Uddin Ovi Savar, Dhaka – The Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Jahangirangar University (JU) is going to organize an international conference on ‘Geospatial Applications in Disaster Management’ on AprilApril 3 at JU Senate hall here on the campus.
Anti-militant raids at Moulvibazar, Comilla end: 3 bodies found
M Jahangir Alam & Khairul Ahsan Manik, UNB Correspondents Dhaka Apr 1 – The prolonged raids conducted by law enforcers at Comilla’s Bagmara and Moulvibazar’s Borohat ‘militant dens’ on east and northeast of Bangladesh capital Dhaka ended on Saturday with…
136th IPU meet opens in Dhaka: Tackle terrorism together: PM
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the global community to stand against terrorism and militancy as these have been a new alarming sign for the world destroying the peace of human being. “We’ll have…
20 BD students to get Russian scholarship for higher nuke eng study
Dhaka – This year, at least 20 students from Bangladesh will receive scholarship for higher education in Russia in the field of nuclear engineering. The scholarships are given under the quotas of Russia’s state nuclear power corporation ROSATOM.
Dhaka-Delhi power deals likely during Hasina’s India tour
Dhaka, Apr 01 – Cooperation in the energy and power sector is likely to be among deals to be signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit on April 7-10.
Why business is greener than Trump
Mark Malloch Brown London – The relationship between business, politics, and the environment is about to become more complicated. As US President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to dismantle vital environmental protections, some of which have existed for decades, business leaders…
Waste company blasts off for the Red Planet
Yorkshire-based refuse and recycling company BusinessWaste.co.uk is proud to announce that its unique agreement to handle the waste for entrepreneur Elon Musk’s manned mission to Mars is to blast off today [1st April]. Britain’s fastest-growing waste company will now be…
Operation at Comilla ‘militant hideout’ awaited
Dhaka, Mar 31 – Preparation were taken by members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and police to launch an operation at a ‘militant den’ at South Bagmara in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of Comilla on Friday morning.
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize rises to 17
Dhaka, Mar 31 – The death toll in Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.
Anti-militant operation at Borohat ‘militant den’ begins
Dhaka, Mar 31 – Sounds of gunshots were heard as the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) launched an operation at the suspected militant den at Borohat in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday.
Indian Army chief in Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 31 – General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Staff of Indian Army, arrived in Dhaka on Friday on a three-day visit. The Indian Army chief, accompanied by his spouse Madhulika Rawat and a four-member delegation, arrived by a special…
Rab intel chief Azad injuried at anti-militant raid dies
Dhaka, Mar 31 – The head of the intelligence wing of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), Lt Col Abul Kalam Azad, who was injured during the raid on a ‘militant den’ in Sylhet, died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka…
Scattered body parts of 8 ‘militants’ found in Moulvibazar
Dhaka- Scattered body parts of seven to eight suspected militants were found yesterday by the joint forces when they entered into a militant hideout at the outskirts of Moulvibazar town after conducting a 22 hour long operation titled-‘Operation Hit Back’.
Paris keen to support Dhaka in exploring blue economy
Dhaka – France wants to help Bangladesh by providing technical support to explore and exploit the potentiality of blue economy.
Joya Sengupta wins Sunamganj-2 by-polls
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Awami League candidate Joya Sengupta, wife of late ruling party lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta, was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Sunamganj-2 constituency held on Thursday.