Dhaka – Jahangirnagar University (JU) with the financial assistance by Mojid-Mollah foundation is going to build a six storied convention center titled “Abdul Kadir Mollah Convention Center” this year. Abdul Kadir Molah, chairman and managing director of Thermax Group, is…
Dhaka – The BNP on Thursday said that if a neutral search committee is not constituted to form an impartial Election Commission, the people will never accept it. “As the President’s dialogue with the political parties ended, we again expect…
Thirteen compilers and editors of the newly-published textbooks said they were not notified and kept in the dark about the changes made in the books published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB).
Baby born using experimental three-person technique sparks warning from doctors A couple who spent a decade trying to conceive have become the first to successfully use a “three-person IVF” method to treat infertility this month — but experts warn that…
Masun Billah Can we deny these facts? We have lots of government hospitals but the poorest form of treatment facility is available there. We have government primary and secondary schools but guardians hardly send their wards there. They rather send…
Dhaka, Jan 19 – An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with detectives at Alampur on Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway in Sadar upazila of Kushtia early Thursday.
Dhaka – BDCyclists, a community based social network of cyclists, has broken the Guinness World Records of Longest single line of moving bicycles.
Washington (CNN)Barack Obama used his departing words as President Wednesday to offer an assured — if not entirely optimistic — outlook for a country governed by Donald Trump. “At my core I think we’re going to be OK,” Obama said…
President-elect Donald Trump has promised “insurance for everyone” as Republicans draw up a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
By Matt McGrath Temperature data for 2016 shows it is likely to have edged ahead of 2015 as the world’s warmest year. Data from Nasa and the UK Met Office shows temperatures were about 0.07 degrees Celsius above the 2015…
Dhaka – The Supreme Court released the full text of its verdict that upheld the death penalty of three militants of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in connection with the 2004 grenade attack on a Sylhet…
Dhaka – A high powered team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday conducted a surprise raid at the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) in the city following allegation of massive corruption and misrules. ACC director general Mohammad…
Dhaka – Private entrepreneur yesterday requested the government for formulation of a policy regarding investment on geothermal power plant considering the country’s power crisis. A Bangladeshi private company has already submitted a project on Geothermal Power Plant (GPP) to the…
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed two Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials on a five-day remand afresh in the case filed in connection with the emergency landing of the VVIP place carrying Prime Minister…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) — The prices of key food commodities fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2016, averaging 161.6 points for the year as a whole, a decline of 1.5 percent from the previous year, the UN Food and…
Dhaka – Kader Siddiqui’s petition challenging a High Court verdict scrapping his nomination for the 2015 Tangail-4 by-polls has been rejected by the Appellate Division.
Four other Palestinians wounded as Israeli police conduct demolition raid in the Negev desert village of Um Al Hiran.
Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National Council. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has agreed to form a unity government with rival organisation Hamas, Al Jazeera has learned.
A former Apprentice contestant who accuses US President-elect Donald Trump of sexual assault has filed a defamation lawsuit against him.
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to…
Beijing, Jan 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. companies feel less welcome in China and some are shifting operations to other countries, a business group reported Wednesday, amid rising tension between President-elect Donald Trump and Beijing over trade.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – A court in Chittagong on Tuesday sentenced three Agrani Bank officials and six businessmen to five years’ imprisonment each in a case for embezzling Tk 75 lakh.
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jan 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit might be delayed further though officials from Dhaka and New Delhi are taking necessary preparations keeping February in mind. Indicating further delay, an official…
Danielle Nierenberg Conventional farming and food production practices in this country are creating serious environmental and public health problems. Every day, an industrial farming system spinning out of control confronts all Americans with serious challenges. Among these are the explosion…
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday adjourned the cross-examination on behalf of the then Sub-Inspector of Pallabi Police Station, Zahidur Rahman Zahid in the Mahbubur Rahman Sujan murder case until January 31.
Welcoming the newly enrolled students and urging them to become responsible and to be qualified human beings to serve the humanity, an orientation program for the students of the 2016-17 academic session was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday.
Dhaka – A new central committee of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of the BNP, has been announced after 7 years with Saiful Islam Nirob and Sultan Salahuddin Tuku as its president and general secretary respectively. BNP secretary general…
Dhaka, Jan 17 – A four-day painting exhibition titled ‘Ladies Come Flying’ by Russian artist Sergey Radiuk begat at Gallery Cosmos in the city’s Mohakhali area on Tuesday. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest…
Dhaka, January17 – A four-day long ceramics exhibition titled ‘Bangladesh-China ceramics exhibition and workshop’ started at Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) of Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday.
Dhaka, Jan 17 – Three workers, including a couple, who sustained burn injuries in a boiler explosion at Shialkole village in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on January 11 died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.