Dhaka – Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha Sunday slammed district judges for not conducting their judicial function properly and expected that the district judges would attend their courts in time and remain engaged in the judicial function for their…
Dhaka – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said snatching people’s voting rights and democracy is tantamount to indulging in militancy and extremism.
Moscow (AP/UNB) — A Russian passenger plane with 92 people aboard, including a famed military band on the way to Syria, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense ministry…
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said militant Musa, who managed to flee the militant’s den at Ashkona, will be arrested soon.
Rafiqul Islam, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka – As part of government target to distribute 30 million improved cook stoves by 2030, some 70,000 improved stoves have been installed in the country’s coastal region, aiming to reduce household air pollution and…
Military aircraft disappears from radar shortly after take-off from Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russian media says.
Pope Francis has said that the true meaning of Christmas is being drowned out by materialism. During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children.
Mostafa Kamal Majumder It was a tense day in the Dhaka University Arts Faculty building area. Members of Biplobi Chhatra Union wearing red bends on heads were toring apart festoons and banners of rival organisations. It should be in December…
Vesna Vulovic, an air stewardess who survived the highest ever fall by a human being after her plane broke up at 33,000ft (10,000m), has died aged 66. State TV in Vulovic’s home country of Serbia said she was found dead…
Beijing – China opposed on Friday the call for a nuclear weapons boost by Russia and the United States. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had called for enhancing nuclear weapons capabilities.
Palestine’s Hamas movement has welcomed the Security Council vote demanding a halt to Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. Israel rejected the measure, which was approved after the US refrained from vetoing it. Hamas, which governs Gaza, said Saturday the…
Dhaka – The Christian community celebrates Christmas Day in Bangladesh tomorrow commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ as elsewhere in the world.
Dhaka – Two militants blew themselves up while two women and two children surrendered during a raid in a house in the capital’s Ashkona area on Saturday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque…
Rajshahi – Some leaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its student affiliate Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rajshahi city unit and Rajshahi University (RU) unit have forced the postponement of a recruitment test at the university.
By Jenny Rogers Sally Brown knows how to throw a party. On the second floor of an old mill factory in rural New Hampshire, she gathered several friends to watch a dam—her dam—be removed from the Ashuelot River. “It was…
President-elect Donald Trump dropped a proverbial bomb Thursday on Twitter, declaring the United States “must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” The 140-character missive, which came less…
Earlier this month, Yahoo revealed that it suffered a massive hack in 2013 that affected at least 1 billion user accounts. That came just three months after the company disclosed a hack from 2014 that affected 500 million accounts. The…
Dhaka: New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital Friay with Saif by their side. NDTV via UNB.…
Vienna (AP/UNB) — In an unusual move, Iran and six world powers on Friday released previously restricted documents about their nuclear deal to enforce their view that Tehran is not circumventing limits on its limit of enriched uranium, which could…
Dhaka – Police has unearthed a militant hideout at Ashkona of Uttara area in capital Dhaka early Saturday. Two women along with two children surrendered to police during a raid on a militant den at Ashkona of Uttara area in…
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene but it was proposed…
New Delhi (BSS/AFP) – Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world’s most famous diamond the Koh-i- Noor surpasses them all, with a litany of horrors that rivals “Game of Thrones”. The Koh-i-Noor (“Mountain…
Dhaka – Elections monitors and experts Friday termed Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls could appear as a model for future elections appreciating efforts of all stakeholders in ensuring its fairness and credibility. They said expected the NCC polls to have…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said all the elections held under the Awami League government were free and fair, but BNP has no right to seek votes from people for indulging in corruption, looting and killings. The…
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday dismissed BNP’s allegations of ‘a subtle vote rigging’ in Narayanganj City Corporation election as absurd and fabricated.
Narayanganj – Mayor-elect of Narayanganj city Dr Salina Hayat Ivy on Friday visited the residence of her nearest rival BNP mayoral candidate Sakhawat Hossain Khan with sweetmeats following her Thursday’s landslide victory.
Milan (AP/UNB) — The Tunisian man suspected in a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol outside a train station, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.…
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Friday a seasonal low lies over the south Bay of Bengal. Ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to Bihar and adjoining area. Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the…
Dhaka – New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital today with Saif by their side, reports…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated 50 thousand pieces blankets to the Relief Fund of Bangladesh Army for the winter affected people.