Dhaka – The Asia Foundation-Bangladesh will organize a book donation event supported by Pubali Bank Ltd. on November 8, 2016, at Moulvibazar Government High School Auditorium. The Asia Foundation will donate approximately 3,500 Bangla and English language books worth 44…
Dhaka – Our news feed are clouded with news about assault on women, rape and female foeticide, but not all news about birth of a girl child end on a sad note. Likewise, in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, an elated…
Dhaka – Fawad Khan, wife reveal name of their baby girl in the most adorable way possible, reports The Express Tribune. Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan and his wife Sadaf who recently welcomed their second child marked one month of their…
Dhaka – The deep depression over northeast bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards further, weakened into a depression before making landfall and started to cross Chittagong coast near Sitakunda at 6am on Sunday. It is likely to move in a…
Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he is going to target states seen as Democratic strongholds in the last two days before the US election, BBC reported. He will visit Pennsylvania, Michigan and also Minnesota, which has not gone Republican…
Nevada (CNN)Donald Trump was rushed off a stage here Saturday by Secret Service agents during a campaign speech after an incident in the crowd near the front of the stage. A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement that an…
Dhaka – Four teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) have been awarded from the University rants Commission (UGC) for their outstanding activities in the research area.
Dhaka – As per UN e-government Survey 2016, conducted by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Bangladesh has made very good progress. This year Bangladesh has been ranked 124. In 2014, and 2012 Bangladesh was ranked 148 and…
Dhaka – The BNP claims that they have found evidence of the ruling Awami League’s involvement in attack on Hindus in Brahmanbarhia. “It is now clear to the people of this country who are behind this disruption of communal harmony,”…
Dhaka – The low-lying areas of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chandpur, Barguna, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barisal, Pirozpur, Jhalakati, Bagherhat, Khulna, Satkhira and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by tidal surge of 2-3 feet under…
Pascal Mittermaier Washington, DC – Last May, I had the dubious fortune of visiting Mumbai, India during the city’s hottest month on record. Temperatures remained at over 40°C (104°F) for days at time. The difference between standing in the shade…
Sean Smyrichinsky thought he saw a UFO when he encountered object that may have been abandoned by an American bomber before crash in British Columbia The Canadian navy will be heading to the coast of British Columbia to investigate claims…
Dhaka – There is no possibility of Biman Bangladesh Airlines taking any partner for its much-talked-about ground handling activities by this year for improving the quality of the job at the country’s all airports. “The work in this regard is…
Lili Fuhr Berlin – Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – an objective that holds…
By Nile Bowie The outcome of strangest and most consequential election cycle in recent American history will soon be upon us. Regardless of who becomes the next president, this election will forever be synonymous with the rogue candidacy of Donald…
Paris (AP/UNB) — The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris have temporarily been lit in green as a reminder to the world to enact the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Dhaka – The government will start marine resource assessment within the country’s boundary in the Bay of Bengal in this November by using a high-tech marine research vessel, says a senior official. “The ocean survey ship, imported from Malaysia in…
Dhaka – A tiger census using camera trapping method will begin in the Sundarbans in mid-November. “The census will continue for the next three months installing 300 cameras in the Sundarbans,” divisional forest officer (Sundarbans West Zone) Md Sayeed Ali…
Washington – There are very few things that the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns agree on these days, but one point of total agreement is that this race has tightened over the last 10-14 days. That tightening is reflected…
New York (Reuters) – A New York City police sergeant was fatally shot and a second officer was wounded in the Bronx on Friday by a heavily armed robbery suspect who was killed in the exchange of gunfire, according to…
London – The world must urgently and dramatically increase its ambition to cut roughly a further quarter off predicted 2030 global greenhouse emissions and have any chance of minimizing dangerous climate change, UN Environment said today as it released its…
Abu Dhabi – International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Director-General Adnan Z. Amin issued the following statement upon the entry into force of the Paris Agreement Friday: “IRENA welcomes the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and congratulates those Parties…
BNP to seek alternative venue to hold Nov 7 rally: Fakhrul Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said his party would seek alternative venue to Suhrawardy Udyan to hold the party’s planned rally on November…
Dhaka – Bangladesh is traditionally known as a recipient of donors’ money but the United Nations resident coordinator in Dhaka says the trend has reversed and Bangladesh itself has bbecome a donoe. “We see Bangladesh is now becoming a donor…
FBI have released a warning about potential al Qaeda terror plots for New York, Virginia and Texas on the eve of election day It’s still unclear where in those states the threats were aimed at Officials are still assessing the…
JH Ahn Deployment technically possible, but politically very difficult, a Seoul-based expert says U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) General Vincent K. Brooks said the U.S. made Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will be deployed in South Korea in the next…
Dhaka – People across Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Friday protesting the attacks on Hindu community members in Brahmanbaria and Habiganj districts of the country. Meanwhile, miscreants set six dwelling structures of the Hindu community on fire at Nasirnagar upazila headquarters…
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith said that stability and base has already been established in the capital market, which is a positive sign to escalate the market forward. The minister said this at a programme- ‘Seminar on Bangladesh capital…
GreenWatch Newsdesk Dhaka – Rainfall is being experiernces across Bangladesh since thursday night under the influence of the new cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. Weather experts say this cyclone may cause as heavy as 100millimetres (8…
Press Release 4 th edition of LEATHERTECH Bangladesh-2016 kicks off Govt. sets goal $5b in 2021 from leather industry: Commerce Minister Dhaka, November 03 2016: The government has set a goal to export five billion US dollars from the leather…