‘Ziaur Rahman is the first president of Bangladesh’ has now been stated by no-one other than an Awami League MP, bdnews24.com reported on Wednesday. The report said, retired major general Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan faced intense criticism from his colleagues…
By Joe Rothstein Editor, EINNews.com and author of the new political thriller “The Latina President…and The Conspiracy to Destroy Her” now on sale at Amazon. It’s really hot where I live, in Washington, D.C. Today’s temperature is near 100 degrees.…
Dhaka – A 5-day exhibition of branded clothing, cosmetics and fashion products started on 17th August at Emmanuell’s Banquet Hall at Gulshan-1 in the city. Over 35 companies are participating in this exhibition titled ‘7th Bangladesh Fashion Carnival 2016’, 7th…
The FINANCIAL — Georgia leads the countries with the highest mortality rate caused by air pollution according to the study by The International Energy Agency (IEA). This is due to a sharp rise in the number of old, dirty diesel…
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) onece again annouced bountry of Tk 5 lakh for giving information to police to help arrest of a top leader of banned Islamic outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) as he was said to be…
Police yet to identify the killers of Afsana, a college girl, murder, even after three days of the murder. Earlier on Saturday, two unidentified youths brought the body of Afsana Ferdous,24, a final-year student of Architecture Technology at Mirpur’s SAIC…
A Malaysian oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken to Indonesian waters, Malaysian maritime officials say.
Mahfuzur Rahman Journalists always have to walk rough paths, no matter where they work. They face harassments even in sophisticated societies in one way or the other by dubious elements. They first want to buy journalists and then resort to…
Noor is one of the busiest TV actors of our time. Several of his drama serials are now being aired on private channels. Greenwatch Dhaka recently talked to the actor on life in front of the camera: What was the…
Dhaka – Today the 17th of August is the 11th anniversary of the countrywide serial bomb blasts carried out by banned Islamic militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in 63 out of 64 district headquarters in 2005, the penultimate year of departure…
Himanshu Thakkar Several times Ive felt that some lines from famous hindi song[i] from film Abhimaan sum up the feelings of many activists like me.. Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics came to mind again as I thought of writing about the Narmada…
A solo art exhibition titled ‘Mythical Mind’ by artist A.R. Rumy has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française, Dhaka . The Inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Tuesday, August 16 .
Recruitment company faulted for not respecting dignity and privacy of the helpers Manama: A recruitment company has waded into controversy and will face tough action after it displayed three of its domestic helper staff at a mall in the Eastern…
Danielle Nierenberg If you’re craving good films on the food system, Food Tank has put together a list of documentaries and films to inspire, educate, and give viewers some food for thought. Each film explores a different topic in food…
Dhaka – Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, a left-leaning student organisation, on Tuesday staged demonstrations at Shahbagh intersection protesting the proposed Rampal coal-fired power plant project near world’s largest mangrove forest the Syndarbans.
Rio (AP/UNB) — Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia had the gold medal locked up when he stepped to the stage for one last lift. Behdad Salimi’s shocking struggles in the clean and jerk had opened the door. He didn’t just walk through…
The move marks the largest single transfer of Guantanamo prisoners under Obama’s government. Fifteen Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the biggest such release for years.
The crowd loved it – but did He Zi? The Chinese diver had tears in her eyes when fellow athlete Qin Kai proposed during her silver medal ceremony. A smile, however, took a lot longer to appear. She eventually said…
Bangalore – Milk secreted by a cockroach species, to feed its young, is the base for a potent nutritional supplement being developed by Indian and international scientists. “While cockroaches are oviparous (egg-laying animals), the Diploptera punctata species alone is viviparous…
By Yaqiu Wang/CPJ Northeast Asia Correspondent On July 1, popular internet portal Tencent, in its original news reporting section, published an article on a speech that President Xi Jinping gave the same day at a conference celebrating the 95th anniversary…
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested four suspected female members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) — an intern of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and three students of Manarat International University — from Dhaka and…
Jamalpur – The Indian stray elephant that entered the Bangladesh territory floating with currents of floodwater about one and a half months ago, died at Koyra village in Sarishabari upazila on Tuesday. All efforts by the rescue team to keep…
New York (AP/UNB) — Police charged a man late Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend. Oscar Morel, 35, was…
At least one person has been injured in a stabbing and shooting attack in the German city of Cologne, police and the public prosecutor’s office said. Local media reported that two suspects are currently at large. The incident took place…
Agreeing that three-hour ceasefires are not enough to alleviate the humanitarian crises in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that earlier short-term truces had only helped terrorists replenish munitions and their ranks. “The main issue is not that…
New York — Bangladeshi authorities should drop all criminal proceedings against three journalists from the news website banglamail24, release them immediately, and restore press credentials to nine of their colleagues, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The three journalists…
Nowadays, many patients of our country travel to India, Bangkok, Singapore for better medical treatment. In most cases, these patients could not get better result from treatments in home or non-availability of advanced treatment options for certain diseases and disorders.
A former BCL leader of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) was stabbed by miscreant in the campus of Mymensingh on Sunday noon.
Foysal Ahad: I am director’s actor Foysal is one of the most popular and busy actors of this time who stepped in the media as a host and a model. He made his debut as an anchor in a magazine…