New York – Sri Lankan authorities should ensure a thorough investigation into an attack on the editor of the Sinhala-language Meepura newspaper Thursday and hold the perpetrators responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Freddy Gamage was walking to…
The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks. The Louvre and Orsay museums were shut while staff moved artworks to safety…
Chittagong -A case was filed against Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman for allegedly assaulting Banshkhali Upazila Election Officer Zahid Hossain. Officer-in-charge of Banshkhali police station Md Alamgir Hossain filed the case mentioning names of three people, including the MP, and…
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith Thursday rolled out a Taka 340,605 crore deficit budget for 2016-2017 fiscal setting the GDP growth target at 7.2 percent and delineating a set of programmes to transform the country into a modern and…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order that had declared the BGMEA building illegal and asked the government to demolish it within 90 days. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division,…
Dhaka – A namaz-e-janaza of Maasranga Television chief executive officer and chief editor Syed Fahim Munaim will be held at the Jatiya Press Club on Friday morning.
Northfield — A Muslim high school student from Florida who hopes to become a Navy officer is going to attend Norwich University after the Vermont military school said it would allow her to wear her headscarf beneath her uniform. Sana…
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday adjourned the hearing till June 23 on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 passed the…
Khulna – Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two men over setting fire at Sundarbans from Katakhali bus stand area in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Masum Hawladar,…
Dhaka – Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Prof Mustafizur Rahman has emphasised enhancing institutional capacity and establishing good governance to implement the budget for the 2016-17 fiscal, Muhammad Syfullah, Unb Staff Writer has reported. Finance Minister…
President Htin Kyaw Office of the President Republic of the Union of Myanmar Naypyidaw, Myanmar Via Facsimile: +95-1-652-624 Your Excellency, We at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international, independent press-freedom organization, write to congratulate you on your recent appointment…
Bangkok – The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s comments during a press conference justifying the killing of journalists. Duterte made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question on Tuesday about how his government would…
Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday declared two sections of the Governing Body and Managing Committee Regulations, 2009 as illegal as those allow MPs to lead the managing committees or governing bodies of private schools and colleges. As per…
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday handed down death sentence to Muhibor Rahman Boro Mia of Baniachang upazila of Habiganj district for crimes against humanity he had committed during the Liberation War in 1971. The tribunal also…
Dhaka – Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor of Maasranga Television, died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning. He was 62. Fahim Munaim, also ex-managing editor of UNB, breathed his last at his Gulshan residence around 6:15am,…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Tuesday condemned six members of banned Islamist outfits Ansarullah Bangla Team and Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case over a robbery incident at a private bank at Ashulia, on the outskirts…
Dhaka – Four Bangladeshi workers detained in Singapore last month under the Internal Security Act (ISA) were found guilty on Tuesday of financing terrorism, reports the Straits Times, Unb news agency reported. The four are Rahman Mizanur, 31; Miah Rubel,…
Dhaka – Sundarbans-based infamous forest robber gang ‘Master Bahini’ will formally surrender Tuesday in Bagerhat, Unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – World No Tobacco Day is being observed in the country today (Tuesday) as elsewhere across the globe, aiming to make people aware of the adverse impacts of tobacco use. Every year, on May 31, World Health Organization (WHO)…
Jeddah – The Passport Department has confirmed that those who hire, harbor or protect illegal maids will be fined SR100,000 and spend six months in jail, with expatriates involved deported.
Geneva (Mirza Alas) – Actions and challenges to implement the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance gained attention at the 69th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) that took place on 23-28 May. Representatives from over 190 countries came…
Sunrisers Hyderabad have earned their maiden Indian Premier League title prevailing over Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in a high-scoring final. Electing to bat first, Hyderabad rode on knocks from skipper David Warner and Yuvraj Singh before a late…
Bamako, (BSS/AFP) – At least five UN peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in central Mali by suspected militants on Sunday, the UN and police sources said. The attack is the first time the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA,…
Riyadh (AP/UNB) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Sunday that Iran must stop meddling in Iraq and that the presence of Iranian military units there is “unacceptable.” His comments come as thousands of Iraqi Shiite militiamen, soldiers and…
Dhaka – The chief negotiator of Syria’s main opposition umbrella group, Mohammed Alloush, has resigned over what he called the failure of peace talks. Mr Alloush, from the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said the talks had not brought a political…
Savar – A female garment worker was found dead in Courtbari area of Savar municipality on Sunday night.
BAMAKO — The United Nations mission in Mali says at least five Togolese peacekeepers have been killed in an attack by extremists in central Mali.
Pozzallo (AP/UNB) — Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even as European ships saved thousands of others in daring rescue operations.…
Bagerhat – The formal surrender of infamous forest robber gang ‘Master Bahini’ has been postponed due to inclement weather, Unb news agency reported. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed were scheduled to…
Dhaka – The High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to submit probe reports in detail by June 8 in connection with the humiliation of Narayanganj high school headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta for his alleged offensive comments about religion,…