Dhaka – The 155th birth anniversary of Noble laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore will be celebrated across the country on Sunday. The government and different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the birthday of the great poet. A…
Dhaka – It is rare in Bangladesh to find a singer who did not sing a song on ‘mother’ sharing love, respect and sorrow, sowing the seeds of eternity, unb news agency reported. But for the first time, a group…
Dhaka – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday urged Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy toprove that he has no involvement in the allegation of siphoning off Tk 2,500 crore, unb news agency reported. “Khaleda Zia…
Teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University on Saturday demanded the university proctor Prof. Tapan Kumar Saha’s removal as part of their ongoing movement alleging the negligence and failure to ensure students security. Under the banner of Jahangirnagar Sangskritik Jote, Progressive…
Experts have said that as Technology is changing very fast the people with the support of technology are getting upgraded in a dynamic way. They were speaking at the concluding session of two days long programme at the Rajshahi University…
Feni – Four people were shot in a clash between the supporters of two member candidates over taking control of a polling centre in Shuvopur union of Chhagolnaiya upazila on Saturday morning.
London — Sadiq Khan became London’s first Muslim mayor Saturday, as voters rejected attempts to taint him with links to extremism and handed a decisive victory to the bus driver’s son from south London.
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said the government will follow all legal procedures for executing the verdict against Matiur Rahman Nizami sentences to death for war crimes, unb news agency reeported.
Dhaka – Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) HM Rakib Haider was assaulted allegedly by a local Awami League leader and his men for not showing respect to him, unb news agency reported.
Md. Zarjees Hossain, a final year student of Social Work Department and Shaheed Surawardi Hall, Rajshahi University (RU) died to his injuries after fighting for life for nine days long at Rajshahi Medical Collage Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday morning. He…
A committee was formed for Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) greater Dhaka association for two years in a general meeting. Prof Dr Fazlul Auwal Mollah selected as president and Prof Dr Mohammed Al-Mamun selected as a general secretary. Prof Dr Nurul…
Danielle Nierenberg Raising livestock provides livelihoods for an estimated one billion people, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Many small farmers in developing countries own livestock, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, donkeys, ducks, geese,…
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) organised a mobile court which fined five sweetmeat shops of Tk 6 lakh on charge of making low quality sweetmeat in Keranigonj,on the outskirts of the capital, on Thursday. Sources at the Rab-10…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn to dusk countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty awarded to the party’s chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his 1971 war crimes. Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and…
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday declared the 16th amendment establishing Parliament’s power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal and contradictory to the national Constitution. Noting that parliament members cannot go against the party decision as per the…
Ankara — Turkish media reports say Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will call an emergency convention of his ruling party and announce that he is stepping down as premier, amid a growing rift with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Dhaka – Terming haors, baors and wetlands as the lifeline of the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for proper utilisation of these resources for the betterment of people.
Dhaka – A 6-member IT Forensic Expert of Interpol has started its work to help local experts of CID in connection with heist of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank. The Interpol team, led…
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit in Mymensingh used the university buses, violating the university’s rule, for attending a freshers’ reception programme arranged by the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University…
The students of Rajshahi University (RU) have vowed to continue their movement demanding trial of those involved in the Murder of Professor Rezaul Karim during their Summer Vacation in the university.
Polls to Jahangirnagar University Central Student Union (JUCSU) and the Hall Unions have not taken place for 22 long years. According to the JU Ordinance, JUCSU election is supposed to be held every year. JUCSU witnessed a total of nine…
Dhaka – Police suspects JMB militants were involved in minority tailor Nikhil Joarder killing in Tangail, about 100 kilometres north of here. Clue of the murder is yet to be revealed though five days have passed and the list of…
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah declared on Wednesday that no extra stickers containing phrases like ‘Press’, ‘Police’, ‘DMP’ or ‘Advocate’ credentials can be used in private vehicles from now on. He informed this to reporters during…
The High Court will deliver its order today (Thursday) on a writ petition challenging the 16th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment empowers Parliament to remove Supreme Court judges. On March 10, a three-member special bench of the HC, comprising…
Dhaka – Casino junket operator Kim Wong yesterday turned over to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) the fourth and final tranche of funds amounting to P250 million ($5.3 million) which was part of the $81-million stolen by hackers from the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict Thursday on a review petition filed by war crimes convict and Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences. The four-member bench…
Tangail – Two people were killed and another was injured as a train hit a truck at Gohalia Bari level crossing in Kalihati upazila early Thursday.
Munshiganj – Some unidentified miscreants set afire to an election camp of the Awami League rebel chairman candidate of Outshahi union in Tongibari upazila early Thursday.
Dhaka – Bangladesh and Kuwait on Wednesday pledged to work together against the twin dangers presented by terrorism and extreme violence to the Muslim community worldwide, besides reaching agreement over a wide-ranging agenda of economic cooperation. The two countries also…
Dhaka, – The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the authorities concerned should not be directed to stop driving vehicles on the wrong sides of roads in the capital, unb reported.