The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been criticised online for live-tweeting the killing of Osama Bin Laden as it happened five years ago. It has shared details of the mission and intelligence that led to America’s most wanted man…
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Probe body formed to investigate Kawran Bazar fire
Dhaka – A four-member probe committee has been formed in connection with the fire that broke out at Hasina Market in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday evening, unb news agency reported. The Fire Service Civil Defense (FSCD) headquarters…
Brief rain spell along with squalls brings relief from heat in Bangladesh
Dhaka – After several days of hot spell, people heaved with sigh of relief as a nor’wester accomompanied with shower swept many parts of the country, including the capital city, on Sunday evening. Officials at the Meteorology Department said the…
AL siphoned off Tk 30,000cr in seven years: Khaleda
Dhaka – Accusing the government of plundering public money in the name of development, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the ruling Awami League siphoned off Tk 30,000 crore over the last seven years, unb news agency reported.
Denmark okays 5-year dev partnership with Bangladesh
Dhaka – Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen has approved a five-year programme for Denmark’s development partnership with Bangladesh, unb news agency reported. The programme is aligned to the Bangladeshi government’s 7th Five Year Plan that sets out the…
Case filed over Tangail tailor murder
Dhaka – A case has been filed in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Chandra Joarder, Unb mews agency reported. Victim’s wife Aroti Rani Joardar filed the case against three unidentified people with Gopalpur Police Station on Saturday…
15 hurt in pre-election violence in Jhenidah
Dhaka – At least 15 people were injured in two separate incidents of clashes centering electioneering ahead of the union parishad (UP) election in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district in southwest Bangladesh on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Hand over Sundarbans arsonists to police: Minister
Dhaka – Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Sunday urged all to hand over to law enforcers those involved in setting fire to the Sundarbans, saying stern action will be taken against them. He made the call while…
Historic May Day being observed across Bangladesh
Dhaka – The historic May Day is being observed in bangladesh and many other countries of the globe on Sunday with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates…
Madrasah teacher held for quizzing over Hindu tailor Nikhil killing
Dhaka – Police has detained a madrasah teacher for quizzing in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder, unb news agency reporter. The detainee was identified as Mawlana Amirul Islam, 42, super of Alamnagar Dakhil Madrasah. Amirul was…
Khaleda wants dialogue with govt, investigation of Joy’s account
Dhaka – Reiterating her call to the ruling party for engaging in talks with opposition parties without delay, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said this regime will not be able to hang on to power for long depending on…
US for steps to curb killings in Bangladesh
Washington — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation is…
Environment Min fails to deal with environment issues: Experts
Dhaka – Though the environmental pollution has emerged as a major issue, the Ministry of Environment and Forests appears unable to take the lead role in dealing with the alarming incidents of pollution and enforcing the existing laws of the…
18 sued over Laxmipur double murder
Dhaka – A case has been filed against 18 people in connection with the killing of two people at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur district on Friday, unb news agency reported. Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar…
14 held in Benapole en route to India
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 14 Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, while crossing into to India illegally through Boro Achra border of Benapole in Jessore on Friday night unb news agency reported.
US stresses steps to curb killings in Bangladesh
Washington (AP/UNB) – Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation…
China, Japan foreign ministers meet to smooth tense ties
Beijing (AP/UNB) – The foreign ministers of China and Japan are meeting in Beijing in an effort to improve tense relations bedeviled by disputes over territory, history and competition for influence in East Asia.
Living free and equal
Rebeca Grynspan Madrid – In the quarter-century since the publication in 1990 of the first Human Development Report, the world has made astounding strides in reducing poverty and improving the health, education, and living conditions of hundreds of millions of…
WHO: Member States to finalise FENSA during May Assembly
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – World Health Organization Member States decided to continue negotiations on the Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) during the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA). The 69th WHA with its annual gathering of health ministers…
Nisha Desai Biswal likely to be in Dhaka May 4
Dhaka – Nisha Desai Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, is likely to arrive here on May 4 to discuss ways how the counterterrorism cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States can be taken…
BBC’s weekly global audience rises to record 348m
The BBC reaches a record weekly audience of 348 million people worldwide, a 13% increase on last year, according to new figures released today, says a message received from the BBC international service. The figures – the BBC Global Audience…
IFAD-supported project tackles malnutrition, stunting in Laos
Vientiane – The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic signed an agreement yesterday to finance and implement a project that will reduce extreme poverty and malnutrition for 34,000 poor rural…
Rally, human chain photo exhibitions mark 25th year of April 29
Rights activists on Friday held a rally in front of the Jatiyo Press Club(JPC) and arranged a Photography Exhibition at the Dhaka University (DU) remembering the April 29,1991 Cyclone that killed about half a million people when winds swept across…
Police permits BNP’s May Dah rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan
The BNP has finally got permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities to hold its workers rally at Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the International Labour Day tomorrow. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the rally to be organised by BNP’s…
Home Minister says, Xulhaz killing progressing the right way
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said that the investigation in the killing of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tanoy is being carrying out in right way. Xulhaz Mannan, who is an editor of lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender…
Summer in colour solo painting show begins at Dhaka Alliane Francaise
A solo painting exhibition titled *’Summer in Colour’* by artist Nobo Kumar Bhadra has begun at Zoom Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Friday, 29 April 2016. Dr Pierre-Alain Baud, writer and…
Smoke still billowing at Chandpai of Sundarbans
Bagerhat – Three days into the forest fire that broke out in Tultala area of Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sarankhola upazila, smoke was still billowing around the burnt out area on Friday.
Sizzling heat wave claims over 300 lives in India
Patna — A sizzling heat wave has claimed more than 300 lives in India this month, and officials have forbidden daytime cooking in some areas to prevent fires that have killed nearly 80 others.
Harvest of Boro paddy, main staple crop begins across Bangladesh
Dhaka – Harvest of Boro paddy, the min staple crop, has began and is progressing fastacross Bangladesh. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers have cultivated Boro paddy on vast tracts of land and are expecting a good…
Truck, pickup collide hurting 28 cops in Barisal
Dhaka – Twenty-eight members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were injured when a pickup van carrying them slammed into a roadside tree after a head-on collision with a truck on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Chhoymile area of Babuganj upazila on…