Moscow – Russia is abuzz with rumors about the love life of its former first lady, Lydmilla Putina, amid reports the 58-year-old ex-wife of the Russian President may have secretly remarried. According to an investigation by an independent Russian-language news…
A sergeant and a constable of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have died after their vehicle collided head-on with a truck in Narayanganj’s Arhaihajar Upazila.
Dhaka – Terming water-sharing issue between Bangladesh and India, a “sensitive”, Bangladesh has said it is in favour of setting up of a joint basin management system for common rivers. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali said this…
Professor Dr Md Shahedur Rashid of Geography and Environment department at Jahangirnagar University (JU) was recently made the advisor of Jahangirnagar University Journalists’ Association (JUJA). He was unanimously nominated at executive council meeting of Journalist Association. JUJA executive member Hasan…
Dhaka – The government has already collected legendary American architect Louis I Kahn’s final drawing inventory list from the USA for proper preservation of the original design of the Parliament Complex and the mega project taken for its adjacent areas.…
Robert J. Burrowes A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars, journalists and activists to explain the pre-eminence of the military and corporations in shaping…
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – A proposal by the World Health Organization secretariat to address shortage of medicines would be a windfall for big pharmaceutical companies. The 138th session of the WHO Executive Board is to consider a Secretariat document…
By C. S. Kuppuswamy “Without a lasting peace with ethnic minority groups, who make up around 40 percent of the population, any future administration will have difficulty ensuring a nationwide buy-in for its reform agenda and providing the political stability…
Danielle Nierenberg There are hundreds of women who inspire us at Food Tank. They are entrepreneurs, stewards of the land, business owners, researchers, farmers, and innovators who are the backbone of the world’s food systems. On average, women represent 43…
Month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair 2016 is going to be concluded. The fair gets momentum during the last moments with huge presence of visitors and customers. The business companies and service providers participated in the fair are passing busy time…
Dhaka – Controversial business tycoon and DATCO Group chairman Moosa Bin Shamsher on Thursday agreed to provide detailed information of his bank account with the Swiss Bank to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) within a few days, an official said.…
Holding the slogan ‘Pakh-Pakhali Desher Rotno, Ashun Kori Sobay Jotno’, Jahangirnagar Univeristy (JU) is going to organise the bird fair-2016 on February 5. Convener of the Fair Dr Md Kamrul Hasan said the fair is being organised with assistance from…
Dr. Abu Naser, teacher of Statistics department of Rajshahi University died of heart attack on Thursday. He was 57. The deceased left behind his wife and a daughter.
The President of Catalonia, Spain Carles Puigdemont received Professor Yunus at his palace in Barcelona on Tuesday January 26. The President who just assumed office two weeks back wanted to meet Prof Yunus to discuss economic programs for Catalonia. Professor…
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque ordered the filed level police officials to give most priority to contain militancy and abuse of illegal drugs taking those as two big challenges. The IGP was asked about his directives…
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the government is planning to enact a liberation war denial crimes law. “Formation of a liberation war denial crimes law is the demand of time and the Law Commission is working…
Dhaka – Accusing the government of trying to annihilate Zia family, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday warned that any move to relocate their founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area would turn into a…
Dhaka – A court n Dhaka on Thursday placed Mohammad Kamal, arrested in connection with the sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus last year, on a two-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah…
The plan would establish the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants. A group of U.S. states led by coal producer West Virginia and oil producer Texas on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Dhaka – To check human-animal conflict and illegal poaching of elephants along the India-Bangladesh border, the Union home ministry has cleared the decks for signing an agreement with Dhaka for creation of special corridors for the migration…
By SAAG An Opportunity for India to show case Capacity, Capability and Intent of a Strong Vibrant emerging Maritime Nation in the 21st Century By Commdore RS Vasan IN (Retd)* The IFR 2016 will indeed be a grand spectacle as…
Dhaka – Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday said their leader Khaleda Zia will legally fight the sedition case filed against her over her remarks on the number of the 1971 Liberation War martyrs. Speaking…
The New-York Based Human Rights Wach has depicted a grim picture about Bangladesh. In its annual report 2016, HRW has said, the rights to freedom of speech and assembly are coming under sustained attack by Bangladesh’s increasingly authoritarian government. Bloggers…
By Reuters News Agency The Iran nuclear deal and movement on climate change prompted the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to global catastrophe, to keep it unchanged on Tuesday at three minutes to midnight. The Doomsday…
Muscat: Nepalese government has fixed minimum basic salary and food allowances for unskilled and domestic workers at OMR120 ($311) in Oman, according to a statement issued by the Nepalese Embassy in Muscat. “Those sponsors willing to recruit Nepalese workers through…
Dhaka – The Honourable Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, SUP, psc, PhD, has left Bangladesh for England on 23 January 2016.
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) — Global flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) jumped by 36% in 2015, reaching an estimated US$1.7 trillion, with the principal factor behind the global rebound being a surge in FDI targeting the developed economies, the United…
In 2015, the Oakland Institute released 33 case studies providing irrefutable evidence of the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. Agroecological projects have restored degraded land and saved…
A ferry boat carrying about 60 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila, about 200 kilometres southeast of Capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning.