The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on Saturday with due religious fervour and solemnity.
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Imposing law enforcement is not the ultimate solution to stop migration: UN
Two United Nations experts on the human rights of migrants on Friday called on the European Union to open regular and safe channels for migrants in order ‘to take over the mobility market from the smugglers’.
It’s critical time, No scope of free thinking in Bangladesh: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the country is passing through a critical time as there is no freedom of speech.
Suspected criminal killed in the city in gunfight with RAB
Dhaka-A suspected criminal was killed in what law enforcers claimed a gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Satarkul road in the city’s Badda area early Friday.
ASI killernhas been identified: IGP
The Killer of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ibrahim Mullah of Darus Salam Police Station is a member of a organization, which do not support the country’s independence as well as do not like in stability of the country.
RAB seized 24000 Yaba from Feni
Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 24,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets and arrested two alleged drug dealers along with a private car from Lalpole area of Feni on Thursday night.
Sweden in shock over deadly school attack
Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man. Police say the attacker, who was shot dead by police, is being…
Municipal, rural local govt polls from December on party basis
Dhaka – The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold elections in 245 out of 323 municipalities in December this year. Polls in the remaining municipalities would be held on completion of the mayors’ tenures, government news agency BSS reported…
States urged to make ending enforced disappearance top on agenda
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has called on States to put on the top of their agenda the eradication of enforced disappearance. It also urged governments to address the changing nature of the problem due to new…
The Hindu Comunity observed Kumari Puja on Wednesdaay
The Hindu Community on Wednesday obsered ‘Kumri Puja’ – worship of the virgin – at different Puja Pandels in Dhaka and elsewhee over the country. It was part of the 4-day Durga Puja they celebrated. The Durga Puja ends hrugh…
Prof Nicholas Stern warns humanity on climate crossroads
The lead author of the 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change says that although there will be an agreement at the UN climate conference in Paris in December, it is what happens afterwards that is crucial.
ASI killed in the city yesterday
Miscreants stabbed to death an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Darus Salam Police Station in the city’s Gabtali area on Thursday night.
Durga Puja end today
The Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will end on Friday with the immersion of goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
33 BD mission abroad out of 53 failed to achieve targets
Thirty-three out of 53 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the first quarter (July-Sept) period of the current fiscal year (2015-16).
Supreme court Justice Shamsuddin come under attack in London
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge, has come under attack in London, says his daughter Nadia Choudhury in her Facebook account.
Journalist Nizam Uddin dies
M Nizam Uddin, a Jatiya Press Club member and a consultant editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), died at a hospital in Canada on Wednesday. He was 69.
Bus-Rickshaw clash kills 4 in Keraniganj
Four day labourers were killed as a bus knocked down a rickshaw van in Mollarpul area on the Dhaka-Mawa highway in South Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday night.
50 villagers injured over land disputed in Shunamgonj
At least 50 people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land-related dispute at Maonpur village in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday evening.
BNP says Govt. is trying to keep them away from polls through false case
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday alleged that the government is conspiring to keep their top leaders away from future polls by punishing them in ‘false cases’.
Miscreants won’t be allowed to raise their heads: Asad
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that the law enforcement agencies do not allow militants or terrorists to raise their heads in the country. “We have been taking action against extremists, terrorists or miscreants on the…
Iffat Binta Aziz- it’s her time!
News Desk On television screen she is a very popular and famous presenter. She begun hher carrier as a presenter of a programme of her university cultural functgion at the Asian University campus.Now she is a news presenter of Ekushey…
Climate textual negotiations begin in seven ‘spin-off’ groups
Bonn (Hilary Chiew) – After a tumultuous start to the penultimate round of climate talks for an agreement to be adopted in Paris this December, text-based negotiations finally began on Tuesday, 20 October following the establishment of seven spin-off groups.…
100 more economic zones in phases: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to work with new concept to attract more local and foreign investment and reiterated her government’s plan to establish 100 economic zones in phases for further development of…
Parimal denies raping Viqarunnisa Noon school student
Parimal Joydhar, sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College pleaded not guilty of raping his student to a court on Wednesday. Judge Saleh Uddin of Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 earlier, read out the charges brought against…
Khaleda Zia Trust graft case deposition referred to Oct 29
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the depositions of the witnesses in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases to October 29. The two cases were filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and eight others.…
Bnp’s Swechchasebok Dal countrywide demo Oct 25
Jatiyatabadi Secchasebok Dal, the volunteers’ front of the BNP, will stage demonstration at city and district levels across the country on October 25 protesting carrying out “false propaganda” against its president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and demanding withdrawal the cases filed…
Furniture shop employee stabbed to death in capital
Dhaka – A furniture factory employee was stabbed to death inside the factory in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday night. Being informed, a team of Jatrabari police station went to ‘Sikder Furniture’ at Dhalpur Road at around 11:00 am…
Russian nuclear industry – seven decades of glorious history
Raquib Siddiqui Despite global economic crisis, the nuclear industry of Russia celebrates its 70th anniversary on a high note. According to many experts, credit for glorious existence of Russian nuclear industry goes to Rosatom Engineering Division. For many years Russian…
34 students to compete for one RU seat
Thirty-four students will vie for one seat in the first year admission test of 2015-16 session in Rajshahi University this year. A total of 1,60,682 students applied to sit for admission test this year against 4,722 seats of the university,…
10-year US offer for pharma patent waiver ‘Unconscionable, indefensible’
London (Sangeeta Shashikant) – The United States’ offer to least developed countries of a 10-year transition period to grant pharmaceutical patents is “unconscionable and indefensible”, according to six influential US non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In a letter dated 19 October to…