Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza was on Friday hospitalised after being diagnosed with dengue fever. Dhaka: Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza was on Friday hospitalised after being diagnosed with dengue fever.
Fresh violence between Palestinians and Israelis has seen six Palestinians shot dead in Gaza, reports say, and a fresh spate of stabbings. Israel said its troops fired over the Gaza border after coming under attack. Earlier, police said there had…
A workshop styled as “Concept and Technique of Modern Journalism” organised by the Rajshahi University Press Club (RU) was held at university on 9 October 2015. RU student adviser Professor Sadequl Arefin Matin inaugurated the day-long program.
The government is leaving nothing to chance when it comes to providing security to foreigners, the home minister has said after the UK in a new alert feared that westerners may face fresh attacks in Bangladesh.
BNP on Friday termed a blueprint the government’s plan to hold local government polls under the banner of political parties sidetracking the opposition’s demand for holding a fresh national election.
Law enforcers have arrested three people, including two private bank officials, in connection with the killing of Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio in Rangpur.
Despite having tight security measures in place, the United Kingdom on Friday updated its travel alert for its nationals in Bangladesh saying further attacks targeting westerners may occur.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said professional killers with political backing killed the two foreign nationals.
Family members of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed met him at Dhaka central jail on Friday.
IACCM announced the 2015 Global Innovation Awards Winners during the annual Americas Forum in Nevada.
BAU CORRESPONDENT: A seven-day long training for the university journalists, titled “Training on Agriculture, Environment and Business Journalism” began on Friday to increase the efficiency and skills on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe convened a global conference on October 7-8 on Innovation for Cool Earth Forum in Tokyo. The Forum assembled experts around the world in order to address climate change through innovation of energy and environmental…
A Rapiod Action Battalion mobile court sentenced eight fish trader to one month to one year simple jail term and seized 600 kgs of shrimp and 700 kgs of banned African magur fish (Cat fish) raiding three fish wholesale markets…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 arrested a man with 507 yaba tablets, a cell phone from the Rothkhola area of the district last night.The arrested was identified as Jatin Mondol, 47.
A man and his two sons were killed when a truck knocked down them at Begumpur Bazar in Osmaninagar upazila on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Arju Mia, 40, and his two sons—Kaiyum, 14, and Shahid Mia, 12, of…
A woman was killed allegedly by her drug addict son at Keshabpur village in Titash upazila on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Minara Begum, 50, wife of Dhan Mia of the village.Manirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Titash Police Station, said Mintu…
Two deaf people were killed and their two other fellows injured when a train knocked down them near a railway bridge in Bhurulia area of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 30, and Pervez, 29. All…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested 20 people, including 10 women and four children, while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border on Thursday.BGB-23 Putkhali camp commander Fariduddin said the BSF members of Angrail…
One person was killed and 30 others were injured when two passenger buses collided head-on near Jagir on Dhaka-Aricha highway this morning.The identity of the victim was not known immediately. The injured persons were admitted to Manikganj Sadar Hospital.
The 21st death anniversary of legendary artist SM Sultan will be observed in a befitting manner here tomorrow. Elaborate programmes have been chalked out by the SM Sultan Foundation and district administration to observe the day.The programmes include Qurankhwani, placing…
A Tunisian democracy group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contributions to the first and most successful Arab Spring movement. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building…
The Imputiny index prepared by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free, says latest report published in the CPJ website. The ambush of a convoy in South Sudan…
By Alexander Kan Svetlana Alexievich – this year’s Nobel laureate for literature – says her approach is to let “human voices speak for themselves”. She first came to prominence in 1985 when, as a 23-year-old journalist in the Soviet Union,…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broken his silence over the mob killing of a Muslim man rumoured to have eaten beef. Hindus and Muslims should fight poverty and not each other, he told a campaign rally in Bihar. Mr…
Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say. It was unclear whether the missiles caused any damage, they said. On Wednesday, Russia said it had fired 26 missiles at 11…
Maria Damanaki , Yoriko Kawaguchi and Jane Lubchenco London – Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally,feeding billions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, however, theindustry is plagued by illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing,which undermines conservation efforts and handicaps…
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday expressed their concern over little participation of civil society in the government planning process especially in vision 2021 and 7th five year plan, which are being considered as graduation strategies towards becoming middle income…
Police arrested an accused in a case filed for the bomb attack on a bus near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the city’s Paribagh area during hartal enforced by BNP-led alliance on January 3 in 2004. The arrestee was identified as…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called for forging national unity to combat militancy and extremism in the country. “A national unity comprising all quarters, political parties and conscious citizens has to be developed to combat…