Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs) should be withdrawn for easy entry of Bangladeshi products into Indian market. Withdrawal of non-tariff barriers would further strengthen the trade relations between Bangladesh and India, he…
Ten people have died in a building fire at the UAE, media reports say and at least three or them are Bangladeshi, the expatriates welfare minister says. The fire broke out at the building in Abu Dhabi’s Mussafah on Friday…
At least six persons including BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and vice chairman Selima Rahman staying at the Gulshan party office with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have fallen sick due to various problems including lack of sleep and…
England suffered a humiliating eight-wicket thrashing by New Zealand as Tim Southee became only the fourth man to take seven wickets in a World Cup match.
EastEnders’ latest murder mystery storyline has reached its climax, with viewers of the BBC One soap finally learning who killed Lucy Beale.
The animals in the ocean have been getting bigger, on average, since the Cambrian period – and not by chance.
A joint Iraqi-Kurdish military force of up to 25,000 fighters is being prepared to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS), a US official says.
US Secretary of State John F Kerry has called for an immediate end to attacks on the civilians in Bangladesh in the name of hartals and blockades. “The ongoing attacks on the civilians in Bangladesh in the name of hartals…
Visiting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged all to “keep faith in her for resolving the much-talked-about Teesta water sharing issue”. “Keep faith in me regarding the Teesta issue … I will talk to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday announced yet another 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade demanding a fresh national election under a non-party administration. In a statement, BNP joint secretary…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday urged the United Nations to carryout an international investigation into all incidents of sabotage including extrajudicial killings, violation of human rights and petrol bomb attacks in Bangladesh. “We want international level probe under the…
By Denise M. Fontanilla and Chris WrightReprint Geneva Feb (IPS) – Food security has become a key issue of the U.N. climate negotiations this week in Geneva as a number of countries and observers raised concerns that recent advances in…
“Montreer pola” is a phrase I heard being used to rebuke somebody when I was in a vegetable market. It is now very known to most of us. Once devoted, learned, patriotic and honorable persons from the society did politics…
–M Zahidul Haque Author: Moniruzzaman Kabir Publisher: Howladar Prakashani, Dhaka. First Print: 2015 Pages: 110 Available at: Stall no. 82, Omor ekushey book fair, Howleder Prokashani. Agricultural Journalism is comparatively a new independent discipline but it emerged as a popular…
Qatar has recalled its ambassador from Egypt following a row about air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya. Foreign ministry officials said it was prompted by comments made by Egypt’s delegate to the Arab League, who accused Qatar of…
Forest guards in southern India say they have shot dead a tiger blamed for killing a man and a woman. The authorities say the tiger, aged between 10 and 12 years, killed a farmer in Kerala state and a woman…
The European Parliament delegation on human rights has said “peace and stability should not be restored at the expense of civil and political rights” in Bangladesh. The team of the Sub-committee on Human Rights led by Cristian Dan Preda made…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Dhaka on Thursday evening on a three-day visit as Dhaka. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam and Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran received the West Bengal chief minister…
We are deeply saddened to inform you of the sad demise of Mrs. Jahanara Begum, mother-in-law of our Executive Director Mr. S.M.A. Rashid. Mrs.Jahanara Begum passed away last night (Wednesday) at her home in Thakurgaon, Dinajpur due to ageing-related illness.…
Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death for war crimes, will file review petition before the Supreme Court with the 15 days time limit to reconsider his conviction, according to his lawyer. “We are yet to receive the certified copy…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is staying at her Gulshan office since January 3, is not going to Shaheed Minar this time to pay homage to the language martyrs, according to BNP leaders. However, the senior leaders and activists of…
RDRS Bangladesh has introduced rice seedling transplanter machines here on trial basis under Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) Project during this Boro season at two research farms.
A mobile court and police in separate raids seized huge quantity of contraband Yaba tablets and ganja and arrested five drug traders from different places here last evening, police sources said.
Elite force RAB recovered five cocktails and two petrol bombs from a house in Manikpur under Munshiganj town last night.
A mobile court and police in separate raids seized huge quantity of contraband Yaba tablets and ganja and arrested five drug traders from different places here last evening, police sources said.
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Bak Point area in the district town on charge of subversion on Wednesday.
A Dhaka Thursday deferred hearing in a graft case filed against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed to March 12. Judge-in-Charge Md Imrul Kayes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the…