In a major reshuffle in the police administration, the government has made AKM Shahidul Haque new Inspector General of Police. Shahidul Haque who was serving as the additional IGP (Admin) at the Police Headquarters replaced Hassan Mahmood Khandker after over…
At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the Indonesian navy says. The bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo,…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the comments of some ruling party leaders including ministers and MPs suggest that they have become mentally deranged. ‘That’s why they (Awami League leaders) want to bite BNP leaders like…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami bids farewell to 2014 and greet the New Year with a two-day hartal beginning today (Wednesday) protesting death sentence one of its assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity during the war…
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Tuesday awarded death penalty to assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity in Rangpur during the War of Liberation of 1971. The three-member tribunal headed by its…
The death toll following a fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu has risen to eight, with the evacuation of all those on board now complete. One man was killed when trying to escape the ship, and a further…
Geoff Pullar, the former England, Lancashire and Gloucestershire batsman, has died aged 79. Pullar played 28 Tests for England, making his debut against India in July 1959, with his final match against Australia in Adelaide in January 1963.
Renowned jazz clarinettist Buddy DeFranco, known for working with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday and other well-known musicians, has died aged 91. DeFranco’s family said the musician died on Wednesday evening at a Florida hospital. His wife, Joyce, said his…
Nato has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan – heralding the start of a new phase of support for local Afghan troops. Commanders lowered the flag during a ceremony in Kabul – raising the flag of the new…
What makes a city healthy? A combination of factors, ranging from readily available healthcare to excellent mass transit to a commitment to improving access to green spaces. Taken from a number of lists in publications such as The Guardian and…
The government’s insincerity, mismanagement and negligence caused the train-covered van crash inside the Inland Container Depot (ICD) of Kamalapur Railway Station killing six people, says BNP. “This fatal accident has again proved that the government has totally failed to ensure…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government wants to build a beautiful future for the Bangalee nation by maintaining a wonderful environment in the country. “We want peace, not clash…we want to maintain beautiful environment in the country…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the founding anniversary discussion of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the party, at Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. The JCD will organise the discussion meeting to mark its 37th founding anniversary. The Dhaka…
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said Bangladesh’s journey towards progress will get further momentum as soon as it reaches a political consensus. The Chinese Minister made the remark at a meeting with Raushon Ershad at Sonargaon Hotel…
Police recovered the body of a man from a field at Kolishakundu village in Harinakunda upazila on Sunday morning.
Flower farmers and traders at Godkhali in Jhikargacha upazila of the district are passing a busy time as their sale has got a boost ahead of the New Year’s Day.
A man was killed in an elephant attack at Kamarkhali village in Durgapur upazila of the district on Sunday morning.
The digitised web portal has been launched at Pirganj Upazila Land Office here for providing quicker land management related government services easily in a hassle-free manner to the common people.
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting here have stressed for reaching the available government services to the grassroots level male and female farm-labourers easily in a hassle-free manner to improve their livelihoods.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive recovered 7 shrapnel-laced bottle bombs from Binodpur area in the city early Monday.
Two people were killed and six others injured in a head on collision between a human hauler and a pick-up van on the Pabna-Dhaka highway in Sholabaria area of Santhia upazila on Monday morning.
A woman school teacher was killed in Noakhali and many people were injured in the city and elsewhere in the country during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday. The female school teacher, Shamsunnaghar Jarna (35)…
The world has witnessed the largest-ever epidemic of Ebola claim thousands of lives in West Africa in 2014.
Sinkholes: A threat from the underworld. By Prof Iain Stewart In February, Prof Iain Stewart explored the phenomenon of sinkholes, following the tragic death of a Florida man who was swallowed up by one of these natural trapdoors in 2013.
Google Inc’s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame.
Institutions have already been amassing huge DNA collections to catalog the world’s creatures, but Moscow State University might just top them all. It’s planning to build “Noah’s Ark,” a repository for the genes of every creature, living or extinct —…
In today’s world, everyone leaves a digital footprint – even the ever elusive Santa Claus as he treks around the world with his magical reindeer delivering presents.
At least six persons were killed and ten others injured seriously in a collision between a Dhaka bound passenger train from Narayanganj and a container truck inside the Kamalapur Railway station on early Monday afternoon. The accident occured when a…
Claiming that people are spontaneously observing heir hartal, BNP joint-secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the government agents are torching vehicles and carrying out various subversive acts over their daylong shutdown programme. “The government has once again…
The countrywide daylong hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance to protest the ‘foiling’ of its Gazipur rally and demanding the release of its arrested senior, is underway amid stray incidents. The hartal began at 6am and will end at…