Senior journalist and international affairs analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 69. Chowdhury, also former managing director and chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS),…
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Two films starring actor Ferdous Ahmed was released across the country today.
The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,928, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hit the fourth fastest double hundred in Test history on day three of the third Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.
Sri Lanka beat England by eight wickets in a rain-reduced one-day international to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
Low and middle-income group peoples are flocking to roadside shops and hawkers markets of the town to buy warms clothes with advent of winter in the district.
Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem through managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively, scientists and researchers at a workshop here said today.
Police recovered three firearms in an abandoned condition from a canal of Daulatkhan Upazila of the district on Friday.
Eight shops were gutted in a fire at Sakhipur Station Bazaar under Vedhorganj upazila of the district early this morning.
Five people, including Jhinaigati upazila Awami League (AL) convener Warez Nayeem, were injured in an attack on the local Awami League office by position-deprived party men in Jhinaigati upazila on Friday night.
A security guard was found dead in Old Bus Stand area of sadar upazila on Saturday.
Despite having all facilities, the Victim Support Centre (VSC) of police in Khulna can hardly come to the use of those for whom it is meant, mainly due to people’s ignorance of such a centre existing.
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 50 answer sheets of Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Friday night.
A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a dowry-related feud at Muslimpur Tolghar village in Shibganj upazila early Friday.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged people to get ready for a decisive movement as Awami League’s fall is imminent and said that she herself will be there on the streets with them. “The fall of Awami League looms……
Renewing her party’s allegation that Khaleda Zia boycotted the January-5 election sensing defeat, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the BNP chief had actually wanted to create a Thailand-like situation where martial law was declared amid the opposition’s movement.
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Saturday said the United States advocates for a strong and inclusive democracy in Bangladesh and called upon all the political parties to hold political…
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) in its Bangladesh Economic update cautions that limited access to affordable and reliable sources of energy puts energy security at risk. It says shortage of power supply, depletion of gas reserve and frequent price hikes in…
Sheikh Hasina has dared her arch political rival Khaleda Zia to prove in court that she did not steal money from the fund for orphans. The prime minister made the suggestion at a meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee…
Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem by managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively, scientists and researchers at a workshop here said Saturday. They…
Bad weather delayed the start of the second one-day international between England and Sri Lanka at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Saturday. Heavy rain over the past two days aensured that full covering was in place at the scheduled…
President Barack Obama recently pledged $3 billion for Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change which include tasks like helping vulnerable communities with early-warning systems, stronger defenses against storm surges, and climate-resilient…
Robert J. Burrowes In a recent article, full of insight, Professor Bill Quigley identified ten different illegal actions police often take ‘to prevent people from exercising their constitutional rights’ to take nonviolent action to address a grievance. He noted that…
By Stephen Evans More than 120 former prostitutes who worked near a US military base in South Korea are going to court to seek compensation from the Korean government. They say the authorities actively facilitated their work – and that…
Nigeria’s president has pledged “to leave no stone unturned” in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that killed dozens of people. Goodluck Jonathan urged the nation “to confront the common enemy” after the gun and bomb attack during…
Dozens have been killed in a gun and bomb attack during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say. Many more people have been hurt, with one rescue official putting casualty figures…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Comilla on Saturday to address the 20-party alliance’s public rally aimed at drumming up public support in favour of their demand for snap polls under a non-party administration. The BNP chairperson will leave her…
Bangladesh’s Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected the next Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) in a tightly contested election in London. This is the first time in the 35-year history of IMSO that a candidate…
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has enquired with Raushon Ershad who heads the opposition in Parliament, about Bangladesh’s next general elections. Friday’s half-hour meeting started at Ershad’s Gulshan residence around 5:10pm.…