H. E. Mahmoud EZZAT Geopolitics inevitably shaped Egypt’s foreign policy. Egypt occupies a strategic position as a land bridge between two continents and a link between two principal waterways; The Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. It must be therefore…
Muslims discovered the Americas more than three centuries before Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus…
The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has brought the G20 summit to a close by detailing economic pledges agreed by the world leaders. He said the package, if implemented, would boost global economic growth over five years by 2.1% more…
Prime Minister’s son and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday lamented that the positive activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) do not receive media coverage. “If Chhatra League does anything (wrong), the media covers it…
Bangladeshi cricketers have given another joy to celebrate as they beat Zimbabwe by 186 runs in the third and final match of the 3 match test series thus white washing the visitors in the Test series. The bowlers worked very…
Fresher’s admission test for admission into Level-1, Semester-1 (2015-intake) B.Sc.Ag.(Hons), BBA (Agribusiness), B.Sc. Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was held peacefully on November 14 Saturday. A total of 21800 candidates took part in the…
About a thousand Hijras took part in Bangladesh’s first ever “Hijra Pride” in the capital Dhaka last week to celebrate the first anniversary of their recognition as a separate gender by the government. Hijra is a feminine gender identity that…
After going into the breather with a narrow 1-0 lead, the Indian eves dished out a dominating performance in the second period and found the opposition net as many as four times to pile on the misery on Bangladesh. Islamabad:…
The BNP has ‘thanked’ prime minister’s political affairs adviser HT Imam, claiming his recent comments have ‘unveiled the government’s conspiracy over the Jan 5 polls’. Party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday criticised the ruling Awami League…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said “Most of the parties of the BNP-led alliance are anti-liberation forces. Slogans are raised from the public meetings of the BNP leader for release of the war criminals. If you look at their…
Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddiqui on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cannot remain in power for even a month if he is arrested. “Arrest me right now if you have the courage. You (Hasina) can’t stay in…
A teacher of Rajshahi University was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Bihash area in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as AKM Shafiul Islam, 40, a professor of Sociology Department of the university. Sources at Rajshahi…
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday asked Sajeeb Wazed Joy to refrain from speaking like aALn immature boy. He criticised the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son for saying that BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman was not a…
One of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous hats is among over 1,000 items relating to the French general that are due to be auctioned near Paris this weekend.
The Philae lander on the distant comet 67P has sent another stream of data back to Earth before losing power.
Bangladesh Bank and Bangladesh Economists’ Forum (BEF) jointly organized a workshop titled “Reflections on the First BEF Conference: Challenges Facing Economic Research in Bangladesh”. AHM Mustafa Kamal, minister for Planning, was the chief guest at the conference, Prof. Nurul Islam,…
While the big-wigs run around making one-size-fits-all fitness bands and smartwatches — most of which are not female friendly — innovators on Kickstarter are leading the charge for smart jewelry.
Obaidur Rahman is a Dhaka based Bangladeshi singer/musician/songwriter and very recently this young artist has came out with his self-produced debut double albums, titled, Prahelika-1 & Prahelika-2, both of which contain 15 of his original songs. Already the albums have…
A lot has been said about the hush-hush love affair between Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli and a little birdie tells us that the much-in-love duo is soon to get engaged!
Cristiano Ronaldo became the European Championship’s all-time leading scorer when he grabbed the winner in the Euro 2016 qualifying victory over Armenia.
Bangladesh gave a dull show on the 2nd day of the 4th Asian Beach Games at different venues in Thai tourists city of Phuket on Saturday.
Bangladesh need to take nine Zimbabwean wickets on the 5th and final day of their third match of the Bashundhara Cement Test Series seeking the first-ever 3-0 series win on Sunday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
At least 12 dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire on Friday at Balargati village under Tungipara upazila of the district.
A rural road network project is being implemented with the main thrust of removing physical bottlenecks for improving rural accessibility, upgrading quality and enhancing sustainability of rural transport and market services in the project area.
The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 21.73 lakh tonnes maize from 3.06 lakh hectares of land during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season in the country, official sources said.
A college girl was killed and two others were injured by a gang of robbers during a robbery incident at Islamabad village of Noagaon union under Sarail upazila here early today.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized Indian contraband worth Tk 33.52 lakh from Amrakhali border point early Saturday morning.
Police arrested two kidnappers and rescued a cattle trader from a house at Putkhali here on Friday, eight hours of his abduction.
Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Azizul Haque College unit president, from Satmatha area of the district town on Saturday morning.
Police arrested a charge-sheeted accused in a case for torching a bus in South Surma upazila in 2011 from Temukhi area under Moglabazar thana of the city on Friday night.