Rajshahi-Amnesty International in a statement on on their official website on Friday called upon Bangladesh authorities to withdraw the charges against leftist leader Dilip Roy, who was arrested by Rajshahi police on August 28 for criticizing Prime Minister of Bangladesh…
Rajshahi-Organising discussion at the Rajshahi University (RU) campus, teachers urged the students not to take part in any subversive activities and maintain peace in the country.
A suspected militant was killed and three policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Rupnagar Police Station, suffered wounds in a reported gunfight during a raid on a ‘militant den’ in the city’s Rupnagar area on Friday night.
Bangladesh has laid emphasis on maintaining ocean health by striking a balance between conservation, exploitation and utilization of marine resources.
Human numbers are predicted to grow by 33 percent in the next 33 years, worrying news for a world already struggling to deal with the impacts of climate change.
President of UN General Assembly convened a daylong High Level Forum on a Culture of Peace at the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the UN headquarters on Thursday.
Detectives in their separate drives arrested 10 alleged members of fake currency rackets along Tk 1.16 crore counterfeit notes from different parts of the city on Wednesday and Thursday.
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on September 13 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhajj was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday.
Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area early Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, bringing soaking rain, high winds and thousands of power outages. Injuries were reported in Tallahassee as…
The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO shows the potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs). It also shows that education needs a major transformation…
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Friday rejected a bail application for journalist Siddiqur Rahman Khan, who was arrested in a case under the ICT Act on Thursday.
Dhaka-Death row top brass war criminal Mir Quasem Ali yesterday refused to take any decision on presidential clemency until and unless the return of his son Barrister Ahmed Bin Quasem, who was allegedly picked up by some unidentified persons on…
Dhaka-Police arrested the suspected killer of Suraiya Akter Risha, who was a student of Willes Little School and stabbed to death last week, from Nilphamari yesterday.
Dhaka-A views-exchange meeting of senior executives of Islami Bank Banglaseh Limited and different credit rating institutions of the country was held on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at board room of Islami Bank Tower.
Dhaka-The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Wednesday directed BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear in his court for declaring self-defence in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against four including the BNP Chief.
Dhaka-The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a sedition case filed against him with Gulshan Police Station in the city, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka-BNP on Tuesday alleged that Bangladesh has turned into a ‘jungle state’ due to ‘growing incidents of militancy, enforced disappearance and the government’s repressive acts’.
Dhaka-Police arrested a sister and brother-in-law of Obaidul, the killer of Willes Little Flower School and College student Suraiya Akhter Risha, from Niratongi village in Birganj upazila on Monday evening.
Dhaka-The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved five crucial development projects involving an estimated cost of Tk 2,805 crore, including three projects with support from Indian fresh Line of Credit (LoC).
Dhaka-The mortal remains of late poet Shaheed Quaderi will arrive here from New York today (Wednesday).
Dhaka-A five-day long national debate competition under three categories yesterday began on Jahangirnagar University campus. Securing the slogan — Bitorko Choluk Ashuk Juthobodho Agami, JU Debate Organization (JUDO), in association with Acme Company, organised the programme.
Dhaka-The second unit of India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) has been successfully connected to the Souhern Power Grid of the country on August 29 at 11.17 am local standard time.
Rajshahi-Two officials of the Rajshahi University (RU) have been received the punishment due to their alleged involvement in cheque fraud and selling universities property.
Dhaka-The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn-to-dusk nationwide hartal for today (Wednesday) protesting the death penalty awarded to its central executive committee member Mir Quasem Ali.
Rajshahi-Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) included two more departments into its arsenal from the academic session of 2016-17, a press release said.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday summoned BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear before it in a case filed against her on the charge of celebrating `fake` birthday on the National Mourning Day of August…
Dhaka-Experts at a conference here on Monday observed that rapid urbanization and unplanned growth of cities are increasing risks of different urban disasters like fire, building collapse and urban flooding in the country.
Students of Willes Little Flower School and College in the capital on Monday called for forming a one-hour human chain in all educational institutions across the country on Wednesday demanding the arrest of their fellow Suraiya Akhter Risha’s killer.
Dhaka-US Secretary of State John Kerry left here for New Delhi on Monday evening wrapping up his hectic nine-hour visit that covered a series of meetings with Bangladesh leadership and opposition leaders.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought more British investment in Bangladesh’s economic zones as the government has taken steps to set up 100 such zones in different parts of the country to gear up industrialisation.