Staff Reporter The National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports will stage another long march to the Sundarbans in the next month, demanding scrapping of the construction of the coal-fired Rampal power plant and Orion…
After 37 years of her departure, Sultana Van Der List, a Bangladeshi origin Dutch national, has returned home to reconnect with lost relatives.
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to announce the schedule this week for arranging election in nine municipalities in mid-March.
A three-km long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Friday morning after a truck went out of order on the Meghna Bridge in Gazaria upazila, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. In-charge of Bhaberchar Police Camp sub-inspector M Kamruzzaman…
Voicing resentment at the recent controversy over the number of 1971 Liberation War martyrs, Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said it only exposed ‘unhealthy politics’.
A solo painting exhibition titled Cosmic Beauty by artist Bimanesh Biswas has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.
Tim Clark, the chair of Board of Trustees of WaterAid, an international non-profit organization, and Barbara Frost, chief executive officer, arrive here tomorrow on a six-day visit.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith today said Bangladesh is blessed with rich art and culture for a long period of time, which should be nurtured for achieving socio-economic development of the country.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said no one will be spared involved in Wednesday night’s incident in Godaraghat of Mirpur area where a tea seller caught fire from his kerosene stove.
Batman v Superman Turkish Airlines today announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures on the highly anticipated action adventure film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
RU Correspondent The Classes for the first year students of Rajshahi University (RU) under the 2015-16 academic sessions will begin on Saturday, administrator for Public Relation office Professor Elias Hossain confirmed the matter.
JU CORRESPONDENT Jahangirnagar Theatre, the oldest cultural organization of Jahangirnagar University (JU), has arranged 11-day long drama festival marking its 36-year anniversary.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Election Commission Bangladesh signed Memorrandum of Understanding (MoU) for verifying the information and documents of the bank clients on February 4, 2016 at the election commission office.
A sculpture marking the International Mother Language Day has been placed at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in front of the United Nation (UN) headquarters in New York City of the United States.
Two days after the capsize of a sand-laden bulkhead in the Meghna River near Char Abdullah, rescuers on Wednesday recovered three bodies.
RU Correspondent The Islamic History and Culture department is going to host its Silver jubilee and Alumni association simultaneously on March19.
The 30th Jatio Kobita Utshab 2016 of two days program ends last Tuesday held at Kakim Chatter of D.U. Jatio Kabita Parishad (JKP) organized with the slogan “Kobita Moitrier” and “Kobita Shantir”.
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday expressed deep concern over conviction of 28 party leaders and activists in different jail terms in a “politically motivated” case in Sirajganj.
STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday fixed February 11 for delivering its verdict on the appeal filed by the three condemned convicts and two lifers in a case for 2004 grenade attack that killed three people and injured 70, including…
JU Correspondent Holding the slogan ‘Unnayonshil Desher Prekheite Porikolpona o Unnayon’ the department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will organize a 2-day long Bangladesh research planning conference from February 5 to 6 here the University…
Special Correspondent A court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 23 BNP leaders including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee members Barrister Moudud and Mirza Abbas in a case filed…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed four people, on remand for different terms to quiz them in connection with the killing of an eleven-year old schoolboy after abduction in Keraniganj of the district.
Members of Shia militias, who the Iraqi government has included among its state forces, abducted and killed scores of Sunni residents in a central Iraq town and demolished Sunni homes, stores, and mosques following January 11, 2016 bombings claimed by…
A 26-year-old British mother who took her toddler son to Syria and posted pictures of him next to a weapon was jailed on Monday for six years for belonging to the Islamic State (IS).
Newly published research that started as a high school science project confirms that the density of sea turtle nests on Florida beaches is reduced where artificial lights along the coast deter nesting females.
Amid diplomatic row between Bangladesh and Pakistan, detectives here on Monday detained an official of Pakistan High Commission for his ‘suspicious movement’.
Defining a patient’s symptoms using the historical diagnostic labels of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an outdated approach to understanding an individual’s condition, according to experts writing in the European Respiratory Journal on Sunday.
Court Correspondent The report on serving summon on Begum Khaleda Zia, in the sedition case filed against her, was submitted to the court on Sunday.