Dhaka-Danish company Novo Nordisk has launched a campaign in Bangladesh by engaging Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team, as the brand ambassador to create awareness on the prevention, detection, management and control of diabetes.
Dhaka-Claiming that the police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) belong to the same family, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Friday said there is no rift between the two forces.
Dhaka-Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urged the government not to take US$2 billion loan from the World Bank (WB) as climate finance.
Dhaka-Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis who was stabbed by unit BCL leader has been shifted to cabin from the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at Square Hospital in the capital early yesterday as her condition is improving gradually.
Dhaka-Jatiyatabadi Secchasebok Dal, the volunteer wing of the BNP, has been reconstituted with Shafiul Bari Babu as its president and Abdul Quader Bhuiyan Jewel as its general secretary.
Cyclone Kyant reversed its gear into a deep depression over the west south- west Bay of Bengal, sprinkled some showers in different parts of the country including the city that left many streets water logged causing traffic congestion.
Ruling Awami League new general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday hinted that there is no possibility of holding any talks with BNP over the formation of next Election Commission to oversee the next general elections in the country to be held…
Dhaka-Ruling Awami League has called the first meeting of its newly elected presidium members today (Friday) at the party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Gano Bhaban.
Dhaka-The secretary general level meeting of the BNP-led 20-party alliance will be held on Sunday to discuss the latest development in the political arena and alliance strategies, according to alliance sources.
Dhaka-Hawkers and police locked in a clash while employees of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) went for an eviction drive in an underground market of Gulistan.
Dhaka-BNP on Wednesday accused the government of implicating its leader MA Qaiyum in the Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case with a political motive, and said innocent people are now getting punished while offenders spared as there is no rule…
Dhaka-There is no scope of raising any question about the probe into the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella as the investigation agency pressed charges on the basis of ‘proper information and evidence’, claimed a senior police officer on Wednesday.
Several environmental organisations including Barisal city unit of Sachetan Nagorik Committee (Sanak) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday formed a human chain demanding compensation to tackle climate change, not loan.
The cyclonic storm, ‘Kyant’, over the east central bay and its adjoining area moved slightly west-southwestwards over the same area on Wednesday.
Dhaka-The 31-kilometre long Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel will formally open on Thursday.
Dhaka-BNP on Wednesday said the National Committee for the Protection of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Ports should accept BNP’s support for gearing up its movement against Rampal power plant project.
Dhaka-The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for four weeks a High Court order for transferring Sakhipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station Mohammad Maksudul Alam in Tangail over sentencing a schoolboy. Chamber Judge…
Edotco Bangladesh Co Ltd has recently installed two wind turbines at Shah Porir Dwip of Teknaf and Cox’s Bazar in the tourist district to support the need for power in remote coastal regions of Bangladesh.
Migration governance cannot be only about closing borders and keeping people out, said two United Nations human rights experts calling on UN member states to develop long-term strategies and policies to facilitate rather than restrict migration.
An Afghan official says a militant attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Nangarhar province has killed eight officers.
Saudi Arabia says two security officers have been shot and killed in the kingdom’s predominantly Shiite east.
A minibus caught fire in the city’s Gulistan area on Tuesday.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated its 307th Branch at Manda of Naogaon. Professor Syed Ahsanul Alam, Chairman, Executive Committee of the bank inaugurated the branch as chief guest on October 25, 2016 Tuesday. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan,…
The BNP yesterday called upon the new committee of the ruling Awami League headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader to take steps to form a search committee on the basis of opinions of all the stakeholders to…
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against Dhaka city BNP’s Joint Convener MA Qaiyum and six others in the case filed in connection with the murder of Italian aid worker Tavella Cesare.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed one Jibon Kumar alias Babu on a five-day remand in a case filed for stalking and beatings two twin college girls in Mirpur area of the city.
The Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament will take place at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi on December 12-13.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reiterated her firm stance not to allow any terrorist group to use Bangladesh soil for striking any neighbouring countries and laid emphasis on detecting the sources of arms and terror financing.