Dhaka, July 8 (UNB)-Kader Siddiqui-led Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) on Monday quit Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront ‘as the alliance has become inactive after the 11th parliamentary election’. Kader came up with the announcement at a press conference at…
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) – British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson on Monday said freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy. “As Bangladesh continues its journey of reaching middle income status it…
Rangamati, July 8 (UNB) – A minor boy and a woman were killed and three others injured on Monday in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall for the last couple of days at Kalabagan in Kaptai upazila. The deceased were…
Rio De Janeiro, July 8 (AP/UNB) — Three Brazilian stars will return to their European clubs boosted by their good performances and a Copa América title. Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus and Barcelona midfielders Philippe Coutinho and Arthur were among…
Greece, July 8 (AP/UNB) — Golden Dawn, the far-right, anti-immigrant party that had shocked Greek politics by evolving from a marginal, violent neo-Nazi group into Greece’s third-largest party during the country’s economic crisis, was knocked out of Parliament in Sunday’s…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon on Sunday alleged that the recent gas price hike was aimed at creating a market for LPG in the country. Speaking in Parliament standing on the point of order,…
Bhola, July 7 (UNB)- A total of 30 fishermen went missing as three trawlers with 43 fishermen on board capsized after being caught in a storm in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Officer-in-Charge of Char Fasson Police Station Shamsul…
New York, July 8 (AP/UNB) — “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” the first Marvel movie after “Avengers: Endgame,” swung past any franchise fatigue to dominate the July Fourth holiday weekend, raking in an estimated $185.1 million since opening Tuesday and earning…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh National Cricket team returned home on Sunday afternoon after their poor show in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. The Tigers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:18pm by…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – The government has joined hands with UNDP to implement a $33m project in Satkhira and Khulna districts benefitting almost 7 lakh people mostly women and adolescent girls to help them adapt better to climate change.…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Detectives in a drive in Cumilla on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in the killing of six-year-old girl Samia Afrin Sayma after rape in Dhaka’s Wari area. They arrested Harun-Or-Rashid, a painter by profession, from Darbardanga…
Chattogram, July 7 (UNB) – Over 50 families have been evacuated from Jalalbad hill in the city on Sunday fearing landslides amid rains for the last couple of days. The local administration started asking people through loudspeakers to shift shelter…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said hartal has lost its appeal as people hardly respond to such programmes. The minister came up with the remark as left-leaning political parties observed a…
The Trump administration has been labelled “inept”, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador to Washington. Sir Kim Darroch said that the White House was “uniquely dysfunctional” and “divided” under Donald Trump. But he also warned that…
France and Iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, President Emmanuel Macron says. During a phone call with President Hassan Rouhani, Mr Macron expressed his “strong concern”…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the government’s plan to turn 17 ‘iconic’ tourist sites into world-class destinations, UNESCO announced Jaipur City in Rajasthan as a World Heritage Site in India, reports The Indian Express. …
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, according to a study, reports The Indian Exress. The research, published in the journal Cell Reports, discovered that signals…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – A number of left-leaning political parties are trying to enforce a half-day hartal to protest against the recent hike in prices of gas for retail consumers. Supporters of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) brought out…
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has assured the European Union (EU) that Bangladesh will never enact or implement any law that may contravene the concept of human rights. He explained that the government of Bangladesh…
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged that the incidents of killing, rape and other social crimes marked a sharp rise due to serious slide in law-and-order situation. “They (govt) have created an anarchic situation across the country…
Los Angeles, Jul 6 (AP/UNB) — Small communities in the Mojave Desert are reeling from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake — the second major temblor in as many days to rock Southern California. Authorities say Friday night’s shaker was centered near…
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – At least 126 people were killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh in May and June this year, according to data compiled by a non-government organisation. ‘Save the Society and Thunderstorm Awareness Forum’ said it gathered…
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – China has conveyed Bangladesh that the strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries will be ‘helpful in a big way’ towards the prosperity and stability in Asia and beyond apart from serving the mutual…
Los Angeles, Jul 6 (AP/UNB) — Communities in the Mojave Desert tallied damage and made emergency repairs to cracked roads and broken pipes Friday as aftershocks from Southern California’s largest earthquake in 20 years kept rumbling. The town of Ridgecrest,…
Washington, Jul 6 (AP/UNB) — The Justice Department said Friday it will press its search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is “very seriously”…
Dhaka, July 5 (UNB) – BNP on Friday decided to participate in the upcoming local body elections without using its election symbol, ‘the sheaf of paddy’. The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s standing committee members at…
Dhaka, July 5 (UNB) – The BNP on Friday extended its moral support to a half-day hartal to be enforced across the country on July 7 protesting against the gas price hike. The decision was taken at a meeting of…
Dhaka, Jul 5 (UNB) – Transport Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said that there is no scope to reconsider the decision of gas price hike. The minister was speaking at party president’s political office in Dhanmondi in the morning. He…
Dhaka, July 5 (UNB) – BNP on Friday alleged that the government has raised the gas tariff unfairly only to facilitate those ruling party leaders and businessmen who import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). “The only reason behind the gas price…
Dhaka, July 5 (UNB) – Three days of incessant rains in Bangladesh have destroyed 273 shelters and injured 11 people in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps, said UNHCR on Friday. “We remain on high alert, ready to deploy additional emergency response…