Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday signed two agreements and four MoUs, creating a “new chapter” in the relations of the two countries with a prospect of multibillion dollar investment into…
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Gono Forum expels Sultan Mansur
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Gono Gorum on Thursday expelled Sultan Mohammad Mansur for taking oath as a member of the 11th Parliament defying the party’s decision. A letter in this regard signed by party general secretary Mosfata Mohsin Montu…
Historic 7th March Speech never to lose appeal: PM
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the appeal of the historic 7th March Speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will never fade away as it will remain as a great…
India-Pakistan fighting kills 6 civilians, 2 Pakistan troops
Srinagar, Mar 2 (AP/UNB) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials said Saturday. Tensions have been running high…
Hasina for proper dev strategies suiting local soil, water, climate
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged engineers to concentrate more on research for innovating newer technologies so that Bangladesh can take proper development strategies suiting the local soil, water and climate. “We want you…
BCL activist stabbed dead in Gazipur
Gazipur, Mar 2 (UNB) – An activist of Bangladseh Chhatra League(BCL) was stabbed to death by rivals in Boran Munshi Para road area in Tongi on Friday night over a cricket match. The deceased was identified as Prince Mahmud Nahid,…
Accountability must to combat impunity in Myanmar: UN envoy
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy in Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has said accountability is essential for combating impunity and genuine reconciliation in Myanmar. Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry has responded positively to her recommendation that it…
Ekushey Book Fair ends – sale proceeds Taka 780 milliom
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB)— The extended Amar Ekushey Book Fair ended Saturday, recording huge sale and witnessing a mass gathering of book lovers. The fair was originally scheduled to end on Thursday but the government extended it. In the last…
Fire at Old Dhaka again, 3 suffer burn injuries
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – Three people sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at a scrap-metal store in Kamalbagh area of the old part of the city on Saturday afternoon. The injured are store owner’s son Sumon Khan,…
Commercial, industrial prices of gas may rise sll: Minister
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the government has moved for raising gas prices, mainly for commercial and industrial consumers and for power plants to offset the losses caused…
India, Pakistan resume shelling in Kashmir; 4 killed
India, Mar 2 (AP/UNB) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and wounding four others, officials said Saturday. Fighting resumed overnight as the…
The misconceptions of contraception
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 1 2019 (IPS) – In light of rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies, governments are exploring ways to tackle taboos around condoms. In a new study, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) reviews the availability and…
14 bomb-like objects recovered in Dhamrai
Savar, Mar 1 (UNB) – Police recovered 14 objects, which appear to be bombs, from the roof of a building at Kalampur in Dhamrai on Thursday. Police said Jashim Uddin, owner of the two-story building, found the objects wrapped in…
Govt can’t run country for long with falsehood: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – Stating that the government is in trouble, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday warned that it will not be able to run the country for long with ‘falsehood’. “This government is in trouble…
Dhaka to take no new Burma refugees, seeks safe return
United Nations, Mar 1 (AP/UNB) — Bangladesh’s foreign secretary said Thursday his country will need to stop accepting more refugees from Myanmar and accused its government of being “obstructionist” about bringing back more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have…
New Indian envoy Riva Ganguly in city
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – Riva Ganguly Das arrived here on Friday night to take up her assignment as the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh. Prior to her arrival, she was the Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations…
Observing Voter Day is a mockery: BNP
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said observing the national voter day after robbing the people of their voting rights is a mockery with the nation. “The people’s voting rightswere snatched through the December…
Pakistan takes captured Indian pilot to border for handover
Wagah, Mar 1 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani officials brought a captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India for handover on Friday, a “gesture of peace” promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country’s…
Damaged tyre forces Biman plane emergency landing
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Friday afternoon after one of its front tyres got damaged. Biman General Manager (Public Relations) Shakil Meraj…
Why West craves materialism & East sticks to religion
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 2019 (IPS) – My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to…
China’s treatment of Muslims a defining moment for OIC – HRW
Imagine a country where practicing Islam is treated as a crime. Where using the everyday greeting of “As-salaam alaikum” is punished. A place so repressive that even listening to a religious sermon at a mosque or reciting a funeral prayer…
‘A Year of Shame’ for Middle East and North Africa
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 2019 (IPS) – Human rights violations are at an all-time high in the Middle East and North Africa, and global indifference is only making it worse. In a new report, Amnesty International reviewed the state of human rights…
City election also witnessed ‘nocturnal exercise’: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday alleged that the voting in the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) was “actually held on Wednesday night” determining the fate of a particular person. “The election…
Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir; villagers flee homes
Muzafarabad, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani police say troops deployed in the disputed region of Kashmir continued trading fire with India overnight, forcing villagers living near the contested frontier to move to safer places even as the two nuclear-armed nations…
Indian Air Force pilot to be released Friday, says Pak PM
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB/AP) – Pakistan’s prime minister pledged on Thursday his country would release a captured Indian jetfighter pilot the following day, a move that could help defuse the most-serious confrontation in two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors over…
BNP expels 4 more leaders for contesting Upazila polls
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – BNP has expelled another four of its grassroots leaders for contesting the upcoming Upazila elections violating the party’s decisions. They are Bogura Sadar Upazila BNP President Maftun Ahmed Khan Rubel, Magura’s Mohammadpur Upazila general secretary Jahangir…
Bangladesh, India army joint training exercise from Mar 2
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – An Indian Army contingent, as in the past, comprising 170 personnel will participate in a joint training exercise ‘SAMPRITI-8’ in Bangladesh from March 2-15. The Indian Army contingent will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Trump, Kim summit ends without reaching a deal
Hanoi, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their second summit Thursday without reaching an agreement, a stunning collapse of talks that caused both leaders to leave their Vietnam meeting early…
Shafin brings allegation of vote irregularities
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election, on Thursday brought the allegation of some irregularities in the voting. He, however, did not specify the allegations saying he…
EC not responsible for low voter turnout: CEC
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said the low voter turnout in the ongoing elections to the two city corporations is not the liability of the Commission. “It’s the responsibility of candidates and…