Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this afternoon for home wrapping up her three-day official visit to Australia to join the Global Summit of Women.
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UNSC to work sincerely for immediate Rohingya solution
Visiting high level UN Security Council (UNSC) team today observed that the Rohingya crisis came from Myanmar and vowed that they will work sincerely for a quick solution.They acknowledged that the Rohingya issue is a crisis of Myanmar and the…
No level playing field yet in Gazipur, Khulna cities
BNP on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) could not yet create a level-playing field in Gazipur and Khulna cities for holding credible polls there on May 15.
Women parliamentary leaders for more inclusive politics
Female parliamentarians worldwide have called for immediate reforms to stop sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments.
Trump says he has a responsibility to end Korean conflict
President Donald Trump claimed credit Friday for a historic inter-Korean summit, but now faces a burden in helping turn the Korean leaders’ bold but vague vision for peace into reality after more than six decades of hostility.
N. Korea glorifies summit with South; analysts less sure
North Korea’s state media on Saturday trumpeted leader Kim Jong Un’s “immortal achievement” a day after he met South Korean President Moon Jae-in and repeated past vows to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula and work toward a formal end…
PM seeks Australia’s support for BD’s further economic progress
Noting that Bangladesh needs greater human capacity as it is going to the next stage of development through graduation from the LDC, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought Australian cooperation to this end.
Tabling Jamaat rival factions scuffle at Kakrail Mosque
A scuffle took place between the followers of Indian Tabligh Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi and their rivals in the city’s Kakrail Mosque.
UNSC team in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
A high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council arrived here on Saturday afternoon to see the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and steps taken by the government of Bangladesh.
Khaleda may get crippled: personal physicians
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s three personal physicians on Saturday feared that she can be crippled and lose her eyesight if she is not given proper treatment immediately in any specialised hospital.
UNSC team arrives Saturday to visit Rohingya camps
A 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) team will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow to discuss Rohingya issue with the government and have a firsthand report on the plight of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
Moral strength is a must to achieve success: Prof Sayeed
Eminent educationist Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed on Friday said no one can achieve anything good unless he or she is morally strong.
Rohingyas face cyclone season under tarpulin
or 14 terrifying days, Nabil Alam, his wife and nine children trudged through the jungles of northern Myanmar to reach the border with Bangladesh. The entire way, Alam looked over his shoulder for soldiers or local militia groups armed with…
AL to be in dire straits if fair polls held: BNP
Claiming that the ruling party has no popularity, BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said Awami League will face dire consequences if a fair election is held.
PM Hasina gets Global Women Leadership Award
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday received the Global Women Leadership Award at an event at International Convention Centre (ICC) here.
Sex sells, but should it?
Are there legitimate grounds for discrimination in the business world? This episode explores the hiring practices of Abercrombie & Fitch, Hooters, and even OBGYNs.
Post modern illusion
Once, postmodernism and its protagonists identified themselves as freedom fighters – and probably still do. Their argument goes like this: The universalism of modernity and the logic of the general in industrialized societies, as the German sociologist Andreas Reckwitz calls…
PM leaves for Sydney via Thailand
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who left Dhaka for Sydney on Thursday afternoon on a three-day official visit to Australia at the invitation of her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull, reached Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand.
56th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Friday
The 56th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner tomorrow.
No army deployment in city elections: EC
The Election Commission (EC) today said army will not be deployed in local government elections, including in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls scheduled to be held on May 15.
No link between citizenship and passport: DG Passport
In the wake of controversy over Tarique Rahman’s passport, the director general (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) on Thursday said there is no connection between ‘citizenship and surrendering a passport’.
Memorial to African Americans who were lynching
In a plain brown building sits an office run by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, a place for people who have been held accountable for their crimes and duly expressed remorse.
The insecurity cycle
During the past decade – in the aftermath of the most serious financial and economic crises since the Great Depression – the question of why policy doesn’t always change when it looks like it ought to has been an open…
Globalisation: New deal on labour mobility
What do you think is the crisis of globalisation and how did it come about? The crisis is the result of a lot of people not being particularly happy about the way that globalisation has gone. I think it’s rooted…
EU wants credible polls in Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) at a meeting here hoped that the government of Bangladesh will ensure conditions for credible, transparent and inclusive elections.
Tarique surrenders BD nationality, says Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has said Tarique Rahman, now acting chairman of BNP and living in London, surrendered his nationality by handing over his Bangladesh passport.
One killed, six bullet-hit in city clash
One person was killed and 10 others injured, six of them with bullets, during a clash between two rival groups on the bank of Balu river at Badda area in the city on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Kamruzzaman Dukhu,…
HSC Geography 2nd paper exam rescheduled
The Government on Sunday postponed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Geography 2nd paper examination, scheduled to be held on Monday, as the question paper of the subject was opened mistakenly in an exam center in Netrakona.
Blast hits Boro crops in Netrakona
Fungal disease blast has turned into an epidemic in different upazilas of the district, hindering Boro production during the harvesting season.
BNP stages demo in city seeking Khaleda’s release
Leaders and activists of BNP Dhaka North City unit staged a demonstration in the city on Sunday seeking their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.