Foreign Ministers of Asian and European countries have agreed on the broad points of the Rohingya issue, and asked for the immediate cessation of hostilities, halting the outflow of Rohingya from Rakhine State, and early return of the displaced population…
Stocks continue to maintain upward trend on Monday extending the wining spell for third consecutive sessions in a row, while the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Shariah index reached a new high on higher transactions.
BNP on Monday demanded strong action against the perpetrators through a judicial probe into the sectarian attack on the Hindu community members and their houses at Harkali Thakurpara village in Sadar upazila here. Talking to reporters after visiting the affected…
The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated tomorrow marking the founding of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Liberation War. The day’s programme will begin with the offering of special prayers after Fazr prayers at all mosques in…
Clinging to his now virtually powerless post, longtime Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was fired as ruling party chief to cheers Sunday, and was set to discuss his expected exit with the army commander who put the world’s oldest head of…
The major price index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) reached a new high on Sunday on higher transactions. DSEX finished the day with 24.86 points up at 6,306.95 which were the highest after introducing the DSEX on January 27, 2013.
Visiting US Senators today dubbed as “war crimes” the atrocities inflicted on Rohingyas by Myanmar security forces as they called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a day after visiting them in their makeshift refuge in Cox’s Bazar.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said the next parliamentary election will be held according to the Constitution, and not under the supervision of any person.
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said their party will force the government to accept their demand for holding the next polls under a neutral administration through a street movement if it does not reach an understanding over…
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said there is no reason for any political party, including BNP, to be worried about the Rangpur city polls as they will ensure a level-playing field and all-out security measurers for voters.
House and apartment owners of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) formed a human chain at Kalabagan on Mirpur Road in the city on Saturday protesting the rise in holding tax and blatant indiscrimination in the name of revision. The residents…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by Unesco is the revenge of history against those who had tried to erase his name…
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is harnessing solar energy to power its remote health posts in Cox’s Bazar’s giant Kutupalong and Balukali makeshift settlements, which are now home to an estimated 440,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar, an IOM press release said.…
UN negotiators agreed at climate talks Saturday to take stock in 2018 of country efforts to cut fossil fuel emissions as part of a pact — rejected only by Washington — to limit global warming. Closing two weeks of talks…
Migratory birds have started arriving at the lakes of Jahangirnagar University with the advent of winter. A huge number of enthusiastic bird loving people are thronging the university campus everyday to watch the migratory birds twittering and swimming in the…
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday expressed his country’s willingness to facilitate talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis which has hit Bangladesh hard. Wang Yi made the offer when he met Prime Minister…
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday alleged that the independence of the judiciary has been obliterated with the ‘forcing out’ Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. “It’s known to all how the Chief Justice was forced to quit, denting the…
A grand rally will be held in city’s Suhrawardy Udyan tomorrow to celebrate the recognition of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7 speech as a world documentary heritage by UNESCO. Nagorik Committee is organizing the…
Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport remained suspended for an hour on Friday after cancellation of a flight of Kolkata-bound Indian SpiceJet due to technical fault. Sources at the airport said the flight of the Indian airlines carrying 78…
President Robert Mugabe attended a university graduation ceremony on Friday, making his first public appearance since military generals took control of Zimbabwe earlier this week. In a display of defiance, Mugabe, 93, arrived at the ceremony in the capital Harare,…
More than 100 Rohingyas are known to have drowned in shipwrecks and boat incidents since the start of the Rohingya crisis on August 25, says the UNHCR. Over the past 10 days UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has received reports…
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that a conspiracy is on to keep their party Chairperson Khaleda Zia and other leaders out of the next parliamentary elections. He came up with the allegation in his brief…
There will be restrictions on traffic inside the Dhaka Cantonment on November 21 as a number of programmes have been chalked out marking the Armed Forces Day. All vehicles except those carrying cantonment residents and the invited guests have been…
First come 23 Grand Slam titles, then comes baby and then comes a fairytale wedding for Serena Williams. The tennis champion and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tied the knot on Thursday in New Orleans at the Contemporary Arts Center surrounded…
UN member-states on Thursday urged Myanmar authorities to end a military campaign against the Muslim Rohingya in a resolution adopted despite opposition from China, Russia and some regional neighbours. The General Assembly’s human rights committee overwhelmingly endorsed the measure presented…
Untimely floods in Bangladesh have caused food production to drop by 943,000 tonnes in fiscal 2016-17, says the government. The figures by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics were revealed at a media briefing by Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday.
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said she is apprehensive about getting justice in the cases filed against her given the current state of the judiciary. While giving her self-defence statements in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case for…
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today urged BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to help go the judicial procedures of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case instead of adopting the delaying tactics. “Khaleda Zia is delaying the judicial procedures of the…
People across Zimbabwe are starting another day of uncertainty amid quiet talks to resolve the country’s political turmoil and the likely end of President Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule. Mugabe has been in military custody and there is no sign of…
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said the government is going to formulate the Digital Security Act to ensure common people’s digital security, not to harass journalists. “We’re going to enact the Digital Security Act to ensure the security…