The microfinance programme of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) is getting huge response from the rural and urban poor and slum dwellers as the bank has already disbursed Taka 18,856.15 crore loans among them till August 31, 2017. “Currently,…
“I asked her to forgive us and I even cried as I stroked her for the last time,” says 90-year-old Russian biologist Adilya Kotovskaya, recalling the day she bid farewell to her charge Laika. The former street dog was about…
Bangladesh will raise its voice at the Conference of the Parties (COP-23) to mount pressure on the global communities to make them extend financial and technical supports to the developing countries for coping with the negative impacts of global climate…
A female bottlenose dolphin has died at a Japanese aquarium only weeks after breaking a national record of more than four decades in captivity, an official said Thursday. Nana, thought to be around 47 years old, was discovered drowned on…
United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (Protection) Volker Turk has urged the Myanmar government to ensure a safe environment and the protection of all communities in Rakhine State. Turk reiterated the right of return of the hundreds of thousands…
Around 3,000 more Rohingyas, fleeing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, have gathered at the no-man’s land of Anjumanpara along the border in Ukhia upazila on Wednesday to enter Bangladesh. Major Iqbal Ahmed, deputy captain of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-34 Battalion,…
Nineteen leaders and activists of BNP were arrested in two cases filed by police over two incidents of attacks on Dhaka-Chittagong highway while party chief Khaleda Zia was heading to Cox’s Bazar and returning to Dhaka. Of the arrestees, 13…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the 30th position on the list of 100 most powerful women in the world this year. Forbes’ another list of the ‘World’s 22 Most Powerful Women in Politics’, Sheikh Hasina reserved the 9th rank…
Malaysia is investigating an attempt to sell details of more than 46 million mobile phone subscribers that were leaked online in a massive data breach, a minister said Wednesday. The breach was originally reported by local technology website Lowyat.net after…
The weeklong Income Tax Fair-2017 kicked off in the capital and other parts of the country today with a revenue collection target of more than Taka 3,000 crore and to facilitate individual taxpayers to complete tax related procedures including filing…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended her thanks to UNSECO for recognizing the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage. “The recognition is a great pride for Bangalee nation and Bangla language,” she…
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday extended for five more weeks the stay on the High Court (HC) order that declared illegal running mobile courts by executive magistrates. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by acting Chief Justice…
BNP on Wednesday announced a two-day demonstration programme protesting the recent attacks on its party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s convoy in Feni. As per the programmes, the party leaders and activists will either stage demonstrations or hold protest rallies in all…
The extraction of gas from a new well, Shahbazpur East-1, of Shahbazpur Gas Field began on Wednesday on an experimental basis. The gas extraction began with lighting fire through DST-1 at Mulaipattan village of Borhanuddin upazila in the morning. Top…
A court here on Wednesday placed four alleged members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, on different terms of remand in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ahsan Habib…
Myanmar insisted on Wednesday it was ready to set up a repatriation process for Rohingya Muslims even as more risked their lives fleeing the country, but it voiced fears Bangladesh was delaying an accord to first get international aid money.…
Citing the recent engagements between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday expressed hope that the European Union will continue their persuasion with Myanmar until the Rohingyas return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity. The…
RAB has detained four ‘accomplices’ of JMB suicide bomber Abdullah from Dhaka’s Mirpur on charges of planning to ‘sabotage a plane’. Among the detainees are Sabbir Amam, a Biman Bangladesh co-pilot (first officer), whose father had rented out the militant…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has its roots in the late 19th century when Jews fleeing anti-Semitism in Russia and central Europe began emigrating to Palestine. Here is a timeline: A Jewish homeland promised In 1917, during World War I, the British…
Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management of European Commission Christos Stylianides today reached here on a two-day visit to address the Rohingya crisis. His visit comes a week after the EU and its Member States pledged over 5percent of…
More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after…
Unesco has recognised the historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as an important documentary heritage. The speech has been included in the Memory of the World International Register, a list of world’s important…
The government has targeted to install two lakh shelters, 50,000 latrines and five police camps for the Rohingya people, who entered Bangladesh in the face of ethnic cleansing from their homes in Rakhine state of Myanmar troops, said Disaster Management…
chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday condemned the attacks on her motorcade in Feni and alleged that the attackers are known to the government, reports UNB. “We’ve come here to visit Rohingyas and give them some assistance, but on our way,…
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said Monday, warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…
The former prime minister’s call came on Monday during her visit to the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, when she also blamed the government for failing to take proper diplomatic efforts to send the Rohingyas back. More than 600,000 Rohingyas,…
The Cabinet today approved a proposed pesticide law suggesting tougher punitive actions against storing and marketing of adulterated bug killers meant for crop protection.
Khaleda Zia distributes relief materials among Rohingyas at Moynargona Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila. Photo: UNB/Salahuddin Ahmed Cox’s Bazar, Oct 30 (UNB) – Condemning the attacks on her motorcade in Feni, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday alleged that the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday cleared way for the continuation of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. A four-member bench led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah passed ‘no order’ on…
Terming the attack on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s motorcade a ‘preplanned’ one, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Qauder on Sunday said BNP itself launched the attack to hit the headlines. “We’ve no problem if the BNP Chairperson wants to…