Amid huge criticisms, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq on Saturday apologised for his remarks over the responsibility of his city corporation in preventing Chikungunya.While speaking at a press briefing at Nagar Bhaban on Friday, Annisul Huq claimed…
Seven more children have been affected by the ‘unknown’ disease at hilly Tripurapara in Sitakunda upazila.The newly affected children — Toufiq Kumar Tripura, 4, Madhu Kumar, 8, Gita Babu, 14, Shimul, 2, Hridoy, 10, Rimon, 4, and Rotna, 8 —…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together over a dozen of areas to boost digital economy and establish a knowledge-based society.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this end was signed between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Friday at…
A Sharia court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentenced two gay men to a public caning Wednesday. The men, ages 20 and 23, were arrested in March by vigilantes within their community in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province.
The European Court of Human Rights has struck another blow to women’s autonomy, ruling in favor of bans on full-face veils enacted in 2011 in Belgium.Echoing a 2014 ruling in S.A.S v. France, the court cited the vague idea of…
Police have gatecrashed a ‘tea party’ of leaders from different political parties at the Uttara home of JSD leader ASM Abdur Rab, cutting the event short.The politicians included Bikalpadhara chief AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) chief Kader…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed to enter into a free trade regime by this year.The two countries reached to the decision during official talks between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today.
The government has blacklisted 16,000 rice millers for hoarding in an effort to manipulate prices.Food Minister Qamrul Islam said on Thursday that they will not procure rice from these millers for the next three years. “The only reason behind spiralling…
Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo died on Thursday from multiple organ failure, the authorities said, having not been allowed to leave the country for treatment for late-stage liver cancer as he wished. Liu, 61, was jailed…
Both the bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed positive trend on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. The benchmark index of the DSE advanced 4.08 points, while the Selective Category Index…
The special team of physicians of the Health Ministry, which reached here in the morning to find out the reasons behind the ‘unknown’ disease that took the lives of nine children, on Thursday said the disease is not contagious. Civil…
Writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar was not abducted as he left home of his own, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Thursday. “After analysing data and information, it seems to us Farhad Mazhar left Dhaka and…
Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 Justice Anwarul Haque died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) here on Thursday. He was 61.Justice Anwarul who had been suffering from cancer breathed his last at the hospital around 5:30pm, said ICT…
Politics brings out strong emotions in everyone. Even the British, despite their reputation for pursuing their interests in a cool and calm fashion, apparently are not immune. Perhaps that reputation is merely a holdover from the long-gone British Empire. It…
On Wednesday, the President of Kenya signed the Basic Education Amendment Act into law, which commits the government to providing “free, sufficient and quality” sanitary pads to girls in state schools. Girls supported by Plan International have been at the…
The main work on the much- awaited Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) would start in September this year, Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman today said. “Our honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone of the…
The overall flood situation in six districts worsened further as major rivers there kept overflowing on Wednesday, leaving three people in Kurigram and Gaibandha dead, and hitting hard the normal life and academic activities.The flood situation deteriorated in Sirajganj, Jamalpur,…
Scientists say a vast iceberg has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica.Scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said Wednesday the iceberg broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday claimed that poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar’s statement over his abduction does not match the facts. “We’ve found that the video and CCTV footages, call lists and other evidence that we’ve…
BNP on Wednesday said a major reshuffle in the Election Commission’s (EC’s) field-level administration ahead of the national and major city elections is part of a far-reaching evil design to influence the polls.Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there will be no negative reaction in the international arena due to the procurement of two submarines from China as it was a decision of national interest.“I believe the procurement of submarines from…
The UK election result has been a game changer. The electorate has turned down the Theresa May/Daily Mail offer of a hard Brexit and the threat of walking away from the negotiations with the European Union. The result is a…
The government has set a target to generate 2000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable sources in three years, which will be 10.0 percent of the country’s total power production. “We are working to increase power generation from renewable sources…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.Russia’s Defence Ministry said in June that it might have killed Baghdadi when one of its…
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday told Parliament that 87 percent of the country’s population is now under safe water coverage.“The remaining 13 percent also collect safe water from other distant sources,” he said…
Books of Obama photographs will be in the news this fall.A collection of White House pictures of Michelle Obama is coming out Oct. 17, Ten Speed Press told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Chasing Light” will feature 150 color shots…
The capital city once again witnessed severe traffic congestions and waterlogging triggered by intermittent rains, inflicting immense sufferings on commuters and disrupting normal life on Tuesday.Many roads, lanes and by-lanes at different parts of the city went under knee-deep water…
BNP senior leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Tuesday said there is no sign of taking any step to create a congenial atmosphere for holding the next national election as people across the country are still passing their days amid grave panic…
A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Borohatia Haridarghona in Lohagara upazila on Tuesday afternoon.Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), said the aircraft crashed around 2:45 pm.
Microsoft is announcing a project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the United States.Microsoft President Brad Smith says in a blog post that he plans to unveil details about the initiative at a Tuesday event in Washington,…