Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members sent back six boats packed with Rohingyas to Myanmar, following their attempt to seek refuge in Bangladesh after escaping continued persecution of their community on Friday.Deputy commanding Officer of BGB-2 Battalion Major Abu Russell Siddequi…
The nation celebrated the 46th Victory Day on Friday commemorating its glorious victory in the nine-month bloody war against the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971 with a pledge to forge a unity to make the country prosperous and developed one.The…
Christmas is approaching fast, the high streets are alive with shoppers, and presents are mounting up ready to be wrapped. Among the most popular of gifts are clothes; after all, we love to look good. But, do we really need…
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign.”We need to take action and we will,” he told US public radio network NPR.Russia stands accused by the US…
The government has formed a high-profile committee to prepare a master plan to restore the navigability of the rivers surrounding Dhaka, including the Buriganga, Turag, Sitalakhya and Balu, and the Karnaphuli of Chittagong port city.Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives…
For the fourth consecutive year, Forbes ranked Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world’s most powerful person.Forbes, the American business magazine, published its list of World’s Most Powerful People 2016 on December 14.According to the magazine, the Russia’s leader continues…
The nation will celebrate the 46th Victory Day on Friday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country.On this day in 1971, Pakistani occupation forces surrendered after a nine-month war…
A Chinese citizen was reportedly beaten to death by miscreants at Uposhohor in the district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Chang Hing Sang, 45, an Easybike (human hauler) dealer in the town. He lived at a rented…
Synthetic biology, geoengineering and the recognition of ancestral knowledge are the issues that have generated the most heated debate in the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, which ends in this Mexican resort city on Friday Dec. 17.The outcome of the…
An operation to evacuate a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo is now well under way.Syrian state TV showed footage of ambulances and a long line of green buses leaving eastern Aleppo.BBC producer Riam Dalati reports that…
A deal to evacuate rebel fighters and civilians from eastern Aleppo has stalled, with heavy shelling reported in the Syrian city.A ceasefire was declared in Aleppo on Tuesday and buses brought in to ferry people out of the devastated enclave.But…
Negotiators at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Cancun, Mexico are working to resolve tough issues surrounding how to share benefits from the use of genetic sequence data from plants, animals, microbes and other biodiversity.Biodiverse developing countries that…
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day on Wednesday by paying rich tributes to the intellectuals killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag end of the country’s Liberation War in…
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of ‘The Defence-Forces Chiefs (Appointment, Retirement and Remuneration and Allowances) Bill, 2016’ incorporating a provision of maximum four-year tenure of the concerned force’s chiefs from the date of their appointment.The approval…
As the tenure of the current Election Commission (EC) expires in February next, President Abdul Hamid is going to hold talks with BNP on December 18 over the reconstitution of the EC.”The honorable President will start dialogue on the formation…
On Thursday, Marine Le Pen took her xenophobic and discriminatory discourse a step further – espousing anti-equality and anti-rights positions that reject core values of the French constitutional and political system.According to Le Pen, the candidate of the far-right National…
Human rights activists have warned of a worsening campaign of harassment in Crimea against Crimean Tatars, including political arrests, trials and kidnappings.Crimean Tatars lived in the area for centuries before it was settled by either Russians or Ukrainians, but now…
A new six-year strategy launched by WorldFish aims to boost sustainable aquaculture production and small-scale fisheries in developing countries, at the same time helping many of the world’s poorest fishers and fish farmers exit poverty.The strategy, aligned to the UN…
Suspect Badrul Alam lashed out against his victim, Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis, outside the court conducting his trial for attempted murder.The former Chhatra League leader told reporters Khadiza was a ‘traitor, a hypocrite and a fraud’ as he…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the local and international entrepreneurs to remain careful about the welfare of the workers.She said “The employers must ensure working environment in the industries , labour rights and occupational health and safety of workers.”The…
A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say.Dozens of others were injured in the blast in a chapel adjoining St Mark’s cathedral during a Sunday service.Many…
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said work is going on to make a draft law for confiscating properties of convicted war criminals.The minister told newsmen after attending prize giving ceremony organized by Manusher Jonno Foundation at…
A hospital director says 160 people were killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria.Etete Peters of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital said mortuaries are overflowing and the final death toll likely will be much higher.…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Saturday said there is no necessity to deploy army for the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election as the law and order situation is now better there.“The law and order situation is…
A cross-party group of 70 British parliamentarians urged the UK government to ‘intensify pressure’ on the Myanmar government and allow full humanitarian access to Rohingya Muslims in the North Rakhine State of Myanmar.“Together with the international community, the UK government…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her desire to visit India in the first half of February next.She expressed the desire when Indian State Minister for Foreign Affairs MJ Akbar met her at her official residence Ganobhaban.PM’s Press Secretary…
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday called for dropping Article 116 from the Constitution immediately.“The Articles 116 and 116 (A) of our Constitution are conflicting to the principles of the Constitution. So, I call for removing the Article 116,” he…
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it is not the country but BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia herself is ‘in serious crisis’.“Bangladesh is now moving towards sustainable development and public welfare under the visionary leadership of Sheikh Hasina.…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has likened the special provision allowing child marriage in Bangladesh to “killing a mosquito with a hammer”, asking that the government look at alternatives to prevent girls becoming victims.The government has approved the draft…
Dhaka – A three-day 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit will begin today in Dhaka.Representatives from 122 countries will attend the summit, the largest platform for developing migration rights as well as addressing refugee crises, unfortunately Myanmar…