The United Nations sought an infantry battalion composed of 850 personnel from Bangladesh for its peacekeeping mission.The battalion will be deployed to meet the immediate requirement in Wau area of South Sudan.In this regard a recent request has been sent…
Purbachal New Town Project will be developed as the first smart city in Bangladesh by 2018, official said.”The government has a plan to build Purbachal new town project a smart city where quality infrastructure and all modern amenities will be…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned the government that the country’s people will never accept its ‘imprudent’ move to remove Ziaur Rahman’s grave from parliament area.”Bringing Louis I Kahn’s main design (of parliament) abruptly is a…
A top UN envoy has warned the Syrian city of Aleppo risks becoming “one giant graveyard” as the government advances on rebel-held areas.Stephen O’Brien pleaded with UN Security Council members to protect civilians “for the sake of humanity”.At least 34…
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong stock Exchange (CSE) ended the week on a high on Thursday, continuing the previous session’s gain.The turnover both in terms of value and volume also rose on the concluding day of the week.The Dhaka…
Bangladesh has received a copy of the parliament building’s original design, prepared by the famous American architect Louis I Kahn, from the University of Pennsylvania.Kahn designed the structure in the early 1960s, when the regime of Pakistan’s first military ruler,…
Dhaka – BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday pleaded herself not guilty in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case. She disclosed the claim while giving her statement in self-defence in the case. Meanwhile, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the…
Reiterating her government’s ‘zero tolerance policy’ against terrorism and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one will be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for terrorist acts against any country.”We won’t tolerate any sort of terrorism and militancy…
It’s a case of he said, he said between two of the world’s most powerful men.We know that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday.What was said during that call is what’s…
For decades Saudi Arabia has rejected calls to allow women to drive. Now a Saudi prince says the ban should go.”It is high time that women started driving their cars and it is high time that we turn the page…
President Barack Obama has tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself.In an interview with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner conducted the day after the presidential election earlier this month, Obama said,…
The Italian woman who is the world’s oldest living person has marked her 117th birthday by blowing out all the candles on her cake.Emma Morano received a greeting from Italy’s president, read by an official, and a visit from two…
National Income Tax Day-2016 will be observed tomorrow across the country with a renewed call for creating awareness among the people for payment of income tax regularly.National Board of Revenue (NBR) has chalked out elaborate programmes in observance of the…
Indian Defence Minister Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar arrives in the capital tomorrow on a two-day official visit.He will lead an 11-member high-powered Indian delegation comprising deputy chiefs of three services during his Dhaka tour, a press release of Inter…
The High Court on Tuesday asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to surrender before the lower courts concerned within 30 days in three extortion cases filed against him in 2007.An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad…
A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 76 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Five people survived.The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated…
Wisconsin’s state board of elections agreed Monday to begin the process of a statewide recount after Green Party candidate Jill Stein filed a petition contesting the results on Friday.The latest vote count in Wisconsin has Donald Trump ahead by 22,525…
Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said there will be no dialogue with the party patronizing the terrorists and the war criminals.”No dialogue with terrorists or war criminals . . . Dialogue can be held only…
Khadiza Akter, a student of Sylhet Government Women’s College who was undergoing treatment at Square Hospital after being hacked by a BCL leader in Sylhet, was shifted to Savar Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) hospital on Monday.Khadiza…
Stressing the need for addressing issues like protection and utilisation of water resources comprehensively, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Monday shared a 7-point agenda with global leaders with a call for creating a Global Fund on water.“Financing is a…
The United States has said it wants to see an independent, strong and non-partisan election commission to make sure the next general election remains acceptable to all.“We want to see an independent, strong and non-partisan election commission that will make…
The Burmese government should allow human rights monitors and independent journalists prompt and unfettered access to northern Rakhine State to investigate alleged widespread property destruction and other rights abuses against ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said today.At a news conference…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines and the Aviation and Tourism Ministry have formed two separate probe committees to investigate the technical glitch in a flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Biman Bangladesh Airlines formed a four-member probe committee, led by Chief of Technical…
Bangladesh have achieved a rare honor of clinching the eight-nation Men’s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup crown for the 3rd time in a row. This time they did it with an all-win record, defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in the final…
Starting its journey as a microcredit organisation in the early 1990s, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSP) has now turned into a human development body by reshaping its methodology to ensure human dignity by reducing poverty and inequality.In a recent interview with…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday renewed her call for reconstituting the Election Commission (EC) through discussions to protect people’s voting rights.The BNP chief came up with call on her twitter account in the afternoon.“The proposal for forming the EC…
Dhaka – Noting that they have taken all-out steps to check the influx of Rohingyas into Bangladesh, Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Abul Hossain on Friday sought local people’s help in this regard, UNB news…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s border “doesn’t end anywhere”, addressing a televised awards ceremony for geography students.”That was a joke,” Mr Putin said amid applause and laughter from the audience at the glitzy ceremony.He was asking a nine-year-old…
Each year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated. A commemoration in essence is an opportunity to reflect on the challenges, prove that progress can be made and celebrate victories. It is…
Authorities in Marrakesh, Morocco should drop charges against two teenage girls suspected of same-sex conduct, Human Rights Watch and the Aswat Group for Sexual Minorities, a Moroccan group, said today. The two girls, ages 16 and 17, face up to…