Death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali has decided not to seek presidential mercy, said Kasimpur Jail super Proshanto Kumar Banik.Mir Quasem informed his decision to the prison authorities around 3.30pm, the jail super said.On Thursday, he sought further time…
Samsung says it is suspending sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after finding batteries of some of the gadgets exploded while they were charging.Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung’s mobile business said Friday that customers who already bought Note 7s…
Bangladeshi fashion designer Bibi Russell will showcase a Khadi collection under the label Rajasthali by Bibi Russell at the seventh season of India Runway Week Winter-Festive 2016 in New Delhi next month.To be held at the Thyagaraj Stadium here, the…
The world is slipping away – 3 degrees Celsius at a time.It is clear that climate change is occurring. To tackle it, world leaders and scientists have agreed that we need to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees…
The Supreme Court released the full text of verdict that fined ministers Qamrul Islam and AKM Mozammel Huq Tk 50,000 each for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha in connection with the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is going to launch ‘village rationing’ very soon for the country’s extreme poor and people with disabilities.”We’re going to introduce village rationing very soon …those who have ration cards will be…
It’s been almost one year since heads of state and government adopted ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ – the ambitious agenda which contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets during a special session of…
The high seas – oceans which fall beyond the jurisdiction of any country – make up about two thirds of the world’s ocean and half of the total surface of planet earth.In negotiations currently underway at UN headquarters, governments are…
The financial calamity of 2008 laid bare ugly problems in the global economic order. The mess has now festered into a political crisis that jeopardizes the link between market-driven economies and representative democracy.So argues Martin Wolf, the most influential living…
The number of drug-related killings in the Philippines since Rodrigo Duterte became president two months ago on a pledge to wipe out the illegal drug trade, has reached around 2,000, according to data released on Tuesday.There has been popular support…
The monsoon floods in India’s Ganges river this year have broken previous records, officials have told the BBC.They said water levels reached unprecedented levels at four locations in northern India.The highest record was in Patna, the state capital of Bihar…
A Dhaka court has summoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after taking cognisance of a case filed over celebrating her birthday on Aug 15, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in 1975.Gazi Zahirul Islam, a former joint general secretary…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia should be tried in public for inducting convicted war criminals into their cabinets.”Today, we have to create awareness for holding the trial of Zia and Khaleda Zia in…
Alastair Cook has assured England he will travel to Bangladesh and lead the team on the Test leg of the England tour.But the England and Wales Cricket Board still has to convince Eoin Morgan, the one-day captain, that its security…
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Zila Parishad (Amendment) Bill, 2016′ making it clear about the formation of ‘electoral college’ with public representatives from all tiers for Zila Parishad election.The approval was given at the regular weekly…
Hillary Clinton’s national lead over Donald Trump has narrowed slightly to 6 points, according to the latest NBC News.Clinton now enjoys 48 percent support, while Trump holds steady with 42 percent. Last week, Clinton led Trump by 8 points. The…
Three-quarters of a billion people across four South Asian nations rely on one vast water basin for much of their irrigation and drinking water. Called the Indo-Gangetic Basin, it stretches east to west over 618 million acres, sitting like a…
Khaleda Zia has discussed the next general elections with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.The chief of the BNP that boycotted the 10th parliamentary elections held in 2014 met Kerry at the US chancery complex in Dhaka on Monday.After…
Offering US help in Bangladesh’s fight against terrorism, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday expressed his country’s eagerness to closely work with the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh.He came up with his country’s desire during a meeting with Prime…
Donald Trump has started to turn things around in the polls over the past week, narrowing his rival Hillary Clinton’s lead both nationally and in a few battleground states.According to the Real Clear Politics average, Trump has gained 2.3 points…
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) has confirmed that by July 1, 8,991 unaccompanied refugee children and young people had been reported missing.The figures, which were requested by the German daily “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung,” showed the number of migrants no…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the exporters to take initiative to explore new global markets as well as diversification of their export products considering the changing demands of the people in different countries.She said Bangladesh over the last few…
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday cleared the way for executing Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Asadul Islam alias Arif for killing two judges of Jhalakati in 2005.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha…
One of the two militants killed in Narayanganj operation has been identified as Fazle Rabbi while another might be Tausif, said Additional Commissioner and head of DMP’s Counter Terrorism and Trans-national Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam.“One of them has been identified…
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu today called as unfair unilateral intervention on the flow of common rivers amid reports of damage caused in Bangladesh with the opening of Farakka Barrage gates in the upstream Indian region.“It is not a correct…
NASA’s Juno space probe made history on Saturday by flying closer to Jupiter than any spacecraft has done before. Juno swung about 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) away from the solar system’s largest planet, sending back data and images.”We are in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina smelt a conspiracy behind BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sudden open stance against the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal.“An anti-development vested quarter has long been trying to create a negative attitude among people about the Rampal…
The National Committee for Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports Protection has declared to make the anti-Rampal power plant protest a successful movement with ‘lessons learnt’ from the Phulbarhi movement.The committee organised a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar…
The river Padma in Bangladesh is rising dangerously after India opened all gates to the Farakka Barrage to stop one of its states from flooding. The water level may cross danger level in the next 24 to 28 hours, Bangladesh…
The 40th death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed on Saturday with due respect.Nazrul, popularly known as Bidrohi Kabi, through his powerful poems had inspired the people to fight against all kinds of odds and injustice…