Bangladesh and China will discuss ways this month to have further concrete measures to bolster bilateral trade, widen economic cooperation and boost investment flow, eying mutual benefits by reducing the bilateral trade imbalance.Both sides will hold the 14th session of…
The Islamic State group will probably continue to be a threat to the U.S. even after it is ousted from key strongholds in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama said Thursday, warning that lone-wolf believers will still be inspired to…
Barley one week into their shifting from the old Dhaka Central Jail, the inmates of the newly-built Keraniganj Central Jail have started grappling with various problems, including incomplete amenities.Severe scarcity of water, delayed meals and inability to meet visitors are…
At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured Friday after rebels opened fire in a crowded market in Assam state in India’s remote northeast, officials said.Six rebels arrived in a motorized rickshaw and fired automatic weapons and lobbed…
Bangladesh and India today launched a massive campaign to salvage a wild elephant stranded in marshy lands for the past five weeks after gushing flood waters washed it to Bangladesh from upstream Indian Territory in Assam, officials said.“A three member…
Militants have attacked a convoy of foreign tourists in west Afghanistan, injuring six and their Afghan driver.The group of a dozen travellers was being escorted by Afghan army personnel to Herat city when it was ambushed, Afghan officials told the…
Though two years have elapsed since ‘Pinak-6’ sank in the Padma River in Louhojong of Munshiganj district claiming at least 49 lives, punishment is yet to be meted out to those who are responsible for the incident, frustrating the families…
Social media once again took a nationalistic stance when a Kolkata-based Red MM radio station cancelled the concert booking of popular Bangladeshi band, Miles.The matter took a turn for worse when Kolkata band Fossils expressed their solidarity, with their lead…
Why do women stay in abusive relationships? That question is all too common.A new study published in “Social Problems,” a flagship journal in the field of sociology, offers new insight by demonstrating how Kenyan women who suffer abuse from their…
There’s no doubt that Donald Trump has said many things that would have been political suicide for any other Republican candidate. And almost every time he made one of these shocking statements, political analysts on both the left and the…
Washington’s powerful drug lobby is gearing up to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a post-election ad war pushing back against politicians from both parties who have savaged its members over drug prices.The massive campaign by the Pharmaceutical Research…
Alliance Française de Dhaka requests the pleasure of your company on the occasion of a solo drawing and painting exhibition *titled Dessins à l’encre* by artist *Jalilur Rabbi Tamim* at its Galerie Zoom. The inaugural ceremony of this exhibition will…
A three-day conference titled “Bangladesh University of Professionals Model of United Nations (BUPMUN) has been started at BUP Campus; Mirpur Cantonment; Dhaka. BUP Vice- Chancellor Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, SUP, psc, PhD inaugurated the program.Model United Nations also known…
President Barack Obama has said Republican nominee Donald Trump is unfit to be president, and questioned why his party still supports the New York billionaire’s candidacy.There has to come a point at which you say: ‘Enough’,” Mr Obama said.Mr Trump…
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday asked the government to explain its ‘motive’ behind destroying evidence by killing militants instead of arresting them alive.“Awami League leaders are saying BNP is decrying the killing of militants. There’s no reason…
A policeman was killed in a mass beating after an alleged drug trader drowned in a pond during a anti-narcotics drive at Noail Raisdia in Sonargaon municipality area on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Arifuzzaman Khan, a constable of Sonargaon…
Nepal’s parliament has elected former communist rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the country’s new prime minister.The parliament’s speaker, Onsari Gharti Magar, announced Dahal received a majority of MP votes on Wednesday.Minister Khadga Prasad Oli stepped down last week ahead…
An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all traffic at the Middle East’s busiest airport. There were no fatalities and all…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (Brac) to pay Tk 404 crore to the government as unpaid income tax.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief…
Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom reached an agreement with the American counterpart for pilot testing of their new TVS-K nuclear fuel in Western-designed reactors at US-based nuclear power plants.In May, Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company and Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas (GNF-A ),…
Day after day the demand of cucumber is increase in the middle class like the upper class. Cucumber is one of the most delicious salad items in our daily meal. As the demand of various areas over five thousand farmers…
An activist of Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit has allegedly beaten up by some BCL men at JU campus today (Wednesday). Critically injured Israfil Hossain, a third year student of Journalism and Media Studies department also…
Twenty one rhinoceroses have drowned at the Indian wildlife sanctuary visited by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year, as torrential monsoon rains ravage the country’s northeast.Rare one-horned rhinoceroses, mainly young calves, are among the 310 animals killed…
Alliance Française de Dhaka requests the pleasure of your company on the occasion of a book launch and photography exhibition titled Dragonflies & Damselflies of Bangladesh, inventory 1st phase by Jiban Bikash Karjocrom (JBK) at its La Galerie. The inaugural…
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq on Tuesday said Dhaka will be turned into a smart city within the next three years as the city corporation authorities are working hard to make it a clean, safe and traffic…
The government has ordered the closure of Peace International School and all branches of Peace School across the country immediately for their controversial activities.The Education Ministry issued separate notices in this regard on Tuesday.Earlier, the Education Ministry urged the Home…
A U.S. electronics technician with the Federal Bureau of Investigation has pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese government.Kun Shan Chun, who was born in China and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, admitted in federal court Monday…
The government today formed a four-member scrutiny committee for issuing no objection certificate (NOC) on land use.Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha(RAJUK) would provide secretarial assistance to the committee headed by LGRD secretary Abdul Maleq.Three other members of the committee would be to…
Tokyo on Sunday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two predecessors resigned over money scandals.Yuriko Koike was announced the…
A group of soldiers suspected of trying to seize the president during Turkey’s failed coup attempt two weeks ago have been captured near Marmaris.Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on holiday at the south-western resort on the night of the coup, but…