Dhaka, July 21 – Describing newly appointed Election Commission (EC) Secretariat’s acting secretary Helal Uddin as a pro-ruling party bureaucrat, BNP on Friday voiced doubt whether the government and the Commission are jointly heading towards holding a ‘unilateral and staged-managed…
Dhaka, July 21 – Barisal Awami League leader Obaidullah Saju, who filed a defamation case against a UNO for publishing a ‘distorted’ photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in an official invitation card, was suspended from the party on Friday.
London — The number of plastic carrier bags handed out by large stores in England fell by 83% since they started charging a levy for their use, government data showed on Friday.
Dhaka – Indian educational institutions are offering a wide range of opportunities for the Bangladeshi students to study there with a high-quality education at an affordable cost.
New York, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle.
New York, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- Neymar is not for sale, according to Barcelona President Josep Bartomeu. Speaking Thursday during an interview at The Associated Press, Bartomeu said: “He is not on the market.”
Gaibandha, July 21 – A court here on Thursday convicted six people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2012.
Kyar Gaung Taung, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- Myanmar’s military has a big public relations problem: It stands accused of committing genocide.
Dhaka, Jul 21 – A fire broke out at the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Friday morning.
Phnom Penh, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- Wildlife researchers in Cambodia have found a breeding location for the masked finfoot, one of the world’s most endangered birds, raising hopes of its continuing survival.
Dhaka, Jul 20 – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday met Chairperson of Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
A solo art exhibition of artist Md. Alomgir Hossain titled “Another Axis” will open Alliance Française, on Saturday in its La Galerie. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will be held on Saturday, 22 July at 5.30 pm.
Dhaka, July 20 – At least 29 cobras were recovered from a Kanakcharcobras in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj, about 20 kilometres South of Dhaka on Wednesday night.
Guangzhe CHEN Mollar Bosti is a crowded slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, home to 10,000 people: garment workers, rickshaw drivers, and small traders, all living side-by-side in tiny rooms sandwiched along narrow passageways.
A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK Thursday, July 20.
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed chief engineer of shipping department AKM Fakhrul Islam on a two-day remand in a case filed against him for taking a bribe.
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has appointed Md Mahbub ul Alam as Additional Managing Director. Currently, he is heading the Corporate Investment Wing, and Investment (Credit) Committee of the bank. As Deputy Managing Director, he performed responsibilities in International…
Danielle Nierenberg By saving, exchanging, and re-using seeds over thousands of years, farmers and gardeners carefully selected crops for various traits adapted to many growing conditions and climates, creating a rich genetic plant heritage that formed the base of the…
Beijing, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) – China renewed a call for India to immediately withdraw its troops from disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains, following a report that Chinese forces recently held live firing drills in the region. Foreign ministry…
UN, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) – Four Arab nations that cut ties with Qatar urged the tiny Gulf nation Tuesday to commit to six principles on combatting extremism and terrorism and negotiate a plan with specific measures to implement them –…
Dhaka, July 19 – A ‘listed criminal’ was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Polo Ground in city’s Double Mooring area of Chittagong early Wednesday.
By António Guterres UN, Jul 17 (IPS) – Twenty years ago, when I was starting my functions as Prime Minister of Portugal, the world was surfing a wave of optimism. The Cold War had ended, technological prosperity was in full…
By Baher Kamal Rome, Jul 18 (IPS) – While the business sector jumps for joy as the number of tourists grew in 2016 for the seventh consecutive year to reach 1.2 billion, and as the first four months of 2017…
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jul 16 – Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are giving a ‘serious look’ at a possible deal on coastal shipping to save both the transshipment cost and time boosting the competitiveness in the global market…
Chittagong, July 18 – Six health workers of Sitakunda Health Complex have been transferred to Sandwip Upazila Health Complex for their negligence of duty as nine children at Tripurapara in Sitakkunda upazila have died of ‘measles’.
New York – Reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems have shifted global patterns of water scarcity over three decades, “causing a distinct pattern of beneficiaries and losers”, according to recent research.
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday sentenced a housewife to life term imprisonment in a case filed for torturing an 11-year- old domestic help and dumping her into a dustbin assuming her dead in…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the High Court High Court order for two more weeks that declared mobile courts, conducted by executive magistrates contradictory to the Constitution of the country.
Dhaka – The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh together with the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI organised a seminar on ”EU Horizon 2020: Opportunities for Bangladesh” at the MCCI Conference Hall on Tuesday.
Dhaka, July 18 – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 12 members of an alleged inter-district robber gang from South Jatrabari area in the city on Monday.