ফ্রান্সের প্যারিসে অধ্যাপক আনু মুহাম্মদের উপস্থিতিতে মোস্তফা ফারুকের সভাপতিত্বে রাকিবুল ইসলামের পরিচালনায় তেল-গ্যাস রক্ষা ইউরোপীয় কমিটির সভায় আগামী ১০ নভেম্বর ইউরোপ ব্যাপী বিশ্ব সুন্দরবন সংহতি দিবস পালনের আহবান জানানো হয় এবং তদানুযায়ী কর্মসূচি গৃহিত হয়।
Dhaka, Oct 22 – The Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court of Dhaka set October 25 for hearing on charge framing in the case filed over road crash death of two Shaheed Ramiz UddinCantonment College students on Airport Road on July 29.
Dhaka, Oct 22 – A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday night arrested former caretaker government adviser Mainul Hosein in a defamation case filed in Rangpur district.
Chandpur, Oct 22 – At least three people, including a man and his son, were killed as a covered van hit an auto-rickshaw on Chandpur-Comilla road near Bakila Bazar in Hajiganj Upazila early Monday. The deceased were identified as LM…
Dhaka, Oct 21 – US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has received the US Secretary’s ‘Distinguished Service Award’, the highest honour award by the US Department of State.
Seoul, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — Military officers from the two Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command met again at the Koreas’ border village Monday to examine an ongoing effort to disarm the area.
DG did not read the report issued by WTO-IMF-WB at Bali Geneva, 17 Oct (D. Ravi Kanth) – The WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday that he has not had the opportunity to read the report on “Reinvigorating Trade…
Asia and the Pacific accounted for 42.6% of global GDP at purchasing power parity in 2017, up from 30.1% in 2000. Around 780 million people from the region moved out of extreme poverty from 2002 to 2013.
Dhaka, Oct 21 – Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Front will send a letter to the government soon urging it to engage in dialogue with political parties before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election.
Anti-graft body to need permission from authorities concerned to make arrest Sangsad Bhaban, Oct 21 – The Sarkari Chakori Ain Bill 2018 was placed in Parliament on Sunday with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take prior permission…
Dhaka, Oct 21 – The High Court on Sunday granted advance bail to Gonoshasthaya Kendra trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury in two cases over illegally occupying land in Dhaka’s Ashulia, vandalism and extortion.
Dhaka, Oct 21 – Police recovered a total of six bodies from Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj and Diabari area in Dhaka city early Sunday.
Dhaka, Oct 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said she went for constructing the Padma Bridge with own resources defying the strong opposition from her finance minister and an adviser.
Sylhet, Oct 20 – Jatiya Oikyafront has been denied permission again for its rescheduled public rally in the city’s Registry field on Wednesday. “We didn’t give Oikya Front permission for its rally here on security grounds,” Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP)…
Istanbul, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a “fistfight” in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom claimed early Saturday, admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post for the first time.…
Dhaka, Oct 20 – Unveiling his party’s 18-point goals for building a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday urged the government to ensure proper atmosphere for holding a free and fair election. Addressing the party’s…
Savar, Oct 19 – Another case has been filed against Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on charges of occupying a land and demanding extortion.
Dhaka, Oct 19 – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday said they now do not consider Awami League as their rival as they have to face only law enforcers, not the ruling party, in politics.
Dhaka, Oct 19 – Kazi Reajul Huq, chairman, Bangladesh Human Rights Commission on Thursday called for safeguarding the people’s right to water as a basic right.
Human Rights Watch on Friday said eying national election by January Bangladesh government has embarked upon intensive and intrusive surveillance and monitoring of social media ahead of national elections, raising concern over a chilling effect on speech, according to the media…
Danish capital has been chosen by C40’s Mayoral Steering Committee to host 2019 gathering of mayors committed to bold action on climate change. Mayors, CEOs, philanthropists, campaigners, scientists and citizens will convene at landmark Copenhagen summit.
Dhaka, Oct 19 – A group of dissident leaders of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) on Friday announced a new committee of the party relieving its president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, secretary general Abdul Mannan and joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury…
Dhaka, Oct 19 – People are paying their last tributes to the celebrated guitarist, lyricist, and singer Ayub Bachchu, who died on Thursday, at the Central Shaheed Minar on Friday.
Rajshahi, Oct 18 – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men allegedly beat up four students at Rajshahi University on Thursday night for their alleged involvement with the politics of Islami Chhatra Shibir.
United Nations, Oct 19 (AP/UNB) — The head of Israel’s leading human rights group strongly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government during a contentious U.N. Security Council meeting on Thursday for what he called its “supremacy and oppression” of the…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম বলেছেন, নিরপেক্ষ ও গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচনের দাবি মেনে নিয়ে দেশকে অনিশ্চিত অবস্থা থেকে রক্ষা করতে হবে।
New Delhi, Oct 18 (AP/UNB) — A temple in southern India and one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage centres opened its doors to females of menstruating age on Wednesday to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, but women weren’t…
Kushtia, Oct 18 – A Frenchwoman named Deborah Cukirman has transformed herself into a devotee of mystic legend Lalon Fakir and started living in Doulatpur Upazila of Kushtia district.
Dhaka, Oct 18 – Ayub Bachchu, a legendary guitarist-lyricist-singer of Bangladesh, dies at his Moghbazar residence in the city on early Thursday.
By Thalif Deen Reprint UN, Oct 17 2018 (IPS) – Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will “take down names” of those who vote against American interests in the…