Portugal’s Nani has backed his team mate Cristiano Ronaldo to increase his goal tally in the European Championship and to guide his side to the latter stages of the competition in France.Ronaldo, 31, rediscovered his form against Hungary on Wednesday…
Denmark has expressed its interest to work for creating energy security in Bangladesh. Danish Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjaer expressed her country’s such willingness while calling on State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Thursday at his office at…
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that the government has initiated a war against the country’s people through resorting to wholesale arrest and crossfire. “The ruling party is gradually making the state machinery a repressive…
Onrush of water from the upstream and incessant rainfall have flooded many areas of Fulbari, Rajarhat and Ulipur upazilas, rendering over 20,000 people marooned. According to district Water Development Board (WDB), water levels of the Dharala river have increased by…
Some 30,000 residents of Padmapukur union in Shyamnagar upazila have been spending sleepless nights as the embankment along the Kholpetua River stands threatened due to the riverbank erosion. Locals said the union, basically an island, is one of the worst…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the country is heading towards destruction due to social, economic and political anarchy here. “The government has got isolated from people. They know it very well that they won’t be…
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that the country is now run by a Bangladesh-India joint venture, a style seen in Bangla movies. “Bangla movies are made by a Dhaka-Kolkata joint venture. In the same style,…
Four people were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the city’s Uttara area on Friday evening. The deceased could not be identified yet. Sources at the Fire Service central control room…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Thursday said police can open fire, if necessary, while dealing with mugging incidents as per the law. “Police can open fire to protect public life and assets as per the law,”…
Bank branches will remain open on July 2 and 3 in industrial areas of Dhaka, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar, aiming to facilitate the disbursement of salaries to garment workers by factory owners. The central bank took the decision on…
Accusing the government of working silently to sell out the country in a planned way, BNP on Thursday said it is showing a knee-jerk policy towards India’s continued unjust activities against Bangladesh. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Dhaka-Chittagong and Joydebpur-Mymensingh four-lane highways on July 2. The minister disclosed this while inaugurating the Mobile One-stop Motorcycle Registration programme of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority…
Awami League, the country’s oldest political party, is observing its 67th founding anniversary today (Thursday). Founded on June 23, 1949, at the historic Rose Garden in the old part of Dhaka, the party played the lead role in all the…
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Thursday asserted that there will be no compromise when it comes to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in the country. He came up with the remarks while addressing a views-exchange…
Thousands of passengers suffered for hours as no long-route buses left Sayedabad bus terminal since morning following a strike enforced by a group of transport workers. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Union (BSPSU) which began the strike at 6am initially for…
Turning down BNP’s call for forging a national unity to stamp out militancy, Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif on Tuesday said there can be no unity with the backers of terrorists and secret killers. “We can’t forge any…
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said their party wants a national consensus to eliminate militancy and terrorism from the country. Talking to reporters while visiting Ramakrishna Mission here, he alleged that the government is only resorting to…
BNP on Tuesday urged the government to put up a united resistance by holding a convention with all political parties to tackle militancy, saying it will not be possible to get rid of the dangerous menace without opposition’s help. “You…
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday said there will be no Primary Education School Certificate (PESC) examination for the Class V students from this year. The minister came up with the disclosure while talking to reporters at…
The 2nd International Day of Yoga was observed in the city as elsewhere across the globe on Tuesday. The High Commission of India in Dhaka organised an event at the Mirpur International Indoor Stadium from 8am to 9am to mark…
British Queen Elizabeth II will present Queen’s Young Leaders Award to an exceptional young man from Bangladesh at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday. As the Commonwealth celebrates The Queen’s 90th birthday, this year’s Award winner, Osama Bin…
A Bangladeshi businessman was gunned down by terrorists in Lucy Krishy town of South Africa on Monday night. The deceased identified as Abrar Hossain Pappu, 48, son of Sekandar Miah, hailing from Mahabbatpur village of Noakhali sadar upazila, had been…
State-owned Petrobangla has sought approval of the Cabinet Purchase Committee to sign final deals with Singapore-based Excelerate Energy to set up an LNG terminal at Moheshkhali, Chittagong to facilitate the import of natural gas. Official sources said Energy Division recently…
Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Charaldanga border in Gomastapur upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Jabdul Haq Bhadu, 32, son of Daud Ali of Radhanagar village, and…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged charitable organisations, including Ziaur Rahman Foundation established after party founder Ziaur Rahman’s name, to play a proactive role in helping the country’s helpless and poor people. She made the call while speaking at…
The government on Monday briefed diplomats over the recently held census on undocumented Rohingya nationals living in Bangladesh and progress over the upcoming GFMD Summit. Foreign Secretary and Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Md Shahidul…
BNP on Monday hoped that India, the world’s largest democracy, will take a position in support of Bangladesh’s democracy-loving people for ‘restoration’ of democracy here. Speaking at a discussion, the party senior leaders also said the democratic countries across the…
War criminal and death row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur on Monday morning. Law enforcers along with Quasem started for the capital from Kashimpur Jail part-2 around 7.15am,…
The government will brief foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka over the latest Rohingya situation in the country on Monday. The government has recently conducted the first ever census on the undocumented Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh. Diplomats from Europe, America…
Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday told Parliament that some 3.28 lakh posts are now vacant in the public service. According to the latest data collected in December 2015, the number of officials and employees in the ministries…