The ‘Amar Ekushey’, the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day, will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Tuesday with due fervour. Different political parties and their front organisations as well as socio-cultural organisations…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will pay homage to the Language Movement martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar on Dhaka University (DU) campus at the first hours on February 21. DU authorities gave the permission on Sunday as a BNP delegation…
Rajshahi – Commemorating the martyrdom of former Chemistry department teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Dr. Shamsuzzaoha, the Teachers’ Day was observed on the campus on Saturday with due solenmity. The day’s programme began with hoisting black flags atop the…
Masum Billah Morals and values play a significant role in determining the path of an individual. It also helps shape the individual to the type of person he will be in future. Morals guide an individual to the right path…
Fifteen individuals and Bangladesh Air Force have been picked for the Independence Award-2017 in recognition of their glorious and outstanding contributions to their respective fields. The award recipients are Group Captain (retd) Shamsul Alam Bir Uttam, Ashraful Alam, Shaheed M…
Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, set a new record Monday as the first British sovereign to reach their sapphire jubilee, marking 65 years on the throne. The head of state, now 90, became queen aged 25 upon the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said all need to encourage their children to read literature as it can prevent them from slipping into a wrong path. “We can rescue our children from the wrong path they are following these…
The month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Boi Mela’ will kick off in the capital on Wednesday. A three-day ‘International Literature Conference’ will also be held at the fair venue from Thursday, the 2nd day of the book fair.
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) here today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to conserve and develop the existing social, cultural, environmental and archeological infrastructures in the city. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Joint Secretary of…
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The Ministry of Cultural Affairs organized a day-long programme on Saturday to celebrate the inclusion of the Mangal Shobhajatra – the procession on the first morning of the Bengali New Year, on Unesco’s Representative List of…
Gazipur – The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest Muslim congregation after Hajj, began on Friday on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital. The three-day congregation, also called the World Muslims’…
The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed in the city and elsewhere in the country in a befitting manner tomorrow.Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that directed the government to recognise 2,367 members of the ‘guerrilla force’ who participated in the 1971 Liberation War as freedom fighters.A four-member bench led by Chief Justice…
Maverick Bangladesh author, poet and playwright Syed Shamsul Haq lost his battle with lung cancer on Sep 2. The 81-year-old left his indelible mark on all forms of Bangla literature with his magic touch. He was conferred the Bangla Academy…
The Alexandrov Russian Army Song and Dance Ensemble lost 64 members, and all but 3 of its choir singers, in the crash. Moscow, Russia – A Russian military plane that crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea on its way…
England (AP/UNB) — A heavy cold is keeping Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England.
Police have filed its chargesheet over the molestations of women during the Bangla New Year celebrations in Dhaka last year.Charges have been pressed against Md Kamal Hossain, who was arrested earlier this year, more than nine months after the incident.”The…
(CNN)Celebrations, tears of joy, chanting and drumming rang out among thousands of protesters at the Standing Rock site after the US Army Corp of Engineers announced it will look for an alternate route for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross…
Bagerhat – Describing the Shat Gombuj Mosque (sixty-dome mosque) as a blessing for the world, US Ambassador to Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday said all should visit the Unesco World Heritage Site. She made the remark while talking to local…
Dhaka – The traditional procession brings out on Pohela Boishakh – the first day of the Bangla New year – has got recognition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,…
Dhaka: Under US pressure, Pakistan had in November agreed to grant independence to what was then East Pakistan, former US diplomat Henry Kissinger has revealed in an interview in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine. Instead, Pakistan attacked India…
Rangpur Sugar Mill authorities have started harvesting paddy from the lands of Santals in Baghda farm area of Gobindaganj upazila following a High Court order.The paddy harvesting started in the morning amid police protection in presence of district administration and…
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid homage to members of the Armed Forces, who made supreme sacrifices in the 1971 Liberation War, by placing wreaths at the Shikha Anirban at Dhaka Cantonment in…
Dhaka – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of police firing on Santal people during a clash with law enforcers and workers of Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila.
Hatboro (AP/UNB) — A 108-year-old World War II veteran who lives in the Pennsylvania home he built in 1948 has left for Washington D.C. to attend the yearly Veterans Day breakfast at the White House.
Dhaka – Local people have recovered a touchstone-made statue from a graveyard at Jorardeul in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district.
Dhaka – The government has imposed a restriction on displaying posters, banners and leaflets on the roads stretching from Aminbazar to the National Mausoleum in Savar ahead of the Victory Day.
Md. Musfiqur Rahman Sifat, BAU Correspondent Mymensingh – The Bangladesh Agricultural University Journalists’ Association (BAUJA), the first university journalist association of Bangladesh held a two-day annual tour to Sajek valley in Rangamati hill district. I am a member of the…
A power point presentation on the proposed Kabi Nazrul Bhaban to be built at Dhanmondi in the capital was held at the Prime Minister’s Office here today.Architects Iqbal Habib and Ishtiak Zahir made the power point presentation before Prime Minister…
Dhaka – Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende will be here on February 21 next to commemorate the International Mother Language Day, UNB news agency reported.