The two-day biennial German-Bangladesh consultation, 2014 will be held in the capital on May 7-8 to review the implementation of the existing German-funded projects in Bangladesh as well as their possible future funding. “The two-day consultation will focus on review…
After the local Human Chains at Road 8A and Satmasjid Road in Dhanmandi, foot overbridge on Elephant Road and BCSIR Laboratory, in front of National Museum at Shahbagh, ICDDR,B gate at Mohakhali and on Aricha Road near Jatiyo Smriti Shoudho…
The owner of the sunken South Korean ferry ignored an off-duty captain’s warnings about the ship’s stability, prosecutors have said.
Many pro-Russia rebels have been killed, injured and arrested in the Ukrainian government offensive in the eastern city of Sloviansk, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said.
Ukraine’s acting President Olexander Turchynov has reinstated military conscription to deal with deteriorating security in the east of the country.
Suspected tribal rebels shot dead 11 Muslim settlers, including two women, in attacks in tea-growing Assam where tension is running high during an election, officials said on Friday. Police said they suspected the militants behind the overnight killings were members…
“Hungry for power” Narendra Modi has already assumed himself as the Prime Minister even before the results of Lok Sabha elections are out, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday. In a scathing attack on the BJP prime ministerial nominee…
New Delhi – As polling for the Indian Lok Sabha elections nears conclusion, punters have started offering bets on what they are calling ‘the worst-case’ political scenario: a coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the helm and…
He added that the detention was a “deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of elections” in three weeks. Mr Adams is being questioned about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville but has denied involvement in her death. Prime Minister David…
Ukraine’s acting President Olexander Turchynov has admitted his forces are “helpless” to quell unrest driven by pro-Russian activists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
India’s Election Commission has accused the main opposition BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of violating the election code.
Speakers at a dialogue here on Wednesday said political crisis, corruption and lack of good governance are the key barriers to elimination of poverty and inequalities from the country. Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) in association with Global Call to Action…
BY Nathan Salant International search teams trying to figure out what happened to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plan to check out a report from an Australian tech company that claims to have detected what could be a commercial airliner…
The Election Commission will hold a coordination meeting with the government agencies concerned on May 4 to discuss the countrywide voter list updating exercise that will begin on May 15.
Ukraine’s acting President Olexander Turchynov has admitted his forces are “helpless” to quell unrest driven by pro-Russian activists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The visiting German Parliamentary Delegation led by Member of Parliament Dagmar Woehrl, Chair of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, met Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday in Dhaka. Ms Woehrl is Chair of the Committee since 2009.
The attacks, which involved at least one car bomb, also injured dozens.
The Special Rapporteur (SR) of the United Nations on the Human Rights of Migrants’ report of his mission to Qatar has just been made public. The SR had an official visit to Qatar from 3-10 November 2013 at the invitation…
The search for the missing Malaysian plane is entering a “new phase”, Australia has announced, after the initial undersea search found nothing. PM Tony Abbott said that “a much larger” area of the ocean floor would now be targeted. But…
The defendants faced charges over an attack on a police station in Minya in 2013 in which a policeman was killed.
The SAARC secretary-general has urged critics to wait to see the results of the South Asian regional grouping as he acknowledged that it “could not live up to its expectations”. “We can’t expect results overnight. It’ll take a while to…
Two leading popes of the 20th Century – John Paul II and John XXIII – are to be declared saints at an unprecedented open-air ceremony in Rome on Sunday. A Mass co-celebrated by Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict will…
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government’s poor response to the April 16 ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued. The Sewol ferry sank on a routine…
A slum dweller drowned in a water body after being ‘chased by cops’ at a slum in the capital’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khaleque, 40, son of late Abul Kalam of Rangpur Sadar upazila…
The first-ever meeting under the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) between Dhaka and Washington begins in Dhaka on Monday, aiming to identify and address obstacles to further expanding bilateral trade and investment. However, a series of meetings will…
The G7 group of economic powers has agreed to intensify sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. A G7 statement gave no detail of the sanctions, but US officials said they could announce measures by Monday. The West accuses…
All 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated South Korean passenger ferry Sewol are now reportedly in custody, facing criminal negligence charges. The prosecution requested arrest warrants for four additional crew members. Eleven others, including the captain,…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said Bangladesh’s relation with the United States is not ‘comfortable’ politically though the ties in economic field are okay. “Politically, their (US) pressures aren’t comfortable, not good either, and beyond norms,” he told reporters…
Police rescued a trader from Chhongachha in Sadar upazila early Friday after eight days into his abduction. The rescued is Jilur Rahman, 31, son of Abul Hossain of the area. He has an electronics goods shop at Chhangachha Bazar.
The second meeting of the SAARC Cabinet Secretaries will begin at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Dhaka today (Saturday). The cabinet secretaries from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host Bangladesh are participating in the two-day meeting. An…