India along with 24 other countries on Thursday backed a US-sponsored resolution at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against Sri Lanka asking it to conduct an “independent and credible” probe into allegations of human rights violations, an issue on which…
Pakistan will hold nationwide parliamentary elections on May 11, said a presidential spokesman on Wednesday. The vote is expected to produce the country’s first transition from one civilian government to another.
A special envoy of Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will arrive here on March 25 to attend the celebration of the 42nd Independence and National Day of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh and Bhutan are likely to finalise the draft agreement on transit between the two South Asian economies during the two-day secretary-level meeting to be held in Dhaka from Wednesday.
Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, expressing alarm at the recent violent clashes in Bangladesh; drawing attention to the plight of Iraqi Turkmen and other minority groups in Iraq; and demanding the trial or prompt release of Palestinians held…
The government on Wednesday formed a four-member committee to probe the allegation that many children fell sick after taking Vitamin A Plus capsule and de-worming tablets during the countrywide National Vitamin-A Plus campaign on Tuesday.
Bangladesh’s internationally acclaimed achievements in child, maternal and reproductive health gives it a unique edge to champion the issue of population dynamics in the post-2015 Development Agenda, said UNFPA executive director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin.
The government has taken an initiative to send letters to 193 UN member states clearing the government’s position over the present political situation of the country.
Apparently in a reference to Jamaat-e-Islami, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman on Saturday said the government can ban through an executive order any political party for its involvement in violent activities.
In the background of widespread violence against women, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day. “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women” is the official UN theme for International Women`s Day 2013.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said Thailand is eager to recruit 50,000 Bangladeshi fishermen.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday firmly said his country is committed to implement all agreed decisions with Bangladesh.
Opposition BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman alleged that the ruling government had an understanding with the masterminds of BDR carnage.
DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed and 50 injured in a series of blasts in a busy commercial area of Hyderabad this evening.
A visiting Minister says human rights violators should be punished in a fair manner for their role in 1971 The United Kingdom wants to see human rights violators of 1971 punished through ‘fair judgments’, the country’s Senior Minister of State…
A cheque of $50 million was handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by Indian External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday as the first instalment of the $200 million grant by India.
Results of all subjects of the Masters final examinations of 2009 of the National University (NU) were announced on Friday.
A snowstorm of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the northeast with a vengeance on Friday, with up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow forecast along the densely populated corridor from the New York City area to Boston and…
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday issued the circular for the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination to fill some 2,050 vacant posts of different cadres.
Thirteen distinguished personalities, including poets Rafiq Azad and Asad Chowdhury, have been nominated for the Ekushey Padak-2013 for their outstanding contributions to society and the country.
The government has taken massive development programmes for power sector to increase electricity generation for meeting the increasing demand. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved five projects for power sector involving Tk 5,298 crore.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has terminated over 100 doctors across the country for remaining absent from their workplaces without prior approval from the authorities concerned, Parliament was told on Monday. Responding to a supplementary question of a…
Five men pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges they raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of laws against sexual crimes after protests about a rising number of attacks on women.
Militants attacked an isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 35 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the…
On a 9-day visit, the 5th and current reigning Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) of the Kingdom of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will arrive here on February 11. He along with his queen will visit Sundarbans and Cox’s Bazar on…
Bangladesh has won second place in an annual United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) storytelling competition with a story that highlights the success of its poverty alleviation efforts. The story had a specific focus on the contributions that destitute women have…
A commander level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held at Nazirgamari Border under Patgram upazila of the district on Sunday morning. Lalmonirhat-31 BGB Patgram Camp Company Commander Subedar Abdul Khalek…
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has made an official response to the first judgement reached by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-2 and the death sentence handed down to former Jamaat-e-Islami member Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu. The…
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once termed Bangladesh “bottomless basket” around three decades ago. Terming the remark by Kissinger, he criticized his ‘insulting terming’ on Bangladesh. The US diplomat came up with the observation while addressing a workshop…
The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing till January 22 on an appeal filed against a High Court verdict that acquitted six former army personnel in the jail killing case. An Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain…