The government has neither taken any decision nor given any directive to block social networking site Facebook after midnight, said Posts and Telecommunications Division secretary Shyam Sunder Sikder. “It won’t be wise to block Facebook now as it’s not only…
Dhaka– Some 13,069 students were absent on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations that began on Sunday.Besides, 66 students and an invigilator were expelled on the first day for adopting unfair means, according…
A Dhaka court Sunday granted bail to Mizanur Rahman, Managing Director (MD) of Rid Pharmaceuticals Limited and his wife Sheuli Rahman, after the couple sought bail to the court in a case filed against them for the deaths of 28…
Dhaka, Apr 2 – Saima Wazed Hossain, a strong advocate for autism, has been designated as the Champion of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region to enhance commitment and generate awareness and action to address the sufferings of children with…
Dhaka- Three people, including a father and his son, were killed in two incidents of lightning strike in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet district in NE Bangladesh on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Fazal Uddin, 42, and his son of Nur Uddin,…
Geneva, 30 March – The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is pleased to announce Ms. Unjela Kaleem as its new Head of External Affairs, Communications and Coordination.
Dhaka, Apr 1 – This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.
Stockholm, Apr 1 (AP/UNB)- Bob Dylan has special fans at a Stockholm concert this weekend — members of the Swedish Academy who will hand him his 2016 Nobel literature diploma and medal.
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Speakers at the 136th assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) the Bangladesh capital on Saturday stressed the need for increasing women’s participation in politics, empowering girls and making parliaments more gender-sensitive.
Dhaka – Four of the eight bodies recovered by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit during ‘Operation Hitback’ in Moulvibazar last Thursday were minors.UNB agency
Anas Uddin Ovi Savar, Dhaka – The Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Jahangirangar University (JU) is going to organize an international conference on ‘Geospatial Applications in Disaster Management’ on AprilApril 3 at JU Senate hall here on the campus.
Dhaka- Scattered body parts of seven to eight suspected militants were found yesterday by the joint forces when they entered into a militant hideout at the outskirts of Moulvibazar town after conducting a 22 hour long operation titled-‘Operation Hit Back’.
Dhaka – France wants to help Bangladesh by providing technical support to explore and exploit the potentiality of blue economy.
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Awami League candidate Joya Sengupta, wife of late ruling party lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta, was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Sunamganj-2 constituency held on Thursday.
Chinese authorities should halt the expulsion and political re-education of monks and nuns from a major Tibetan religious institution, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a statement by an abbot of the institution, Chinese officials announced on March 12,…
Dhaka, Mar 30 –The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the High Court order that stayed the process of holding the FBCCI election for two months. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice…
Satkhira, Mar 30 – Police in a special drive arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh from Bangal intersection in the district town on Wednesday night.
By Madeleine Penman Mexico City, Mar 29 (IPS) – The sight of one of the most infamous borders on earth – roughly 1,000 kilometers of porous metal fence dividing lives, hopes and dreams between the USA and Mexico, is undoubtedly…
Dhaka – After 111 hours of tense end of operation Twilight by the law enforcing agencies on Tuesday in Sylhet at Atia Mahal, the block of flats were remained to be fully sanitized by the police bomb disposal squads on…
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately withdraw the officer-in-charge (OC) Ziaul Morshed Sub-Inspector Md Mahatab Hossain of Madaripur Sadar police station for keeping two mothers in custody and keeping outside their babies.
Dhaka – The Rakhine community in Patuakhali and Barguna has decreased significantly due to oppression and land grabbing by influential people in the areas, said a group of citizens who recently visited the areas.
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Tuesday repealed privacy rules that would have required internet service providers such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable to get consumers’ consent before selling or sharing their web browsing data with advertisers and…
A Singaporean couple who starved their Philippine maid until she weighed just 29kg were jailed on Monday, in a case described as “shocking” by prosecutors who are appealing for stiffer sentences. Trader Lim Choon Hong, 48, was sentenced to three…
Official Should Use Visit to Press Budapest to Comply with International Law Top EU Lydia Gall Hungary’s new asylum law allowing for the blanket detention of asylum seekers, including some children, will come into force on March 28. It’s the…
Cieneguita, Costa Rica, Mar 28 (IPS) – Two years have gone by since the new government initiative which subsidises community works changed the face with which the coastal town of Cienaguita, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, looks out to the…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court order acquitting former Assistant Commissioner (AC) Md Akram Hossain of the Detective Branch (DB) in a case filed over the murder of Shamim Reza Rubel…
By Mahfuzur Rahman Dhaka, Mar (IPS) – Breaking taboos surrounding menstruation, a project to distribute sanitary napkins to girls in one district of Bangladesh has had a positive impact on school dropout rates – and should be replicated in other…
Dhaka — Bonded by an air crash which killed 71 people in November, Brazilian club Chapecoense and Colombia’s Atletico Nacional said they will play a South American cup final next week.The first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana final, between the…
Dhaka – Archive 1971 with sponsorship of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated the documentary film on liberation war on 27 March 2017, Monday at the National Theater Hall of Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy, Dhaka. Dr. Moshiur Rahman, Economic Adviser to Prime…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court Monday fixed April 2 to declare its verdict on the appeals filed by the convicts in the murder of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider.