Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – An Indian Army contingent, as in the past, comprising 170 personnel will participate in a joint training exercise ‘SAMPRITI-8’ in Bangladesh from March 2-15. The Indian Army contingent will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Hanoi, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their second summit Thursday without reaching an agreement, a stunning collapse of talks that caused both leaders to leave their Vietnam meeting early…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election, on Thursday brought the allegation of some irregularities in the voting. He, however, did not specify the allegations saying he…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — India’s prime minister says his country’s enemies are conspiring to create instability through terror attacks. The remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi come amid tensions with Pakistan following the areal skirmish between the two countries…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) — Visiting Tigers failed to post a handsome total on the scoreboard despite Timam Iqbal’s fine century in the first innings of the first Test of three-match series against New Zealand at Hamilton on Thursday. Bangladesh…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – India has put its Border Security Force (BSF) on alert at the Bangladesh border as tension is roiling in the region due to an ongoing India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir. The BSF has issued an alert…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Director General (DG) of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) and senior journalist Shah Alamgir passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here on Thursday. He was 62. Shah Alamgir breathed his last around…
Hanoi, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, leaders of nations with a long history of hostilities, opened their second summit Wednesday with smiles and friendly banter before sitting down for a dinner…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — India says it does not wish to see a further escalation of the situation with Pakistan and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint. This shortly after Pakistani police said mortar shells fired by…
Pakistan, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani police say mortar shells fired by Indian troops from across the frontier in the Himalayan region of Kashmir have struck homes, killing six civilians and wounding several others amid increasing tensions between the two…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended an offer to Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi for talks to de-escalate rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Khan says that war benefits neither nation and that…
Rangamati, Feb 26 (UNB) – Terming the bid to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft an isolated incident, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary on Tuesday claimed that the country’s law-and-order situation is better than any time…
“The EU Delegation expresses its heartfelt condolences for all those affected by the fire which occurred at Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar on 20 February. Our thoughts are with the Government and people of Bangladesh as well as with the bereaved families…
Dhaka, Feb 26 – The Investigation Officer (IO) of the reported Biman aircraft hijack case on Tuesday seized the Bangladesh Biman Airlines BG-147 and wanted the black box as the evidence of the case lodged on Monday with Patenga police…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNB) – The light tremor, measuring 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, was felt in different parts of the country including the capital on Tuesday morning. The epicenter of the quake was in Gazipur at 10:50am, said…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNB) – The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Tuesday honoured 10 firms for depositing large amounts of value-added tax (VAT) from sales at this year’s Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) that wrapped up on February 9.…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNB) – No matter how much the Jamaat-e-Islami is reformed, its members will be put on trial if they committed war crimes in 1971, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Tuesday. “We’re trying to conduct trials of…
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – Criticizing his predecessor Dilip Barua, former Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday said he demonstrated his ‘stupidity’ by questioning his sincerity about the relocation of chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka. He came up with…
Chattogram, Feb 25 (UNB) – Passengers of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane which made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport following a ‘hijack bid’, left for Dubai in the afternoon. Shah Amanat International Airport Manager Wing Commander…
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition to stay the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election schedule. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Dhaka University unit leader Fahmida Mazid moved the court on Sunday. She…
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) –The man who was killed in a combing operation during his alleged bid to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft is a listed criminal, said Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday. The fingerprint of the ‘hijacker’…
Dhaka, Feb 25(UNB) –The nation is observing a one-day state mourning in memory of the Chawkbazar fire victims. The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Sunday in this regard. The state mourning is being observed to seek eternal peace of…
Anahuac, Feb 25 (AP/UNB) — A southeast Texas sheriff said Sunday that two bodies have been recovered at the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed into a coastal bay. All three people aboard the Flight 3591 died, according…
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A Dhaka University (DU) student on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a stay on the process for holding of election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) scheduled for March 11.…
Dhaka, Feb 24 – Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozemmel Haque on Sunday told parliament that the government would publish a full list of the freedom fighters of the country’s War of Liberation in 1971 by March 26 this on…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday told Parliament that his ministry has taken an initiative to enact a law titled “Arable Land Protection and Land Use Bill 2019” to save croplands and ensure their best…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – A writ was filed with the High Court seeking stay on the schedule of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls. Barrister Ruhul Kuddus, a Supreme Court lawyer and also the counsel of the petitioner…
Jashore, Feb 24 (UNB) –Chairmen of 20 departments of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) have resigned from their posts protesting assault on them and some fellow teachers. JUST Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Anwar Hossain, however, did not accept…
Thakurgaon, Feb 24 (UNB) –A court here on Sunday took into cognisance the cases filed by the families of the three victims killed during a clash between alleged cattle smugglers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on February 12.…
Srinagar, Feb 24 (AP/UNB) — Shops and businesses have closed in Kashmir to protest a sweeping crackdown against activists seeking the end of Indian rule in the disputed region. Police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled streets in the main city of…