Bremeverhaven, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Scientists prepared Thursday to embark on an unprecedented, years-long mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the…
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 24 – Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of a reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali Upazila early Thursday. In Teknaf, two suspected drug traders were killed…
Two police constables of Bhaberchar Highway Police camp have been closed to the district police lines for their alleged involvement in drug trading.The accused are Constable Arif, 28 and Constable Mamun, 27. Acting on secret information, a team of Rab-10…
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Wednesday said a law will have to be formulated so that children of Jamaat leaders do not get government jobs. “Not only banning Jamaat organisationally, but also assets of its leaders will…
Around 900 meters of the much-hyped Padma bridge is visible now following the installation of another span named F-6 on the pillars no 36 and 37 on Wednesday.
Rome, 23 January 2019 – Pope Francis will address heads-of-state, government ministers, and policy and development leaders during the opening ceremony of the 42nd annual Governing Council meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 14-15 February 2019 in…
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing former Chief Conservator of Forest Osman Gani to 12 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.
The children and grandchildren of Freedom Fighters (FF) on Tuesday formed a human chain blocking the city’s Shahbagh intersection for around two and half hours demanding the reinstatement of 30 percent FF quota in government jobs.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his BNP counterpart Mirza Fakhrul has been talking deliriously since his party’s shameful defeat in the December-30 national election.
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury on Tuesday told the BNP that the people of the country were expecting the party to act.
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Principal Information Officer Kamrun Nahar has been made secretary to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
Chattogram, Jan 22 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader from GEC intersection in the city on Monday night over posting ‘provocative remarks against the state and law enforcement agencies’ on her facebook.
Ekushey Padak-winning lyricist, composer and music director Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away here early Tuesday. He was 63.
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The High Court (HC) on Monday granted six months’ bail to two former inspectors general of police (IGPs)—Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque—who were sentenced to four years in jail each in connection with the August 21…
Dhaka, Jan 21 – Officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) found 40 per cent doctors absent while conducting drives in 10 government hospitals in eight districts simultaneously on Monday. They also found that 62 per cent doctors in Upazila hospitals were…
The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque, who were convicted in a case filed over August 21 grenade attack.
The cabinet committee formed to review the Ninth Wage Board Award for journalists and employees working in newspapers and news agencies has been reconstituted keeping its terms of reference unchanged.
A fire that broke out at Chandmari slum in Fatulla early Monday gutted 72 shanties.
Dhaka, June 2- – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh Bank (BB) is taking all sorts of preparations to file a case with a New York court by the end of January to recover the whole money heisted…
A total of five meritorious students of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday received Ataus Samad Trust scholarships for their excellent academic results in BSS examinations of 2018.
Jatiya Party Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament HM Ershad left here for Singapore on Sunday for medical checkup.
Three members of a family were killed when a truck rammed a motorbike at Bashbaria in Bagatipara upazila on Sunday.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said the coaching centers across the country will remain closed from January 27 to February 27 to facilitate the fair holding of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations without the incidents of any…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 16.4 crore (US 23 million) in two Indian cities belonging to Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik who has been accused of inciting youth to take up terror activities.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a charge-sheeted accused of the case filed over Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack from Gazipur on Saturday night.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Directorate of Madrasha Education (DME) has sought information of the teachers of the 1,500 independent Ebtedayee Madrashas to know how many of them are active or left the jobs.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – ‘Bangladesh Garments Sromik Songhoti’ on Friday formed a human chain in front of the national press club in the capital and demanded the withdrawal of false cases against their fellows, which have filled after the protest…
A move is underway to implement a Tk 2,000 crore project to ensure uninterrupted power supply to Dhaka’s central and south-west zones and major parts of Narayanganj within the next three years.
Rohingya Muslims, not less than 1,300, who entered Bangladesh from India recently, are now staying at Ukhia upazila’s Balukhali transit point, said an official here on Friday.
A fire broke out at a closed jute mill in the city’s AK Khan area on Friday afternoon.