Imphal, March 14 2018: Slogans such as “Protect our rivers”, “Save Thoubal River”, “Save our future” were used as people marched along the Thoubal River today where a huge dam has been constructed by the government amid protest from the…
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White House backs UK decision to expel diplomats
The White house in a statement has expressed its solidarity with the decision of the United Kingdom to expel 23 Russian diplomats.
Dr. Zafar Iqbal back to Shahjalal University campus
Shahjalal University – Eminent writer Prof Md. ZafarIqbal has said that he holds no anger or ill-will towards the individual who attacked him with a knife on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus on March 3.
El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion
Dhaka,Mar 14-A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion.Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was reduced.
Supreme Court blocks Khaleda’s bail
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed until Sunday a High Court order granting a four-month interim bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.The four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed…
SC full bench to hear appeal against Khaleda’s bail Wednesday
Dhaka, March 13 – The full bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the petition of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) against a High Court verdict that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
3 awarded death on charges of war crimes
Dhaka, March 13 – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday convicted three war crimes accused and sentenced them to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
PM Hasina returns home from Singapore
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Singapore on Tuesday evening cutting short her four-day official visit by a day following the crash of a Bangladeshi plane in Nepal.
Kathmandu Airport traffic blamed for misguiding US-Bangla Pilots
Dhaka, March 12 – US-Bangla Airlines authorities believe a seemingly wrong communication from the air traffic control (ATC) tower of Tribhuvan Airport might be the cause of Monday’s plane crash.
Govt to stop marriage under 15 by 2012: Minister
Dhaka – State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki on Monday said that early marriage under 15 years of age can be halted by 2021.She said this while addressing a press conference at secretariat on the early marriage…
Khaleda granted bail for four months
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) finally granted a four-month interim bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Xi Jinping’s rule shatters hopes for China’s liberalization
Beijing, Mar 12 (AP/UNB) — When American scholar Orville Schell first visited China in 1975, Mao Zedong was leading the country through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, when Chinese were being shamed, beaten and even killed for perceived political mistakes.
Cticketer Mushfiqur’s ‘Nagin Dance’ goes viral on internet
Dhaka, Mar 11 – Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim broke into a celebration after blasting 72 off 35 balls to help Tigers pull off a memorable win against host Sri Lanka in Nidahas Trophy T20 on Saturday.
China makes historic move to allow Xi rule indefinitely
Beijing, Mar 11 (AP/UNB) — China’s rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits that will enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
Zia Orphanage graft case records reach HC
Dhaka, March 11 – The records of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was imprisoned for five years, reached the High Court Division of the Supreme Court from the lower court on Sunday afternoon.
Trump says Kim meeting is ‘in the making’ despite concerns
President Trump has tweeted that a deal with North Korea is “very much in the making”, a day after revealing he had agreed to meet its leader Kim Jong-un. Earlier, the White House said the meeting would not take place…
PM off to Singapore on 4-day tour
Dhaka, Mar 11 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday left Dhaka for Singapore on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.
40 injured in Faridpur ruling AL infighting
Faridpur, Mar 10 – At least 40 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) in Miargatti village of Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Saturday.
10 killed in two Gaibandha road crashes
Gaibandha, Mar 10 – Ten people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Palashbari upazila on Saturday morning.
Stolen baby girl rescued in Joypurhat, maidservant held
Joypurhat, Mar 10 – A baby girl, who was stolen from Dakhhinkhan of the capital on Friday, has been rescued from Jitapur-Hotatpara village in Ukklepur upazila on Saturday.
2 jail guards held with ‘hemp’ in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Mar 10 – Police arrested two probationary prison guards ‘with hemp in their possession’ from Kashiadanga area of the city on Friday evening. The arrestees were identified as Golam Azam, 21 and Ferdous Rahman, 21, attached with Rajshahi Central…
Zafrullah Chy for implementing March 7 speech spirit
Dhaka, Mar 9 – Accusing the government of running the country in a wrong way, Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Friday urged it to implement the spirit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 historic speech.
8 hurt in Ruet BCL armed factional fight
Rajshahi, 10 Match – Centering the establishment of supremacy on the campus at least eight people were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) Campus on…
US Holocaust museum strips award from Suu Kyi
Washington, March 8 – The US Holocaust Memorial Museum said Wednesday it was stripping Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious human rights award, accusing her of doing little to halt the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya…
SC for re-investigation of case against Morshed Khan
Dhaka, March 9 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an order issued earlier by a High Court bench to re-investigate money laundering charges against former foreign minister M Morshed Khan and some member of his…
$40m German grant for climate resilient infrastructure in BD
Dhaka, March 9 – Germany will provide $40 million in grant for Climate resilient infrastructure mainstreaming in Bangladesh. A Financing Agreement to the tune of $40 million has been signed on Thursday between the Bangladesh and KfW, Development Bank German…
ICT must for empowerment, success of poor rural women’
Rome, 7 March – The role of information communications technologies in supporting rural women’s economic empowerment, voice and status, will be the focus of discussions at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on8 March, International Women’s Day.
Roof collapse kills 3 workers in Panchagarh
Dhaka -Three workers were killed and three others injured as the roof of a refueling station collapsed on them in Khanpukur area in in Panchagarh on Wednesday noon.
Sri Lanka blocks social media as anti-Muslim riot flares up
Religious violence flared anew in the hills of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday despite a state of emergency, with Buddhist mobs sweeping through towns and villages, burning Muslim homes and businesses and leaving victims barricaded inside mosques.
Youth trying to enter chief whip’s meeting venue with knife held
Police arrested a young man armed with a knife as he reportedly tried to enter the meeting venue of Chief Whip ASM Feroz at the Bauphal upazila parishad auditorium on Wednesday afternoon.