Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has voiced concern over the World Bank’s loan offer to Bangladesh to deal with the challenges emerged after Rohingyas took shelter in Bangladesh amid persecution in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. In a statement on Thursday,…
Dhaka, Oct 26 – India’s issuance of visas to the people of Bangladesh has marked a sharp rise in recent months as the two neighbouring countries are considering people-to-people contacts as the biggest strength to bolster ties. Bangladeshi people constitute…
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will appear before the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka today in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases lodged against her and others. Her counsel of the cases, advocate Zakir…
Dhaka – In a maiden initiative, the Supreme Court authority has decided to observe the date of December 18 in every calendar year as the “Supreme Court Day”. The apex court took the unanimous decision in a full-court meeting led…
Sometime in 2014, a group of analysts walked into the office of Eugene Kaspersky, the ebullient founder of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, to deliver some sobering news. Kaspersky’s anti-virus software had automatically scraped powerful digital surveillance tools off a…
Dhaka, Oct 25 – Declaring Bangladesh Secretariat a smoke-free zone, the Cabinet Division has asked the secretaries of all the ministries to make sure that no one smokes in the country’s administrative hub.
Noting that cyber crime is the largest challenge in the modern world, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday said it should be dealt with globally. Inaugurating the three-day 8th APT Cyber Security Forum (CSF-8) in a…
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 16,901.32 crore project for constructing a ‘Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway’. The 24-kilometer Elevated Expressway is aimed to ease traffic congestion in and around capital Dhaka. The approval was…
Patients infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) may get much better and more effective treatment than even before as an advanced prescription medicine, developed by two Bangladeshi researchers, is set to hit local drugstores early next year after getting approval…
Scientists have discovered about 400 previously undocumented stone structures known as ‘Gates’ in Saudi Arabia with the help of Google Earth imagery. While Saudi Arabia is largely thought of as barren mountains and desert, it was also home to an…
Dhaka, Oct 24 – Despite concerns being raised from various corners, no special awareness programme is visible in the Rohingya camps to help the children and young girls avoid falling victim to sexual predators and human traffickers.
Dhaka, Oct 24– While the injured Rohingyas are getting free treatment, a woman, hit with four bullets, left the hospital without completing her treatment to receive the reliefs from the Balukhali Camp-1 in Ukhiya under Cox’s Bazar.
Dhaka – Former state minister for home affairs Sohel Taj on Monday alleged that somebody had broken his suitcase at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his way to the USA.
Dhaka – Women community leaders on Monday expressed their deep concern over the security of women candidates and voters during the elections and demanded level playing field for them in polls. They said the level playing field is always a…
Dhaka – Two separate courts under the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Monday issued arrest warrants against three owners of Dhaka’s Apan Jewellers in three money laundering cases as they misused the privilege of their bail which they earlier…
Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today. The warning comes as representatives of donor governments and humanitarian organizations meet in Geneva…
Participating in the Election Commission’s dialogue, women leaders on Monday said they badly fall victims to the use of money and religion during the polls. “Women can’t take their decisions on their own in many cases for various pressures during…
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC. The report is based on the second iteration of the index, which ranks 60 cities across 49 indicators covering digital security, health security, infrastructure…
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
A recent study by Pew concludes that over 58% of Americans believe racism is a “big problem” in society. H. Richard Milner, a noted researcher and expert on race and education at the University of Pittsburgh says that, “education is…
The Bengal Foundation cancelled its classical music festival 2017 after it failed to secure Dhaka’s Army Stadium as a venue, organisers have said. The decision was made after ‘taking the security of foreign performers into consideration’, said Bengal Foundation Chairman…
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Americans to show more respect for their president in response to a question posed to him at the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, on Thursday.
Savar, Oct 21 – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday lauded the young entrepreneurs, who have come ahead from marginal societies to pave the way for country’s development, regarding them as “future leaders “.
The country’s capital market is witnessing a surge of female investors, increasing their contributions to the national economy, according to official statistics. Modern technology has made their journeys in the share market easier, helping many keep the track of the…
City dwellers experienced a rare opportunity to take a boat ride along key thoroughfares as the roads went under knee- to chest-deep water due to torrential heavy downpour on Saturday. Members of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) provided the…
Fishermen in coastal districts are preparing to net hilsa as the 22-day government ban on fishing the delicious fish comes to an end on Monday. Earlier, the government imposed a ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transportation of hilsa in…
A grieving widower was shocked to find a male nurse having sex with his dead wife’s body when he went to see her for the final time in a hospital morgue.
DhakaQuestion paper of Dhaka University (DU) Gha unit admission test is alleged to have leaked on Thursday night and the real questions were identical to the leaked questions.
Four people suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a Dockyard in central Kheyaghat area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday morning. The gas cylinder of ‘Khandaker Dockyard’ went off suddenly around 8:30 am while a group…
By International Organization for Migration Sana’a, Yemen, Oct 19 (IOM) – In early October, three Ethiopian boys in Yemen told IOM, the UN Migration Agency, “we miss our family and can no longer stay here.”