Bangkok, May 3 (AP/UNB)- In one corner: the unpredictable dictator, the third-generation family ruler whose nation has a seven-decade reputation of being erratic, quick to take umbrage and insistent that it is powerful enough to upend the planet. In the…
Tangail, May 2 – Seven people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Haripur in Ghatail upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
“As we peer into society’s future, we—you and I, and our government—must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of…
Dhaka– A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and eight others in a case filed under the Special Powers Act in Gazipur .
Two Indian soldiers were killed Monday by rockets and mortars fired by Pakistan along the highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the nuclear-armed rivals, the Indian army said. Pakistani soldiers fired at two…
At least 888 workers died and 1093 were injured in workplace-related accidents and violence in Bangladesh in 2016, says a new study. The study titled ‘Occupational Accident, Violence and Industrial Dispute-2016’ also claimed that there had been 73 incidents of…
Dhaka – Amid a growing demand for a new salary structure for workers and ensuring their justified rights, the historic May Day is going to be observed in the country on Monday.Trade unions and Readymade Garment (RMG) workers organisations have…
Rajshahi, Apr 30 – The inquest report of the forensic department of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) has described the death of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Assistant Commissioner Sabbir Ahmed Sarfaraz as suicide. Rajshahi is Bangladesh’s Northwestern division city.
Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – The government has planned to impose ‘carbon tax’ from the next fiscal year on the sectors that are polluting the environment, aiming to deal with the environmental concerns and improve the…
The South Korean government has quickly refuted U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Seoul to pay $1 billion for the THAAD missile defense system. The Defense Ministry put out a statement Friday saying, “There is no change in South Korea…
Dhaka, Apr 27 – The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of forgiveness and fate, will be observed in the country on May 11 as the Shaban moon was sighted in sky over Bangladesh on Thursday.
Dhaka – The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on May 11 as the Shaban moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Thursday. UNB news agency reported
Madrid, Apr 27 (AP/UNB) —The Trump administration told lawmakers Wednesday it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, as an extraordinary White House briefing served to tamp down talk of military action…
The United States Congress should reject President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2017 supplemental funding request for a dramatic expansion of immigration detention and enforcement, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to congressional leaders. Congress will vote within the…
Mexico and the U.S. have fought for years over tuna. The U.S. insists that any Mexican tuna sold in the U.S. must be “dolphin safe,” meaning dolphins weren’t killed by tuna fisherman, which was once common. Mexico says its fisherman…
The entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea. The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the…
Nairobi- Kenyan police say 27 people have been killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck. Police say the accident took place along the major road linking two of Kenya’s biggest cities, capital Nairobi and the…
Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai Close on the heels of filing four patent challenges in India, two on daclatasvir, one on velpatasvir and another on sofosbuvir, the international NGO– Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), in association with other NGOs, has…
Chevron Corporation CVX, +0.77% announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chevron Global Ventures, Ltd., has entered into an agreement to sell the shares of its wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries operating in Bangladesh to Himalaya Energy Co. Ltd. Chevron Bangladesh operates Block 12…
Exit polls from nail-biting first stage of French presidential vote shows centrist and far-right leader with most votes. Polls have closed in the first round of the presidential vote, and for the first time in modern French history, no major-party…
Dhaka – Flash floods in the haor areas after incessant rainfall has spilled over the crop protection embankments as the height of water was above the barriers causing the damage to the crops, water resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said…
On March 20, the Uttarakhand High Court declared the Ganga river as a “legal person”, creating many hopes, but also leading to many complex questions. What does the declaration mean? How could one now use this opportunity to empathise with…
Dhaka – Housing and Public Works Minister Eng Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Chittagong will see a drastic change within the next 5-10 years following the massive development initiatives, including the establishment of two special economic zones. UNB news agency…
Dhaka, Apr – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised to recognise Dawra degree of Qawmi madrasah, and now there is no scope to raise any question about it, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday.
Dhaka – The Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) on Friday demanded the removal of controversial sculpture from in front of Supreme Court premises before the holy Ramajan begins.
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB) – A woman and her young daughter suffered burn injuries in an acid attack by miscreants at Tarafsadulla village in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha, in northern Bangladesh, on Thursday night.
Cambridge, USA, 19 Apr (Timothy A. Wise) — US President Donald Trump may still deny the harsh realities of climate change, but no one in southern Mozambique has any doubts. They don’t have much food either. The drought of the…
Penang, 13 Apr (IPS/Martin Khor) — What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise its true value when it is impaired? Good health, of course. That’s something many people must have reminded…
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
Three white men were olice hkilled and another wounded when a black gunman opened fire in Fresno, California, in a suspected race attack, pave said.