The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Tuesday held its seventh convocation at the university Shilpacharya Joynul Abedin Auditorium amid festivities. In this convocation, a total of 4909 graduates from different disciplines received certificates – 1919 students got bachelor (Honours) degrees,…
Dhaka – A day after the High Court (HC) grated bail to Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana in a case filed over charges of terror financing, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed it till February…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling Awami League government is increasing the project costs in the name of country’s development for the sake of their own development.
The EU Delegation to Bangladesh in a Statement on Monday condemned the attack on a Hindu priest in Panchagarh and demanded the perpetrators be brought to justice.
People of Chakma and other minorities have lamented the loss of their native language while paying tributes to the Bangla language martyrs at Central Shaheed Minar.
New York – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh should repeal its criminal defamation and sedition laws,…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Saturday alleged that ruling party men tried to create a ground to make easy money in the name of sending 15 lakh workers to Malaysia. “The government announced it with much…
Joy sharply reacts to editors, citizens’ concerns over cases against Daily Star Editor Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has reacted sharply to the statements issued by the Editors’ Council and a group of citizens expressing concern…
Dhaka – A suspected burglar gang leader was shot dead during an encounter with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) when the elite force raided his den to foil a daring burglary bid of Sonali Bank Dhamrai Branch at Dhamrai Bazar, in…
Iraq has informed an international watchdog agency of the theft last November of an industrial radiography device that carries potentially fatal radioactive substances. Iraqi officials told Reuters that they fear the “highly dangerous” radioactive materials in the device could be…
Habiganj –Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the fourth suspect for the killing of four schoolboys, who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on Friday, from the same village early Thursday. Rubel Miah, son of Abdul…
Four schoolboys who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on Friday were found buried at the village on Wednesday morning.
A Narayanganj court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against English-language newspaper The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation suit. Senior judicial magistrate Saiduzzaman Sharif passed the order after taking the case into cognisance. Public prosecutor Wazed Ali…
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members picked up a Bangladeshi fisherman from the Teesta River in Dimla upazila on Monday evening.
Thousands of leaders and activists of the ruling alliance on Monday linked their hands in a human chain protest from Gabtoli to Jatrabari in the city to denounce BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s controversial remarks about the number of 1971 martyrs.
The water flow of the river Teesta in Bangladesh has dropped significantly in recent times. This has had a negative impact on irrigation and other socio-economic activities of the area. Bangladesh has requested India to sign an interim agreement for…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Saturday said a process is underway to file departmental cases against the policemen found guilty in the tea seller’s death incident.
The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with ‘maximum choices’.
By Tess Owen Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented what he described as a “litany of doom” at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, detailing the various national security threats currently faced by the United States. “Unpredictable…
Fazle Hasan Abed sold his flat in 1971 and used the money to set up BRAC, which is now considered to be the world’s largest NGO. El País -Planeta Futuro reports.Sir Fazle Hasan Abel spoke with El País’ Alejandra Agudo.”I…
President Barack Obama’s plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have been stalled by the US Supreme Court. The court ruled that the president’s Clean Power Plan could not go forward until all legal challenges were…
Russell Whitehouse: With the declining health of Saudi octogenarian King Salman, how would you characterize the pros & cons of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? Dr. Michael Izady: He [Mohammed bin Salman] is…
In what was a clear act of reprisal, the Pakistani authorities summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner in Islamabad Suhrab Hossain on Monday.A senior official at the foreign ministry confirmed to bdnews24.com that the high commissioner had been called to the Pakistan…
After several developments throughout the day, retired Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury says he now can submit the verdicts and orders he wrote after retirement. Senior Appellate Division judge Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah has “agreed to accept the…
Muhammad Yunus Victory of the People Outcome of Cop 21 got me thrilled and inspired. After 40 years of battle between believers and non-believers finally believers won. They persuaded everyone that the world is in real danger, and we must…
After 37 years of her departure, Sultana Van Der List, a Bangladeshi origin Dutch national, has returned home to reconnect with lost relatives.
The trial process of a graft case against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is almost at its final stages.Khaleda’s counsels have completed quizzing the investigation officer of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case on Thursday.Now the counsels…
Chittagong – A Tk 1,000 crore defamation case was filed on Thursday against ruling party MP MA Latif here on charge of tampering with Bangabandhu’s picture on billboards and festoons set up in Patenga and Bandar areas of the port…
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged journalists to contribute to the continuation of the country’s democratic march forward. The presidet expressed the hope that the government will give due attention to their salary disparities following the announcement of…
STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday fixed February 11 for delivering its verdict on the appeal filed by the three condemned convicts and two lifers in a case for 2004 grenade attack that killed three people and injured 70, including…