In the framework of the seminar hosted by Nukem Technologies, 100percent subsidiary of the JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE), the participants reaffirmed their growing interest in the issues of nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management, particularly in the need for comprehensive optimised…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking further extension of deadline for his surrender.
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) recorded the depositions of two more witnesses in the case filed in connection with murder of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in 2013.
Climate experts at a workshop in Dhaka on Tuesday have stressed the need for adopting right policies and adaptation measures to address the vulnerabilities emerging due to climate change. They said Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change due to…
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Tuesday heard the partial argument in the murder case filed in connection with the death of Special Branch Police Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman.
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) deferred the hearing in the graft case filed against Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi to November 18.
The placing of arguments in the teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case will end on Tuesday.
STAFF REPORTER The UK unit of BNP has postponed its today’s London rally scheduled to be addressed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia now staying there for treatment since September 16.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 26 BNP men including the party Acting Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir till November 25 in a sabotage case.
All the arrested accused in the teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case pleaded not guilty before a court on Sunday.
The case filed over Saturday’s bomb explosions at Huseni Dalan, the Shia community’s headquarters in old part of Dhaka city, has been transferred to Detective Branch of police.
Police arrested a BNP leader and former MP of Dhaka-13 contingency from Paribagh area of the city early Sunday in connection with a sabotage case. The arrested MP is Doctor Dewan Mohammad Salauddin, vice-present of Dhaka district BNP. A team…
Six people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts on Saturday morning.
The 13th annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Water Partnership on Saturday was told its activities in the coming year would concentrate more on promotion of climate change adaptation through capacity building, help improve sustainable water management and climate change…
Two United Nations experts on the human rights of migrants on Friday called on the European Union to open regular and safe channels for migrants in order ‘to take over the mobility market from the smugglers’.
Dhaka-A suspected criminal was killed in what law enforcers claimed a gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Satarkul road in the city’s Badda area early Friday.
Thirty-three out of 53 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the first quarter (July-Sept) period of the current fiscal year (2015-16).
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge, has come under attack in London, says his daughter Nadia Choudhury in her Facebook account.
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that the law enforcement agencies do not allow militants or terrorists to raise their heads in the country. “We have been taking action against extremists, terrorists or miscreants on the…
News Desk On television screen she is a very popular and famous presenter. She begun hher carrier as a presenter of a programme of her university cultural functgion at the Asian University campus.Now she is a news presenter of Ekushey…
Thirty-four students will vie for one seat in the first year admission test of 2015-16 session in Rajshahi University this year. A total of 1,60,682 students applied to sit for admission test this year against 4,722 seats of the university,…
London (Sangeeta Shashikant) – The United States’ offer to least developed countries of a 10-year transition period to grant pharmaceutical patents is “unconscionable and indefensible”, according to six influential US non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In a letter dated 19 October to…
The re-registration of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) through biometric verification system begins on Wednesday on an experimental basis, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Tuesday.
Dhaka – Japan has decided to temporarily withdraw some 35-40 volunteers, mostly working in rural areas, as they want to take more time to get back to work, said a diplomatic source on Tuesday.
Bonn – (Meena Raman) – It was a dramatic and rocky start to the climate talks in Bonn, Germany, which began on 19 October, under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) of the…
Manila – The ongoing El Niño underscores an urgent need for better risk forecasting models to help small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific adapt to rapid swings in sea levels, researchers say. “Enhanced lead time before a sea…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court granted bail to four employees of non-government organization, Adamya Bangladesh Foundation on Monday afternoon. They have been arrested allegedly for their involvement in human trafficking.
Commuters suffered a lot in the capital due to crisis of public transport on Monday as bus and minibus workers of various routes went on a wildcat strike protesting punishment given by a BRTA mobile court to a bus driver…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said no situation has arisen in the country for which the US can update its security alert for its citizen here.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said highest security measures have been taken to ensure smooth observance of Holy Ashura and celebration of Durga Puja.