Civil Society representatives today urged the government to redirect its current 13 million US dollar subsidy to renewable energy, especially to solar power generation, from conventional power plants run by fossil fuels.They said aside from more investment and policy focus…
Washington (AP/UNB) — The FBI informed Congress Friday it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished. The…
People’s SAARC, a regional network of progressive South Asian people’s movements and mass organisations, is deeply dismayed at the cancellation of the 19th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan in…
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to come up with a framework on how to form a neutral and strong Election Commission (EC) to hold the 11th general election in a credible manner with the participation of all political parties,…
Dhaka-Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urged the government not to take US$2 billion loan from the World Bank (WB) as climate finance.
Ruling Awami League new general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday hinted that there is no possibility of holding any talks with BNP over the formation of next Election Commission to oversee the next general elections in the country to be held…
Dhaka-Hawkers and police locked in a clash while employees of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) went for an eviction drive in an underground market of Gulistan.
Savar: A man, who received burn injuries in a mobile phone explosion here, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Zafar Miah. Hailing from Ruiyer Nag village in Nageswari upazila of Kurigram district,…
A World Bank ‘ease of doing business’ has ranked Bangladesh at 176 among 190 countries.Despite gaining two spots, the country lags behind most other SAARC countries, managing only to overtake Afghanistan according to the ‘Doing Business 2017’ findings.The World Bank…
Dhaka-BNP on Wednesday said the National Committee for the Protection of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Ports should accept BNP’s support for gearing up its movement against Rampal power plant project.
Dhaka – Carlos Alberto, captain of the great Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup, died on Tuesday of a heart attack in Rio at the age of 72, Brazil’s Sportv, for whom he worked, announced.Carlos Alberto starred alongside…
By Cassandra Vinograd and Hind Hassan About 500 people have been arriving each day at the Debaga refugee camp in northern Iraq, with aid organizations bracing for an influx as the Mosul offensive proceeds. Some 11,000 refugees arrived at the…
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against Dhaka city BNP’s Joint Convener MA Qaiyum and six others in the case filed in connection with the murder of Italian aid worker Tavella Cesare.
The cyclonic storm, ‘Kyant’, over the east central bay and adjoining area moved slightly westwards over the same area.It was centring at 6pm on Tuesday about 595 kms south-southwest of Chittagong port, 520 kms south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 615…
The New York Times published an article by the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) Tuesday claiming global warming could cause more child marriages and sexual abuse in third world cities.Brishti Rafiq’s father brought her to live in Dhaka, Bangladesh when she…
Calais (AP/UNB) — Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags walked to a registration center in the French port city of Calais Monday, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they called…
Dhaka – Police in a raid arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Khalishkhali village in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat early Tuesday.
Dhaka – Some 40 lakh girls were married off at the age of 14 on average in the country in the last two years beginning from November 2014, according to an NGO, UNB news agency reported. Initiatives for Married Adolescent…
Dhaka – Twenty eight senior police officers in the rank of superintendents of police (SP) have been given new postings in different positions across the country, UNB news agency reported. Home Ministry on Monday has already issued a notification in…
Dhaka – UNDP Deputy Country Director Nick Beresford gives insight into the importance of the brick industry and Bangladesh, and how it can be made more sustainable. UNDP and the House Building Research Institute (HBRI) held a joint policy dialogue…
Dhaka: BNP on Sunday voiced frustration that the ruling Awami League’s 20th council could not yield any positive outcome as per people’s demand for overcoming the country’s political crisis. UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka -An 12-year-old boy will marry his cousin, 11, after the groom-to-be’s father gave the couple’s engagement his blessing. While family and friends celebrated Nasser Hassan’s eldest son’s lavish wedding, the father decided to ‘double the joy’ in Egypt by…
Dhaka – Foreign politicians from 11 countries who attended the 20th National Council of the Awami League (AL) on Saturday praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her dynamic leadership terming her a ‘rare’ leader of the sub-continent. Terming Awami League…
With reports that Trump hotels are seeing occupancy rates plummet faster than the GOP presidential nominee is falling in the polls, the CEO for Trump Hotels announced future travelers won’t be seeing the old name on any new developments.
Indian border security forces on Friday said they shot dead seven Pakistani soldiers in retaliation to a ceasefire violation on the disputed Kashmir border, with Pakistan refuting the claims. India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said Pakistan Rangers targeted Indian positions…
Saudi Arabia has executed one of its own young princes for murder for the first time since 1975. He spent his last hours with his family, saying goodbye to his loved ones, Khaleez Times reported. Death sentence carried out in…
The well marked low over east central bay and adjoining area intensified into a depression over the same area (near lat 13.50 n and long 88.50e).It is likely to intensify further. Sea will remain moderate near the depression centre, a…
Internet service in Bangladesh would be disrupted temporarily for 7 days due to the maintenance work of submarine cable.”The SEA-ME-WE-4 Consortium would carry out maintenance work of the undersea cable at its Singapore end from 12am of October 23 to…
Dhaka – Bangladesh on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to consider working on a resolution against illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Naked statue of Hillary Clinton in downtown Manhattan causes fight during morning commute “To put something up like this in front of my work place…I shouldn’t have to see this,” she later told the Daily News, fighting back tears as…