Attorney General Jeff Sessions met Russia’s ambassador twice during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last year, the US government has confirmed. Mr Sessions, a senator at the time, did not disclose the contacts at his January confirmation hearing.
Dhaka, Mar 1 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that her government will take steps to rehabilitate those militants who want to return to the right path alongside giving them the necessary legal assistance. “Bangladesh is now…
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that a government minister has instigated the transport strike that created an anarchy in the transport sector.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has taken various projects for the development of the country’s power sector to ensure electricity for all by 2021 at an affordable price. “Considering the growing demand for power with the…
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the suspected arms supplier of the Gulshan café attack from the city’s Banani area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as ‘Boro Mizan’, 60, the…
Dhaka, Mar 1 – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of the ongoing countrywide transport strike and seeking an order to stop the strike within 24 hours.
Dhaka, Feb 28 – The month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela’ ended in the capital on Tuesday with a huge turnout of book-lovers and sales. A total of 3646 new books came out during the month-long book fair. A closing ceremony…
Dhaka, Mar 1 – An unspecified number of transport workers were injured in a clash with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the trouble began when…
Dhaka – The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved an overall Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) outlay of Tk 1,19,296 crore for the current fiscal year (FY17), down from the original overall ADP size of Tk 1,23,345 crore. The…
Passengers have been left suffering as Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation went on a countrywide indefinite strike on Tuesday protesting court verdicts that sentenced a driver to death and another to life imprisonment. The federation which enforced the strike in…
The High Court on Tuesday stayed for six months the government decision for raising gas prices for all consumers in the second phase scheduled to be effective from June 1. Meanwhile, the court also issued a rule asking the authorities…
New York, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — The 32.9 million viewers tuning into Sunday’s Academy Awards represented a drop-off of more than a million from last year and Oscar’s smallest audience since 2008.
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee on Monday said the magnitude of violence that Rohingya families have witnessed and experienced is far more extensive than she had originally speculated. Speaking at the end…
The much talked-about ‘Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2017’ was passed in the Parliament allowing marriage of both underage girls and boys in special cases. State Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs Meher Afroze (Chumki) moved the bill in the House…
Los Angeles, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — Oscar winner, take two. Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” — not, as it turned out, “La La Land” — won best picture at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset and an unprecedented fiasco that…
Two years on, police are still to submit the chargesheet in the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.Investigators say they were waiting to arrest the five, who were involved in the assassination of the Bangladeshi American writer, who founded the blog…
A court here today sentenced four persons, including three engineers of Bangladesh Railway, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over the death of a three-year old Zihad after falling into a pipe of an abandoned water pump…
Seventy percent of the existing household gas connections will be replaced with LPG over the next two years, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Sunday. “Our original plan was three years. But, one year has already…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked all concerned to expand Bangladesh’s export market with diversified products in the world market and thus boost export earnings. “We’ve to diversify our products and expand our market for boosting our export earnings…
Today (Feb 25) is the 8th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital that left 74 people, including 57 army officers, killed in 2009. To mark the day, special prayers were offered at the mosque…
Twelve people, including a student and two teachers, were killed and 17 other people injured in accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Jhenidah, Tangail , Rajshahi, Panchagarh and Chuadanga districts on Saturday. In Cox’s Bazar, four people, including two siblings,…
Dhaka, Feb 24 – The 8th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital will be observed on Saturday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this…
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Friday announced a half-day hartal in the capital for Tuesday protesting the fresh hike in gas prices. “The CPB and BSD have called a hartal for February 28 (Tuesday)…
President Donald Trump has said he wants the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal, in his first comments on the issue since taking office. Mr Trump said it would be “wonderful” if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise…
Gas prices have been raised for all types of consumers which will come into effect in two phases as per the decision of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). Newly appointed BERC chairman Monwar Islam, who recently retired as power…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay an official visit to India in the first half of April this year. It was informed when visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday said the United States is not in competition with either India or China here in Bangladesh rather share the goal of a prosperous, safe, and stable society for Bangladesh. “I believe that…
Cape Canaveral, Feb 23 (AP/UNB) — For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in…
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world–and that figure is set to grow, according to the International Energy Agency. With sustainable solutions in mind, a new study published by eminent physicist Jo Hermans in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said work is on to shortlist the sites for state-of-the-art Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport in any of the capital’s surrounding areas. “On completion of the site survey work for the airport, now the…