Dhaka – Brahmaputra river bank erosion has taken a serious turn rendering at least 300 families of Nayachar Bazar and Kodalkati Bazar in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram homeless in the last three weeks. During a visit to the areas mentioned…
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Thousands pay last respects to Fidel Castro in Santiago
Cuban President Raul Castro has led final tributes to his brother Fidel at an event in the city of Santiago. Tens of thousands of Cubans attended the ceremony, as well as world leaders. Raul Castro vowed to honour the socialist…
No special aircraft for VVIPs, says PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ruled out the possibility of procuring any special aircraft for her safer journeys saying there is no scope in Bangladesh to go for such luxury at this moment. “Any scope of showing…
Cloud over facebook posting that hurt Muslim sentiment in BD
Dhaka – Namita Rani Das, mother of Rasraj who was arrested for hurting religious sentiments through an alleged Facebook post, on Friday demanded the release of her son immediately, claiming her son innocent as he was illiterate and incapable of…
New wave of destruction in Rohingya villages: Where is Suu Kyi
New York – New satellite imagery of Burma’s Rakhine State shows 820 newly identified structures destroyed in five different ethnic Rohingya villages between November 10-18, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should without further delay invite the…
27 tourists rescued as launch catches fire in the Sundarbans
The authorities have rescued 27 tourists after a fire broke out on a ferry they were travelling by at Chandpai Range in the Sundarbans.The vessel, Pelican-1, caught fire in Harbaria around 6:30pm on Friday, Divisional Forest Officer (East) Md Saidul…
Stand against bill on child marriage, HRW urges BD MPs
Dhaka – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the members of Bangladesh’s parliament to stand against a new bill which’ puts girls at high risk of child marriage.’ Senior researcher of HRW’s Women Rights Division Heather Barr in…
Govt receives parliament building’s original design by Louis Kahn
Bangladesh has received a copy of the parliament building’s original design, prepared by the famous American architect Louis I Kahn, from the University of Pennsylvania.Kahn designed the structure in the early 1960s, when the regime of Pakistan’s first military ruler,…
Khaleda says not quilty in graft case, charges in 10 sabotage cases Jan 9
Dhaka – BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday pleaded herself not guilty in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case. She disclosed the claim while giving her statement in self-defence in the case. Meanwhile, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the…
None to be allowed to use BD soil for terrorist acts: PM
Reiterating her government’s ‘zero tolerance policy’ against terrorism and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one will be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for terrorist acts against any country.”We won’t tolerate any sort of terrorism and militancy…
World AIDS Day Thursday: Over 9000 cases, 500 die in BD
Dhaka – The World Aids Day is being observed Thursday with the theme “Hands up for HIV Prevention” in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with the theme “Hands up for HIV Prevention”. According to a report of UNAIDS, it…
Pohela Baishakh rally gets UNESCO recognition
Dhaka – The traditional procession brings out on Pohela Boishakh – the first day of the Bangla New year – has got recognition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,…
Plane that crashed with Brazil football team did run ‘out of fuel’
The plane which crashed in Colombia killing most of a Brazilian football side had run out of fuel, according to a leaked audio recording. A pilot can be heard repeatedly requesting permission to land due to an electric failure and…
PM urges AL workersl to campaign for the party to retain power
Dhaka-Describing 2019 as the election year for Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Awami League followers, both at home and abroad, to carry out campaign for the party to retain power as it works for development.
Glitch in PM’s flight: Six Biman officials suspended
Dhaka – Six officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were suspended on Wednesday for their negligence of duty in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Budapest, Hungary. “As part of the department punishment, the six Biman officials were suspended…
Dhaka, Budapest to work together for common prosperity: PM
Budapest (Hungary) – Dhaka and Budapest have agreed to work together for common prosperity alongside joining hands with the international community to fight against ‘terrorism and violent extremism’. “We’ve reached an understanding that there’s much scope for Bangladesh and Hungary…
Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 76 dead
A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 76 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Five people survived.The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated…
Making France Great Again: Fillon on Trump’s footsteps?
Marwan Bishara Fillon’s nationalistic rhetoric has transgressed into National Front territory. Francois Fillon, the seasoned French politician who won the weekend’s Republican primaries is nothing like Donald Trump; the two are very different political animals with different characters and different…
Muslim purge in Myanmar is so awful it’s seen from space
By Patrick Winn If Myanmar’s notorious army is to be believed — that’s a very big if — its soldiers are facing a highly deranged adversary. Along Myanmar’s marshy coastline, villages keep going up in flames. All of them belong…
PM for global fund on water to support research, innovation
Stressing the need for addressing issues like protection and utilisation of water resources comprehensively, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Monday shared a 7-point agenda with global leaders with a call for creating a Global Fund on water.“Financing is a…
Probes initiated on glitches in flight carrying Bangladesh PM
Biman Bangladesh Airlines and the Aviation and Tourism Ministry have formed two separate probe committees to investigate the technical glitch in a flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Biman Bangladesh Airlines formed a four-member probe committee, led by Chief of Technical…
Bangladesh PM reaches Budapest after emergency landing midway
Dhaka – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying PM Sheikh Hasina to Hungary has reached Budapest hours after making an emergency landing in Turkmenistan. The aircraft touched down at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport at 6:05pm local time (11:05pm BdST)…
Give shelter to Rohingyas, Khaleda to govt
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called upon the government to give shelter to Myanmar’s displaced Rohingya people ‘as much as possible’ on humanitarian ground as they are facing a genocide and brutalities in their own homeland. UNB…
College teacher among 2 killed in Phulbaria fight with cops
Dhaka – Two people, including a teacher of Phulbaria Degree College, were killed and 20 others injured as police allegedly charged baton on teachers and students during their demonstrations seeking nationalisation of the college in the upazila in Mymensingh on…
PM flies off to Budapest to attend Water Summit
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for Budapest on Sunday morning on a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian President Dr Janos Ader to attend the Budapest Water Summit 2016. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Younger Cubans grieve Castro, 9-day mourning begins Monday
Havana — Cuba will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he led on a victorious march across the island in 1959. The plans…
AL MP, UNO among 33 sued over Gaibandha Santal attack
Dhaka – A case was filed against 33 people, including a ruling party MP, upazila nirbahi officer, managing director of Rangpur Sugar Mill and officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj police station, in connection with the attack on Santal people in Gobindaganj upazila…
Reconstitute EC through discussions: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday renewed her call for reconstituting the Election Commission (EC) through discussions to protect people’s voting rights.The BNP chief came up with call on her twitter account in the afternoon.“The proposal for forming the EC…
Fidel Castro, Latin American Marxist idol, dies at 90
Havana (AP/UNB) – Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has died at age 90, his brother, President Raul Castro announced late Friday on state television. Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and…
Two soldiers 4 Taliban fighters killed in Pakistan mosque attack
Pakistan’s army says a mosque has been targeted at an army facility in northwest Pakistan, resulting in a shootout in which four of the attackers and two soldiers have died.