The fatwa issued by clerics in Bangladesh against terrorism and suicide attacks is a welcome step, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said, IANS reported from New Delhi. Responding to a media query about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh,…
Dhaka – The government will brief foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka over the latest Rohingya situation in the country on Monday, Unb news agency reported.
Dhaka-The BNP yesterday reiterated its demand for judicial inquiry into all the “extrajudicial killings” including the death of prime suspect in a case filed for attempting to murder a teacher in Madaripur.
Dhaka-Family members of condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali met him at Kashimpur jail here on Saturday.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday came down hard on the British government for giving shelter to BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, saying he has link to killings in Bangladesh and giving threat to British MP Tulip Siddiq.
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday described Sheikh Hasina as a ‘name-only’ Prime Minister, saying she works at the ‘dictate’ of others.
By David Swanson Mikhail Gorbachev and Barack Obama have radically different views on what is involved in doing away with nuclear weapons. Reading Gorbachev’s new book, The New Russia, is a bit disappointing, but it contains some key insights. It…
Antonio Ginatta As the casualty numbers in Orlando come in (now at 49 victims confirmed dead and 54 wounded) people are struggling to make sense of the senseless, to find in the killer’s actions and words some clue to the…
Rome – On the International Day of Family Remittances, 16 June, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), calls for greater recognition of the vital financial contribution migrants make to the economic stability of their…
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday reiterated her allegation that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina knows as to who are behind the recent killings but she is not taking them into custody.
The High court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of six convicts and commuted that of seven to life term jail in the Awami League leader Ahsanullah Master killing case.An HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath…
Dramatic price drops for solar and wind electricity set to continue as cost reduction drivers shift Abu Dhabi – The average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease by between 26 and 59 per cent by…
Dhaka – The 5th Partnership Dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States will be held in Washington on June 23-24. Security issues might get priority in the two-day bilateral dialogue. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque will lead the Bangladeshi delegation…
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government is overhauling obsolete laws and reforming the judiciary as a country cannot move forward without modern and time-befitting effective laws.
Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Tuesday warned the police administration that they must arrest the killers of slain Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly or quit the job.“If you want to continue with the service here, (you) must arrest the killers.…
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a Florida community club in the United States and called for taking collective efforts to eradicate this hateful menace from society.
Dhaka-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed concern over the dramatic rise in the incidents of murder in Bangladesh.
The BNP yesterday claimed that more than 2,100 leaders and activists of the party have been arrested during the ongoing nationwide anti-militancy crackdown.
Officer-in-Charge of Gendaria Police station sustained bullet injuries in an encounter with robbers during a raid at Namapara slum area of Gendaria early Sunday.
Dhaka-BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar party for professionals and eminent personalities here on Sunday, the sixth day of Ramadan.
A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in…
Dhaka – Police have rescued a Hindu priest, who was allegedly abducted by a miscreant gang, from Moghalhat frontier in Rangpur-Lalmonirhat district early Saturday, Unb news agency reported. The rescued man was identified as Uttom Kumar, 58, a resident in…
Police have arrested 37 militants in different areas of the country last 24 hours of nationwide anti-terror drives. Of them, 27 are members of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), seven of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and three from other militant…
Dhaka – The BNP on Saturday claimed that the ongoing anti-militant crackdown has turned into a ploy of mass arrest and an opportunity for law enforcers to make extra money ahead of Eid. “The government, which depends on police to…
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown, Louisville on Friday, as thousands of mourners along the route chanted, “Ali! Ali!” for the former heavyweight champion known simply as The Greatest. At a Muslim funeral for Ali…
Dhaka-Some 636 people, including BNP-Jamaat-Shibir men, have been arrested in several districts and the capital as the law enforcers launched a weeklong countrywide anti-militant combing operation on Friday.
Dhaka – An attendant of Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Ashram (asylum) was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Hemayetpur upazila of Pabna district on early Friday, Unb news agency reported. Meanwhile, an activist of local unit Jubo League was…
A third of all food is spoiled or thrown away worldwide as it moves from where it is produced to where it is eaten. A new global standard for measuring food loss and waste will help countries and companies step…
The 1320-megawatt thermal power plant project at Rampal, adjacent to the Sundarbans, is yet to get environmental clearance certificate from the Department of Environment (DoE).
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that the ruling Awami League and its cohorts are committing target killings across the country in a bid to perpetuate its power. “It’s regrettable that a police officer’s wife has been killed and…