The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy 2015’ seeking the ICT sector’s faster development and promotion to help the country achieve the middle-income status by 2021 and turn it into a…
Mighty South Africa took a 1-0 lead beating Bangladesh by 52 runs in the first Twenty20 International match of their two-match NPOLY National Polymer T20I Cricket Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. Chasing a moderate target…
BNP on Sunday demanded an investigation into the matter to find out whether he was provoked my any quarter. The party also demanded punishment of Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN Dr AK Abdul Momen for presenting Gaffar Chowdhury with…
By Natalie Obiko Pearson, Bloomberg New Delhi – Japan is beating out China in a race to build Bangladesh’s first deep-water port as the region’s powers jostle for a foothold in the Indian Ocean. Construction of the 18-meter-deep port at Matarbari on…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday claimed that the judiciary is now more controlled even after its separation from the executive due to the government’s interference. “The judiciary has been separated, but it hasn’t become independent. The independence of the…
BNP on Saturday said that foreign donors have expressed their no-confidence in the current government’s election management by withdrawing funds for an Election Commission project. Addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon urged…
Bangladesh will face upper hand South Africa in the first Twenty20 International match of their two-match NPOLY National Polymer T20I Cricket Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The match will start 1:00 pm Bangladesh time. The…
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said the High Court will decide whether Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya will continue as minister or not. “No one is above the law…the Maya issue is under trial,…
By DAVID PITT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who created a nonprofit organization credited with helping more than 150 million people out of poverty was named the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize on Wednesday.…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will perform the holy Umrah this year in Saudi Arabia where she is expected to join by her elder son Tarique Rahman. Reliable source closed to Tarique Rahman in London yesterday confirmed that he would fly…
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said on Thursday that the government if afraid of facing the people in election because of the wrath the ministers and their cohorts have earned by resorting the corruption and misrule. Addressing an iftar mohfil…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday appreciated Bangladesh’s graduation from the low-income status to lower middle-income nation (LMIC) terming it as an ‘extraordinary progress.’ She made the remark while talking journalists after a meeting with Foreign Minister AH…
The United Nations has decided to terminate a project titled ‘Strengthening Election Management in Bangladesh’ much earlier than the schedule citing reasons for withdrawal of funds by donors. “With the withdrawal of donor funds to the project however the project…
China formally committed to halting the rise in its greenhouse gas emissions within the next 15 years on Tuesday, in a much anticipated strategy to help build a UN climate deal in 2015. The world’s top greenhouse gas emitter said…
In a landmark ruling, the law has stepped in to demand that the Netherlands does more to tackle the “imminent danger” of climate change. A Dutch court has made history by ordering the Netherlands government to make deeper cuts than…
The detectives have sufficient evidences that rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and Janakantha’s auto-rickshaw driver Yakub were killed due to hit by bullets, triggered from the pistol of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan. Briefing reporters at DMP…
The framing of issue in a case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others over loan default of Dandy Dyeing Limited was deferred again on Tuesday. Money Loan Court-1 of Dhaka set July 14 as the new date for…
Different Islamic parties and organizations yesterday gave ultimatums to the government to arrest the sacked minister, Abdul Latif Siddique by Thursday otherwise they threatened to tougher movement including enforcing non-stop hartal. Leaders of the organizations made the ultimatums a day…
Police rescued am abducted businessman and arrested five alleged kidnappers from Fulbaria of Turagh area in the city. The rescued businessman was Mukhlesur Rahman, while the alleged arrested abductors are—Md Abdul Gafur, Gulam Md Chowdhury, Md Azad Hossain Rukun, Md…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the current ‘repressive’ government is unable to realise what dire consequences it awaits for its ‘misdeeds and misrule’. “This oppressor regime must go. But, those who are now talking tall talks and committing…
Over seven months after his arrest, sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique was freed from jail on bail on Monday. Latif Siddique was released from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell around 5pm after his release order had reached…
A female pilot went missing as a training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force crashed in the Bay of Bengal near the port city on Monday morning. The missing pilot was identified as Tahmid, Flight Lieutenant of Bangladesh Air Force.
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed June 30 to hear on a petition to place Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a 7-day fresh remand. Magistrate Aminul Haque of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed July 8 to decide on whether to admit charges against Rana Plaza building owner Sohel Rana and 40 others in the case filed for the murder of more than 1,100 people in the collapse…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that the opposition leaders and activists as well as common people are deprived of justice due to politicisation of judiciary. She made the allegation while addressing an iftar mahfil organised by Doctors Association…
Life in Dhaka city remained seriously affected by huge tailback of traffic on almost all roads, lanes and bylanes for the last three days. The traffic congestion has been exaerbated by monsoon rinfall that has caused water logging in many…
BNP leader Asaduzzaman Ripon has claimed that Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has been making ‘irrational’ remarks against Khaleda Zia to safeguard his ministerial berth. BNP’s International Affairs Secretary Ripon addressed a press briefing at the party headquarters at Dhaka’s…
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged political parties to get united to save the country and its people from misrule as the current “unelected” government she said has no responsibility towards them. “Many top leaders of different political…
Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, left 11 people dead in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts on Friday. In Cox’s Bazar, two people — Futu, 18 of Juyaria Nala area and Amir Hossian, 45, of Kaoyar Kup area–…
Bangladesh is set to sign the Articles of Agreement (AoA) of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 29 in Beijing in which the country is expected to get less than one percent or 0.6729 percent shares of the…