Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh will continue to do its part in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence and zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism and violent extremism.“We need to better harness the UN’s ability…
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on Saturday with due religious fervour and solemnity.
The Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will end on Friday with the immersion of goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge who retired recently, has been attacked in London.His daughter said in a Facebook post that she and her father landed at London’s Heathrow airport on Wednesday night.Before heading home, the two…
Bangladesh is trying to send workers to Australia, Thailand and Canada, apart from Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, says the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister.“We are discussing the matter (with those countries) right now,” Nurul Islam BSc told reporters on…
War crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury has filed a petition for deposition by eight witnesses, including five Pakistani nationals, during the hearing of a review of his death sentence.The BNP leader’s lawyer Hujjatul Islam al Fesani said the plea has…
The schedule of admission test for honours first year under 2014-15 sessions at Rajshahi University (RU) has been published, said a press release signed by acting register Professor Entajul Haque on Friday night.
The famous Shikdarbari Puja Mondop of Hakimpur is all set to welcome goddess Durga with an installation of 451 idols of gods and goddesses of the Hindu community.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she would eradicate militancy at ‘any cost’.She reiterated her government’s firm stand against terrorism and militancy at a rally in Kurhigram on Thursday.She said the recent murders of two foreigners were part of a…
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus launched Yunus Social Business Week, China, in Beijing on October 9. This is a week-long program taking Professor Yunus from Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzen, and Hong Kong.
Thousands mourned the 95 victims of Turkey’s deadliest attack in years as state inspectors tried Sunday to identify who sent suicide bombers to a rally promoting peace with the country’s Kurdish rebels.
A murder case accused fled while under treatment in police custody at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning.Sources at the DMCH said Tajud Khan, 30, an accused in a murder case filed with Atpara police station in Netrakona…
Police are investigating whether religious differences or feuds over business interests led to the murder of former Power Development Board (PDB) chairman Muhammad Khijir Khan.His younger son Ashraful Islam filed a case against six to seven unidentified assailants on Tuesday,…
The body of Kunio Hoshi has been kept at Rangpur Medical College Hospital after autopsy, officials say, as police continue to question six detainees for information about the Japanese national’s murder. They have also started a case accusing three unidentified…
The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco Ed Lee made an official proclamation declaring September 30 as Yunus Day. On this day, San Francisco based Give2Asia Foundation, an organization which has a presence in 25 countries throughout…
Miscreants fired gunshots from rear side of the Italian national Cesare Tavella, who was shot dead in Gulshan-2 in the city on Monday evening, while he was walking, says a forensic expert.
Ramaswamy R Iyer, scholar, activist and policy-maker, Honorary Professor, Centre for Policy Research, formerly Secretary, Water Resources, Govt of India, whose incisive writings have illuminated our understanding of rivers and shaped India’s water policy, passed away in Delhi on Wednesday…
The Bangladesh Railway will start sale of advance ticket from September 15 to facilitate holidaymakers ahead Eid-ul-Azha. “The selling of advance rail ticket will being on September 15 and continue till September 19. Besides, the selling of return ticket will…
EasyNet , an easy solution that will help custometrs to learn about the internet through video tutorials, try free internet sites for themselves and buy small data packages, all without an existing data subscription has been introduced by Grameenphone Ltd.…
Various political and socio-cultural organizations here have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the National Mourning Day and 40th anniversary of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15.The programmes include hoisting of national flag…
The Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) will be holding a General Membership Meeting at 6:00 pm, tomorrow, Thursday, August 6, 2015 at DC 37 Headquarters 5th floor Conference Room 125 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10007 Mr. Hank…
Facebook Inc plans to scale up its service to offer free basic Internet on mobile phones, an executive said, after introducing the application in 17 developing countries over the past year.In a blog post released to mark the first year…