Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh will play defending champions Palestine in the opening match of the six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament on January 15 at 5:pm at the country’s premier sports venue—Bangabandhu National Stadium here. The 6th edition of…
Voicing deep concern over the ‘deteriorating’ health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday demanded the government immediately release her from jail.
A couple suffered burn injuries following explosion of a gas pipe line at Kayempur in Fatullah area of Sadar upazila on Thursday.
Dhaka University (DU) students staged demonstrations on the campus again on Tuesday morning demanding capital punishment of the man who raped one of their fellow.
Police on Tuesday arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the ‘rape’ of a schoolgirl at the residence of a municipality councilor in Godagari upazila on Monday.
Culture Desk The song ‘Bhuler Gaan’, is voiced by famedsinger Rehan Rasul in Gondi– a film by Fakhrul Arefin Khan.
The cost of living in Dhaka went up by 6.5 percent in 2019 due to hike in prices of commodities and services, said Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).
Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,947people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Tuesday.
Jatiya Oikya Front convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said depriving BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia of her rights to get bail and proper treatment is tantamount to violation of the constitution.
Dhaka, Jan 07 – Mentioning that all preparations have already been completed to hold the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations with electronic voting machines (EVMs), Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Monday said there is no…
The High Court on Monday directed the government to take necessary steps to stop the use of polythene bags and one-time plastic products across the country, including the coastal region, within a year.
A court here on Monday asked the authorities concerned to freeze 194 bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in a money laundering case.
The rape victim, a second-year student of Dhaka University (DU), on Monday informed police that the perpetrator was alone who violated her in the city’s Kurmitola area.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia informed them that she wants to go to any advanced health centre as she is not given proper treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
Dhaka — Former West Indian cricketer and coach Ottis Gibson is maintaining close touch with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to fill the vacant place of Bangladesh National team’s bowling coach. Bangladesh’s last bowling coach and former South African cricketer…
Culture Desk A week-long photography exhibition titled ‘Flash on Rohingya Genocide’ is underway at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segunbagicha in the city. Inaugurated on January 2, the exhibition will continue till January 8.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the police personnel to gain public trust and confidence by developing themselves as the ‘force of people’.
Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up in arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering the fields unusable for agriculture.
Forty five dengue patients, including 35 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said those who failed to wage a movement will never be able to win any election.
Dhaka, Jan 05 – Three chemical warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out following an explosion in one of them in Purba Bandadakpara residential area on Sunday noon.
এবারই প্রথম প্রাথমিক থেকে দ্বাদশ শ্রেণি পর্যন্ত একযোগে শিক্ষাক্রম পরিমার্জনের যজ্ঞ শুরু হচ্ছে। বিরাট মহাযজ্ঞ। যে চার দলিলের ভিত্তিতে এই নতুন কারিকুলাম দাঁড় করানো হচ্ছে, তার গোড়াতেই বড় গলদ। ২০১০ সালের জাতীয় শিক্ষানীতিতে পষ্টাপষ্টি বলা আছে, প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা হবে আট…
Dhaka, Jan 05 – Stating that the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is an ‘ill-motivated government project’ to destroy people’s voting rights, BNP on Sunday urged the Election Commission (EC) to shelve its plan to use it in the upcoming elections…
A court here on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 other people in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam on Sunday alleged that the government is conspiring to kill the former prime minister in jail by depriving her of bail and treatment since her condition is ‘deteriorating fast’.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police personnel to make them the ‘police of people’, saying it is very easy to eliminate any crime through gaining people’s confidence and trust.
Entertainment Desk A five day-long documentary festival featuring films that depicts struggles for liberation and human rights violations in various parts of the world will be held at Liberation War Museum in April, says a press release.
Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Ambassador Manuel Sager will visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Monday to observe the conditions of the Rohingyas and host communities. Sager will be here in Bangladesh until…
The untimely rain which hit many parts of the country over the last three days since Thursday is delaying the harvest of locally-grown onion in Faridpur region.
Jessore, Jan 05 – A local Awami League activist suffered bullet injuries in an attack reportedly by party rivals at Chandpur village in Chougachha Upazila of Jessore on Saturday night.