Journalists from Least Developed Countries have formed an 11-member “LDC Journalists Forum” with Rafiqul Islam Azad of Bangladesh as its president and Baboucarr Camara of Gambia and Ben Jounior Kambire of Mali as its general secretaries for two years term.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina of continuing his county’s support to materialise her Vision 2021 for elevating Bangladesh to a middle-income country by 2021. Abe came up with the assurance during a…
Gazipur – A fire broke out in a textile mill at Tepirbari in Sreepur upazila early Saturday.
A discussion will be held at the National Press Club on Saturday marking the World No Tobacco Day, 2016. ADHUNIK, an anti-tobacco organization, and World Health Organisation (WHO) have jointly arranged the discussion. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Hundreds of disgruntled individuals vented their frustration at event organiser Green Events BD for cancelling the much-anticipated ‘An Evening with Eluveitie’, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB).
The online application process for admission to private and government colleges under 2016-17 academic session will begin across the country on Thursday.The process will continue till June 9. On May 12, the Education Ministry issued guidelines for admission to the…
Dhaka-The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) yesterday placed a 7-point demand including 60 reserved parliamentary seats for the minority community to ensure participation and representation in the parliament. They put the demands forming a human chain in front…
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed across the country on Saturday. Buddha Purnima marks Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May. Dhaka, UNB…
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday alleged that the government has invented a ‘Mossad plot’ to divert people’s attention to a different direction from its misdeeds and corruption. “As people are protesting the Bangladesh Bank reserve account heist…
Dhaka-A court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued warrants to arrest of 29 BNP-men, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo, in an arson case filed with Paltan Police Station of the capital.
Dhaka-Jatiya Party keeps mum over the alleged involvement of its lawmaker AKM Salim Osman in publicly humiliating a school headmaster in Narayanganj.
Unlike the report of the first autopsy conducted on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found rape evidence on the body of the Comilla Victoria College student in its DNA test.
Veteran journalist Sadeque Khan passed away here on Monday. He was 84. Family sources said Sadeque Khan, an Ekushey Padak winning Language Movement hero, entered a bathroom of his Baridhara residence in the morning to have a shower. As he was…
A group of BNP leaders on Monday held a meeting with US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs William E. Todd at the residence of its Ambassador Marcia Bernicat. The BNP delegation, led by its standing…
Awami League will observe its President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘Homecoming Day’ on Tuesday in a befitting manner. On May 17 in 1981, Sheikh Hasina returned home from India after nearly six years in exile following the assassination of…
A court here on Monday sent Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) teacher Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over sexual harassment of female students of the university. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday alleged that BNP has joined hands with Jewish intelligence agency Mossad to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “BNP is trying to dislodge the government after their failure to wage a movement…
Dhaka – A 48-hour transport strike, enforced by the transport owners and workers in 21 southwestern districts under Khulna and Barisal divisions and greater Faridpur demanding withdrawal of two compensation cases for road accidents, is underway peacefully for second day…
Court Correspondent The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 42 accused in the murder case filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza building to June 13.
Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics. All 17 signatories to the declaration are current or former ministers. Among them is Christine Lagarde, the head of…
An woman agricultural labourer was killed and another injured in a lightning strike as they were working in a paddy field in Birganj upazila of the district on Saturday noon.
A boy who committed suicide on Wednesday after failing to find his name in the list of students passing the recently held SSC exams, actually secured GPA-5 in the exam.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia had stigmatised the nation through awarding the national flag to the vehicles of executed war criminals Motiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. Bhola, UNB News Agency Reported.
Dismissing State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam’s allegation that BNP is plotting with Mossad to return to power, its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party has no link with the Israeli intelligence agency. “The…
Benapole – Allegedly failing to bear torture by her son, a woman took her own life by taking pesticide at Nischintapur village in Jessore Sadar upazila early Friday.
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed May 19 to cross-examine complainant Harun-or-Rashid on behalf of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tareque Rahman in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested two graft suspects from Narayanganj in a graft case. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Manikganj – Three people, including a woman, were killed and 28 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Manra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision to drop the names of 22 freedom fighters of Gaibandha from the list of 479 listed freedom fighters should not be declared illegal.…
Court Correspondent A lawyer of the Supreme Court on Monday morning sued police sergeant Selim of Motijheel Traffic Zone (east) on the charge of extortion while the court ordered judicial inquiry into the incident.