Tag: What’s on

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched the 2016 Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future Youth Video Contest.

Dhaka – Noted journalist Mualana Zulfiquer Ahmed Quismati and Abdul Khaleq were laid to eternal rest in Narayanganj and Comilla on Monday. Zulfiquer Ahmd Quismati who was suffering from old age complications died at the United Hospital on Sunday night.…

The family of a Bangladeshi student at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who went missing six days ago says he has contacted them from India’s Himachal Pradesh.Aunik Arnold Dhali’s sister Monica Dhali and aunt Sinthia D Rosario have confirmed that…

The mobile-phone subscribers who are unable to produce their national ID cards for biometric registration of SIMs will be able to use them for six months only.Telecom regulator Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will block their SIM cards after the…

The nation will celebrate the 45th Victory Day on Wednesday, commemorating its glorious victory in a nine-month war against Pakistan occupation forces in 1971.

Indian police arrested 15 Bangladeshi nationals who did not have a valid visa, reports Business Standard.The Indian financial daily quoting a senior inspector Shakeel Shaikh said that these illegal migrants were staying in Bhiwandi in the state of Maharashtra.They were…

The 135th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, a great national leader, will be observed on Saturday with due respect.  Born in 1880 at village Dhanpara in Sirajganj, Bhashani dedicated his life to establishing the rights of the oppressed and…

The government has nominated noted fashion designer Bibi Russell and late educationist Dr Taibun Nahar Rashid for Rokeya Padak-2015 for their outstanding contribution to spreading female education and ensuring women rights.The Padak (award) will be given tomorrow at a function…

Tarana Halim has written to Facebook authorities conveying her wish to discuss a gamut of issues. The state minister for posts and telecommunications sent an email to the social networking site through the Posts and Telecommunications Division.Tarana Halim told Prothom…

Alliance Française de Dhaka is thrilled to host a mime workshop titled ‘The Creative Workshop’ by the distinguished French mime artist ‘Laurent Decol’ on Friday at its Dhanmondi, Dhaka premises.

The Armed Forces Day that marks the establishment of Bangladesh military during the country’s War of Liberation will be observed on Saturday with due solemnity and enthusiasm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her visit to Malta.She was slated to attend the commonwealth head of governments meeting from Nov 25 to Nov 29 there.The foreign ministry also called off Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali’s scheduled press briefing…

Internationally prominent Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed, now living in France with his family, has said he never felt so scared in his life in the past.Anandabazar Patrika published a long story narrating his experience after the deadly multiple terror attacks…

Minister for Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor said here today that those who killed pro-independence forces bloggers of free-thinking and secular politics would be brought to justice.”Politicians do politics for welfare of the commoners but BNP-Jamaat combine killed common people including…

The police detained a man from Fulgazi upazila of Feni district on Tuesday in connection with publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder.A police official, seeking anonymity, said the man named mufti Zahidul Hasan Maruf, 24, son of mufti Habib Ullah, of…

BNP is worried about the health condition of its acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who has been ordered into jail after his surrender in cases of violence.Party spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon warned the government on Tuesday that the people…

The Ganajagaran Mancha will take out a procession towards the home ministry with symbolic coffins and hold a rally at Shahbagh.The secular platform is protesting against the murder of a publisher and another attack on three others.It announced these fresh…

Police have arrested 12 persons in the capital, hours before the Dhaka University’s ‘Ka’ unit admission tests began.Detectives claim these men had taken money from candidates against the promise of giving them the entrance test questions.Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has changed tone on BNP leader MA Kayum’s suspected link with the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella.He struck a softer note on Wednesday, a day after saying Kayum had ordered the murder. After the…

A parliamentary standing committee has been told that women in Bangladesh are mostly unwilling to go to Saudi Arabia to work as house help.Officials at the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment told the parliament committee that ‘false propaganda’…

The US is not sure about the presence of ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) in Bangladesh, but says is working with the government to “assess” who is responsible for the recent murders of foreigners.“It’s for law enforcement…

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…