Tag: What’s 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

FuturZwei, the Goethe-Institut  Washington Washington, DC, July 24 – The social and environmental crises of our time cannot be resolved by relying solely on politicians, engineers or the market. Instead, each individual must explore what is possible. This attitude is…

Md. Alauddin Gazi, Assistant Vice President and Manager of Torki branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited died on July 19, 2015 Sunday at a hospital in Barisal (Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Ilaihe Rajeon). He was 57. He left his wife,…

The Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL), the only citywide South Asian organization that makes political endorsements in New York City, has endorsed Ali Najmi’scandidacy for Council District 23. “The South Asian Community is growing and we have been…

At the request of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) for a screening committee interview all main candidates agreed to join from 3:00 to 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Smart Academia 165-23 Hillside Avenue –…

An Eid-e-Miladunnabi programme organised by the expatriate Bangladesh community was held at the Diversity Plaza of Jackson Heights, New York on 26 April. The programme was also dedicated as ‘Campaign 2015’ to press their demand for government holiday marking the…

Jaipur. The world’s leading organisation for the handicapped and the makers of the world famous Jaipur Foot, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) will hold a camp in Dhaka for 20 days to provide on- the-spot artificial limb fitments to…

On Sunday April 26, Comptroller Stringer will tour Starling Avenue, the heart of the Bangladeshi community in the Bronx, with business and community leaders. The tour will begin at 4:30pm and will be immediately followed by a roundtable discussion at…

This Sunday, April 26, 2015, the ASAAL Bronx Chapter and the Parkchester area Bangladeshi leadership are jointly meeting and greeting with New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. All those who have been individually contacted are…

The 44th Victory Day is being observed in a befitting manner in the district today.

Rangpur divisional unit of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF) in association with local cultural organisations observed the Group Theatre Day-2014 here through various daylong programmes on Saturday.

Experts at the concluding session of a two-day country planning workshop on Saturday