-- 2017-10-23 10:58:36
The arrest of two students of the University of Dhaka, who happen to be office-bearers of the students' front of the ruling party, and an admission seeker dismisses the earlier claim of no leak of que...
-- 2017-10-23 09:54:31
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy Monday urged people to have faith in the ruling party in restoring democracy. "Awami League reestablished democracy in the country overcoming all sorts o...
-- 2017-10-23 09:19:59
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said only the people can ‘restore’ democracy in the country, not any other ‘third country’. The BNP leader came up...
-- 2017-10-22 11:21:41
It is no secret that the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) that operates under the ministry of planning, has its deficiencies. Last Saturday, this paper carried a report about...
-- 2017-10-22 08:52:11
The High Court has again granted bail to BNP leader Mahatab Uddin Ahmmed Chowdhury Minar, the prime suspect in the 2014 murder of Feni Awami League leader Ekramul Haq. Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Jus...
-- 2017-10-21 10:05:35
The optimism of forging closer relations between Japan and Bangladesh expressed by the newly appointed Japanese ambassador to this country transcends the level of customary bonhomie exuded on the occa...
-- 2017-10-20 11:01:27
Parents and guardians do take heart from a vital circular issued by the Directorate of Primary Education recently. Prompted by a higher court directive, the directorate has issued on October 05 the ci...
-- 2017-10-19 12:00:00
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has secured bail in the Zia Welfare Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Khaleda returned to Dhaka from London on Oct 18 after warrants were issued against her in th...
-- 2017-10-19 12:00:00
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says not even one taka of the Zia Orphanage Trust was misused or embezzled and that all of the funds are entrusted to banks, reports bdnews24.com. The BNP chief says she b...
-- 2017-10-19 12:00:00
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Sylhet has announced the dismissal of its district committee after allegations that several activists were involved in the murder of BCL activist Omor Miad. The...
-- 2017-10-19 09:58:00
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Thursday said BNP's proposals submitted before the Election Commission (EC) in the dialogue are opposed to public interests. "Awami League gave proposals...
-- 2017-10-19 09:22:38
A surge in the consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has naturally been witnessed, following the government ban on gas connection to households in 2013. The market has boomed over the yea...
-- 2017-10-19 02:34:59
A fire broke out at the ground floor of the Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital in the city on Thursday. Duty officer of Fire Service Control room, Rashed Shikder said, the fire originated from electric...
-- 2017-10-18 12:56:15
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi speaking at a human chain programme organised by Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS) in front of the National Press Club in the city,...
AP 2017-10-18 12:47:35
Twitter vowed to crack down further on hate speech and sexual harassment, days after CEO Jack Dorsey said in a tweet-storm that the company was “still” not doing enough to protect its user...
-- 2017-10-18 12:00:00
Strangely, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has not treated 'right to food' as one of its articles. However, the first article is 'right to life'. One may, therefore, argue that the prerequis...
-- 2017-10-18 11:58:58
Police arrested two suspected muggers in connection with Daffodil International University (DIU) student Talha murder case. The arrestees are Milon (20), and Sabuj (19), a news agency reported. Tipp...
-- 2017-10-18 10:36:35
Islamic University (IU) authorities will first ever enroll foreign students in different academic programmes under its current 2017-18 academic session, a news agency reported. A total of 50 students...
-- 2017-10-18 04:47:46
Awami League wants using electronic voting machines (EVMs) for holding the next general election. The ruling party proposed an 11-point proposal, including using EVMs, during a dialogue with the Elec...
-- 2017-10-18 01:01:31
Senior leaders from the ruling Awami League have met the Election Commission, or EC, as part of its consultations with the registered political parties. A 21-strong delegation led by the party’...
-- 2017-10-17 07:56:55
Notwithstanding a certain element of uncertainty over investors' response to it, the reported move to use a new securities tool, popularly known as 'muni bond', to mobilise resources for the urban loc...
BBC 2017-10-16 12:00:00
The Met Office has warned of "potential danger to life" as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia head for the British Isles with 80mph (130km/h) winds. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, where all sc...
-- 2017-10-16 12:00:00
Bangladesh's presence as an observer at the WorldSkills Competition held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday last has most likely been prompted by necessity. In fact, necessity is a mild world; it is a dire compul...
BBC 2017-10-16 11:50:00
Theresa May is to travel to Brussels later for a dinner with EU leaders in a bid to end a stalemate over Brexit. The meeting, with chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Commission chief Jean-Claude Jun...
BBC 2017-10-16 01:23:20
"Super-sized" chocolate bars are to be banished from hospital shops, canteens and vending machines, NHS (National Health Service) England says. Sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 ca...
-- 2017-10-15 12:49:51
A woman died from snakebite at Jalshuka village in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga district on Sunday. The villagers said, Shundori Khatun, 45, hailing from the same village, was bitten by a poisonous sn...
-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00
The BNP, a regular critic of the current Election Commission (EC), has sat for discussions over the upcoming 11th National Elections. The discussion, part of a series of meetings where the EC listens...
-- 2017-10-15 09:03:56
If Bangladesh is home to one of the largest numbers of underweight children, its share intriguingly in obese children is also on the rise. Overweight boys were mere 0.03 per cent in 1975 but that prop...
BBC 2017-10-15 01:27:19
The first scheduled commercial airline service to the remote British island of St Helena in the south Atlantic has touched down safely. The virgin flight, an SA Airlink service from South Africa, end...
-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said he believes that the BNP will participate in the upcoming eleventh parliamentary elections despite boycotting the previous polls. &ldquo...
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