AP 2017-10-04 10:53:32
It’s a titanic reunion — Kate Winslet is joining the “Avatar” franchise, reuniting the actress with “Titanic” director James Cameron. A spokesperson for 20th Centu...
-- 2017-10-04 09:08:23
The food ministry has moved to tighten the spanner. It has made obtaining of a licence from the directorate of food by importers, millers, dealers, wholesalers and retailers of rice and wheat compulso...
-- 2017-10-03 09:46:36
Indisputably, the people's right to safe food is trampled under the foot of a section of profit-hungry and neglectful producers and sellers of food items in this part of the world. Purity and safety o...
AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00
After dipping to No. 2 last weekend, “It” has regained control of the North American box office in its fourth weekend in theaters. The movie beat out the new Tom Cruise film “Americ...
-- 2017-10-02 09:05:04
The reported move of the ministry of commerce (MoC) to provide additional cash incentive to export of products, beyond readymade garments (RMG), to the non-traditional markets has been long overdue. T...
Fox News 2017-10-01 12:00:00
For a 7-year old, Mohammad Sohail is unusually quiet. He’s startled by the smallest sounds and rarely smiles. He clutches the hand of 18-year-old Jahangir Khan as the two make their way through...
-- 2017-10-01 10:16:56
New Delhi (India), Sept 30 : India has said that it has no plans to mediate between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis, said a report by ANI. "India's Ministry of E...
-- 2017-10-01 06:29:21
The BNP has accused the government of not taking a tough line on the Rohingya issue. The government should use ‘tougher language’ while addressing the crisis, said Mirza Abbas, a BNP stan...
-- 2017-10-01 05:58:10
Myanmar has reopened schools for ethnic Rakhine children in townships hit hard by recent communal violence declaring “stability” has returned, state- backed media said today, but thousands...
-- 2017-10-01 05:06:17
Bangladesh is to move to a camp at least 15,000 Rohingya refugees who have settled in a restive hill district near the border with Myanmar, a local official said Sunday. Most of the estimated half a...
-- 2017-10-01 05:00:20
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali Sunday said Bangladesh wants peaceful resolve of the Rohingya issue soon in line with the five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the recent...
-- 2017-10-01 04:41:22
Terrorist groups like Islamic State could gain a foothold in South-East Asia if violence continues against ethnic minorities in Myanmar, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned. It is bel...
-- 2017-10-01 04:05:52
India has opened two immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, official notifications said. News agency PTI reported that separate gazette notifications i...
The Washington Post 2017-10-01 03:45:38
The sudden arrival of half a million Rohingya Muslims has upended life in this humble village, which is now overshadowed by one of the largest concentrations of refugees in the world. The village&rsq...
-- 2017-09-30 12:00:00
Reports about accidental deaths of on-the-job construction workers in Dhaka city are often carried by the media. Last Saturday's newspapers published a report which narrated the details about the trag...
-- 2017-09-29 10:14:41
As the gas crisis lingers on, acutely for industrial use in particular, the solution by way of generating captive power is also becoming unaffordable due to high-priced fuel of the state-run Banglades...
Md Shahjahan Khandakar 2017-09-28 12:12:42
Voice of Business (VoB), the first ever and the largest student-run publication team in Bangladesh, has been relentlessly working for the students of the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dha...
-- 2017-09-28 07:56:00
With the beginning of public hearing on the proposed rise in power tariff, the diametrically opposed views of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) on the one side and the consumers, rights gro...
-- 2017-09-27 12:00:00
The Dhaka University (DU) declared an 11-day vacation from September 27 on the occasion of Durga Puja, Ashura and Laxmi Puja, reports BSS. All classes and examinations will remain closed until Octobe...
-- 2017-09-27 08:11:22
There are reports of unease among a large section of the fixed-income groups in the country who rely on savings certificates for their very survival. The economic rationale from a strictly theoretical...
-- 2017-09-26 08:57:01
Entry of unchecked cattle into the country across borders and the existence of non-functional quarantine stations are a weird combination. This paradoxical reality has long forced the nation to underg...
-- 2017-09-25 12:00:00
Stephen King adaptation, It, has surpassed the worldwide gross of seminal film, The Exorcist, to become the highest-grossing R-rated horror movie of all time. The Exorcist, released in 1973 to critica...
-- 2017-09-25 12:00:00
The admission test results of ‘Kha’ (B) unit of Dhaka University for 2017-18 academic session will be published this (Monday) noon. Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, acting vice-chan...
-- 2017-09-25 09:25:37
There is no surprise that public hearings hosted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have otherwise become quite popular. Aggrieved people seeking various government services vent their anger out...
-- 2017-09-24 12:00:00
The news that only 6.0 per cent private cars take 76 per cent space of city streets should leave commuters of the capital city shell-shocked. Blaming rickshaws or other vehicles for the intractable tr...
Our Correspondent 2017-09-24 10:40:26
The Chittagong seaport users Saturday urged the authorities concerned to improve further the efficiency in container handling as well as documentation process and inspection of goods for reducing the...
-- 2017-09-24 06:56:44
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point proposal at the 72nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York contains the ways to resolve...
-- 2017-09-23 12:00:00
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 11 people from different areas of the capital Dhaka on Friday allegedly for providing financial assistance to militancy. Tipped off, a team of RAB con...
-- 2017-09-23 09:29:51
The five-point proposal placed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) Friday last to help stop persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar and ensure their safe retur...
-- 2017-09-22 10:53:43
Teenage 'gang culture', a relatively new phenomenon, has lately started taking root in Dhaka's urban life. Its flare-ups and ferocity has triggered concern in social circles, which is a normal respons...
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