New CEC, four ECs take oath
UNB, Dhaka : Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners took oath of office on Sunday afternoon. Chief Justice Hasan Foez...
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Amar Ekushey Book Fair to continue until March 17: State Minister
UNB, Dhaka : The government has extended the duration of the ongoing Amar Ekushey Book Fair, originally scheduled to end on February 28, until March...
Zelenskyy’s unlikely journey, from comedy to wartime leader
AP, Poland : When Volodymyr Zelenskyy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade the younger Zelenskyy...
West unleashes SWIFT bans, more crushing penalties on Russia
AP, WASHINGTON : The United States and European nations agreed Saturday to impose the most potentially crippling financial penalties yet on Russia over its unrelenting...
First Namaz-e-janaza of renowned journalist A.M. Mufazzal held
Online Desk : First Namaz-e-janaza of renowned journalist A.M. Mufazzal, Editor of The New Nation was held on the premises of the National Press Club...
Global Covid cases surpass 434 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 434 million as Omicron infections keep rising across in different parts of the...
Russia hits Ukraine fuel supplies, airfields in new attacks
AP, Ukraine : Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appeared to be the next phase of...
The New Nation editor AM Mufazzal passes away
Online Desk : Editor of The New Nation renowned journalist AM Mufazzal died of old-age complications at his residence here this evening. He was 89....
Schoolgirl gang-raped in Bagerhat
UNB, Bagerhat : A 9th-grader has allegedly been gang-raped by four youths at a village of Kachua Upazila in Bagerhat District on Thursday night. The...
Protests held at DU over BSMRUST student attack
UNB, DU Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad staged a candle-lit procession protesting ruling party student front Bangladesh Chhatra League’s attack on the students of Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Rising incomes more harmful to environment than population growth: UN report
UNB, Dhaka : Higher incomes contribute more to environmental degradation than population growth, a recent report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs...
Shaky school building in Gaibandha poses risk to students
UNB, Gaibandha : The students of Asaduzzaman Girls High School and College in Gaibandha district town, have been attending their classes amid fear due to...