US Deputy Assistant Secretary Afreen Akhter due next week
UNB, Dhaka : US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter is likely to visit Bangladesh next...
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Vote for AL to save country from scourge of BNP-Jamaat: PM Hasina tells Faridpur rally
UNB, Faridpur : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday once again sought people’s vote for her party’s election symbol, boat, in the next general election...
2 dead as pickup van hits truck in N’ganj
UNB, Narayanganj : Two fish traders were killed and four others injured as a pickup van carrying them hit a stationary truck on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway...
Odhikar’s Adilur, Nasiruddin secure bail from HC
UNB, Dhaka : The High Court (HC) today granted bail to Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director Nasiruddin Elan, who were sentenced to two...
Under heavy bombing, Palestinians in Gaza move from place to place, only to discover nowhere is safe
AP, GAZA CITY : Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of...
Nat’l Committee demands reduction of Dhaka-Bhanga train fare by 40%
UNB, Dhaka : The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways today said that the opening of train service from Dhaka to Bhanga in...
PM Hasina opens Dhaka-Bhanga rail link over country’s longest Padma Bridge
UNB, Munshiganj : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opened the Dhaka-Bhanga railway line, a part of which runs over Padma Bridge, in laying another...
Israel strikes downtown Gaza City and mobilizes 300,000 reservists as war enters fourth day
AP, JERUSALEM : Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister...
Waterlogging a perpetual problem for residents in N’ganj’s DND area
UNB, Narayanganj : Thousands of people living in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) area have been suffering from severe waterlogging for years and this year too the...
Nobel economics prize given to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”
AP, STOCKHOLM : The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of the gender...
UN in Bangladesh starts implementing CERF-funded activities in flood-hit areas of Ctg
UNB, Dhaka : The United Nations in Bangladesh has started scaling up life-saving activities in Chattogram after the release of USD 4 million from the...
Cabinet clears draft law to appoint administrators in UPs
UNB, Dhaka: The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Act, 2013 with a provision to...