Int’l Women’s Day today
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh will celebrate the International Women’s Day on Friday with the rest of the world, highlighting women’s rights and empowerment.This year’s theme is...
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Justice Mashuque passes away
Staff Reporter :Justice Mashuque Hosain Ahmed is no more. He breathed his last at his Joy Kali Mandir Road residence at about 10.00pm on Thursday....
Export maintains robust growth Apparel shipment on bright spot
Special Correspondent :Bangladesh’s merchandise export recorded a 12.98 per cent rise in the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal, on account of buoyant...
BNP decries lack of decision to send Khaleda to BSMMU
Staff Reporter :The BNP on Thursday said that it had not seen any sign of sending the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to Hospital for...
UPDF man shot dead in Rangamati
UNB, Rangamati :An activist of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bongol Toli...
No chemical godown to be allowed in Old Dhaka: PM
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed her government’s firm stance to remove the godowns of inflammable materials from Old Dhaka and other...
Shab-e-Meraj on April 3
UNB, Dhaka :The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed across the country on the night of April 3.The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at...
Security at airports tightened
UNB, Dhaka :Amid concerns over the airport security after the alleged attempt to hijack a Biman aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has...
EC asks Ministry to withdraw UNO, OC of Gurudaspur
UNB, Natore :The Election Commission has sent a letter to the Public Administration Ministry to withdraw Gurudaspur upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and also the officer-in-charge...
DNCC Mayor Atiqul sworn in
UNB, Dhaka :Newly-elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam took oath of office on Thursday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath...
EU rebukes KSA over HR at UN forum
Al Jazeera News :At least 36 countries including all 28 members of the European Union have signed a statement criticising Saudi Arabia’s human rights record...