LONDON, NOV 9 (AP): England's hopes of wearing an embroidered red poppy on their football shirts to honor Britain's war dead were again rejected by FIFA on Tuesday, despite a last-ditch and heartfelt intervention by the British government. The Football...
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka will celebrate the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as ICCR Day at 7:00 pm today (Thursday), in the centre's auditorium in Gulshan, reports UNB. Maulana Abul...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
ADDU (Maldives), Nov 10 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has called for combined efforts to eliminate poverty and terrorism, the two most dangerous malaises in South Asia, to ensure growth and development. The PM said this at the inaugural...
NARSINGDI, Nov 10 (UNB): A court in the town Thursday granted bail to Narsingdi district unit BNP president Khairul Kabir Khokon in Circuit House vandalism case. District and Sessions Judge Shahjahan granted the bail when a bail petition was submitted...
President M Zillur Rahman has called for quick implementation of the Bangladesh-Myanmar-China road link under the 'Kunming Initiative' in a bid to increase trade and cooperation between the neighbouring countries. The President made the call when a delegation of the...
Defence counsel cross-examined the prosecution witness No.1 in the money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun when the trial resumed in the special judge's court of Dhaka Thursday, reports UNB. Tarique...
Awami League (AL) is working under the leadership of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to establish democracy in the country for which Noor Hossain sacrificed his life. AL Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said this in the city Thursday, reports...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 10: Local BNP leaders have demanded of the government and law enforcement agencies to trace out Boalkhali Upazila BNP chief Nazrul Islam alias Bacha Chairman whose whereabouts remain unknown for the last one year. Nazrul Islam,...
ADDU CITY, Maldives, Nov 10 (BSS): Foreign Minister (FM) Dipu Moni held a bilateral meeting Wednesday with her Maldivian counterpart Ahmed Naseem on the sidelines of 17th SAARC summit that kicks off today (Thursday). During the meeting, the two FMs...
NETRAKONA, Nov 10 (BSS): A union level Jubo League leader was killed by miscreants at Abbasnogar bazar under Durgapur Upazila of the district Thursday. The dead was identified as Shahin Mia (32), son of Abdul Hakim, a freedom fighter (FF)...
LONDON, NOV 9 (AP): England's hopes of wearing an embroidered red poppy on their football shirts to honor Britain's war dead were again rejected by FIFA on Tuesday, despite a last-ditch and heartfelt intervention by the British government. The Football...
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka will celebrate the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as ICCR Day at 7:00 pm today (Thursday), in the centre's auditorium in Gulshan, reports UNB. Maulana Abul...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
Yasir Wardad Fall in prices of potatoes for the last two consecutive years have discouraged many farmers to cultivate the crop this year. Experts, however, have given their opinions in favour of fixing the production target based on actual demand...
Talha Bin Habib The OMS (Open Market Sale) programme resumed Thursday in the capital after Eid holidays with a little response from the consumers as most of them are yet to return to the capital after celebrating the religious festival....
Kamrun Nahar Bangladesh's target of elimination of hazardous child labour by 2015 seems unrealistic as the government is yet to finalise its plan of action for child labour elimination, experts and activists say. They identified lack of political will, weak...
The 54th death anniversary of Major M A Gani will be observed today (Friday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. Different organisations including Major Gani Parishad have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the death anniversary of the former army...
A Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Conference, aiming for a consensus on securing compensation for countries vulnerable to climate change, will begin in Dhaka Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. State Minister for Forests and Environment Hasan Mahmud said Thursday the conference will be...
State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Bangladesh's image will be further brightened in the international arena if the Sundarbans is elected as one of the seven natural wonders of the world , reports BSS. "Besides,...
President M Zillur Rahman on Thursday received the medal of Global Leader of Humanitarian Service as recognition of his life-long contribution to the cause of humanity, reports UNB. Dr Wing Kun Tam, International President of Lions Club International, formally conferred...
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (BSS): Chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh Saima Wazed Hossain today sought Sonia Gandhi's support for the autism campaign as she called on India's ruling Congress party chief at her residence. "Saima Wajed...
Bill Roedy, former CEO of MTV and envoy of GAVI Alliance will arrive in Dhaka on November 13 on a five-day visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The GAVI Alliance is a public-private global health partnership committed to saving children's lives...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) of Malaysia and the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) of Bangladesh to extend cooperation on all academic and institutional matters, reports UNB. Prof...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury The issue that is causing plenty of ripples in the Indian political circles at the moment is the relationship between the Congress, the main constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, and the second largest...
Lutfor Rahman Citizens of a democratic country understand what democracy means and the citizens of an independent country know the meaning of independence. But the citizens of a digital country like Bangladesh are still confused what 'digital' is actually and...
Gopal Sengupta Over the last few months, Bangladesh has been subjected to an unedifying spectacle of the two major parties-making below-the-belt remarks about each other's leader. Unless good sense prevails, this mudslinging match can get out of hand. A political...
The 54th death anniversary of Major M A Gani will be observed today (Friday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. Different organisations including Major Gani Parishad have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the death anniversary of the former army...
A Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Conference, aiming for a consensus on securing compensation for countries vulnerable to climate change, will begin in Dhaka Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. State Minister for Forests and Environment Hasan Mahmud said Thursday the conference will be...
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