PM asks Bangladesh envoys to strengthen ties with Muslim countries

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Bangladesh ambassadors in Middle Eastern countries to strengthen ties with Muslim countries, exploring new markets for Bangladesh products there...

SC upholds Qaisar’s death penalty

The Supreme Court (SC) has uphold the death penalty to war criminal and former leader of Jatiya Party Syed Mohammad Qaisar for his crimes against humanity during the War of Independence in 1971. A four-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain announced the verdict...

US expels 21 Saudi military cadets after gun attack

Twenty-one members of the Saudi military are being expelled from the US after a cadet carried out a mass shooting at an air base last month...

PM seeks UAE investment in port, shipbuilding sectors

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought investment from Dubai-based company DP World in Bangladesh’s port, shipbuilding and ICT sectors. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meetings...

Court summons Dr Yunus

A Dhaka court has summoned Grameen Communications chairman Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others to appear before it on February 6 in a case filed for violating ten rules of Labour Act. The three others are Managing Director of Grameen Communications Naznin Sultana, Director A. Hai Khan and Deputy General Manager Gouri Shankar...

PM attends Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today attended the opening ceremony of “Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week” and “Zayed Sustainability Prize” ceremony. The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2020 was formally opened at the ICC Hall in Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) at 11 in the morning...

BNP candidate demands suspension of Ctg-8 by-polls

BNP candidate Abu Sufian has demanded suspension of the ongoing by-polls to Chattogram-8 constituency mentioning various irregularities, including polling centre capture by Awami League activists...

Bangladesh launches road links with India

Bangladesh, notwithstanding the recent controversy over the citizenship law and national citizenship register, has decided to launch direct road connectivity with popular tourist spots Siliguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal from Thursday, as part of the Bay of Bengal regional connectivity initiative...

Gendaria AL VP, GS arrested over illegal casino business

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested two brothers over illegal casino business from the capital’s Sutrapur on Sunday night. The arrestees are Enamul Haque, Vice President of Gendaria Awami League (AL) Enamul Haque and his brother General Secretary Rupon Bhuiyan...

Australian ‘megablaze’ brought under control

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires...

2 killed in Meghna launch collision

Mother and her six-year-old child were killed and eight others injured as a launch collided with another in Meghna river in Chandpur around 1:30am on Monday...

3 ‘cattle thieves’ lynched in Jashore

Three suspected cattle thieves were beaten to death by a mob at Prembagh village of Abhaynagar upazila early Monday. One of the deceased was identified as 30-year-old Sohel. Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station, said a gang of thieves came to the village around 4am and stole three cows...

HC stays BASIC Bank's decision to reduce salary

The High Court (HC) on Sunday put on hold state-owned BASIC Bank's decision of reduction in salary-allowance. The court also issued a rule asking why the decision of salary cut should not be “ultra vires”...

Protests erupt again in Iran after military admits it hit plane

Interview: Reach citizen service to doorsteps in 90 days, if elected

Awami League Mayor Candidate for the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has promised to reach citizen services to the people's doorsteps within first 90 days if he is elected...

Dhaka, Delhi want zero death along border, says FM

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh and India want zero death along Bangladesh-India border but it is happening...

Green Line bus rams Mahendra, kills 5

Five passengers of a three wheeler, locally known as Mahendra, lost their lives on road as a bus of Green Line Paribahan rammed into the vehicle in Sadar upazila of Rajbari on Sunday afternoon...

Trump's reckless Middle East rampage makes mad Bush's rush to war look thoughtful

The US killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani and Iran's subsequent response has raised fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East...

Form squad to stop ragging at all edu institutions: HC

The High Court today directed the government to form a squad to stop ragging culture at all the educational institutions especially the universities and those affiliated colleges across the country. The government was also asked to form an anti-ragging committee in three months...

PM joins Bishwa Ijtema Akheri Munajat

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the Akheri Munajat (final prayers) of the 55th Bishwa Ijtema as the first phase of the world’s largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj ended on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi...