Mr. Rajib Sharma: A Chittagong court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 40 years of imprisonment in a case over raping a 9 years old girl in Lohagora upazila in আরো পড়ুন..
ECONOMIC DESK: Investment proposals rose by 140 per cent during July-September period this year, according to the latest data of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). During that period, BIDA
THE NEWS DESK: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had separate meetings with USA and Canadian delegations on Monday. During the talks with a Canadian parliamentary delegation, they told the BNP chief
THE NEWS DESK: Honda Motor Corporation plans to manufacture motorcycles in Bangladesh from next year. To this end, the Japanese motor corporation is setting up an assembling and manufacturing plant
Naik is far from alone among those who exploit the impunity conferred by the cloak of religion on a wide spectrum of disruptive fanatics, writes Ajai Sahni. Illustration by Tanmoy
THE MEWS DESK: The customs is interrogating three owners of Apan Jewellers over the cases of money laundering that were started against them in August. Brothers Dildar Ahmed Selim, Gulzar
Economic Desk: The government has taken an initiative to send nearly 100,000 drivers abroad in the next five years for their increased demands in different countries across the globe. Expatriates’
Special Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Commonwealth countries to exert pressure on the Myanmar government to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from
Special Correspondent: BNP has planned a ‘big’ rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ that falls on November 7. The
THE NEWS DESK: IFIC Bank Limited recently organised a painting festival for children of its officials and employees. About 150 children participated in the painting festival. Managing Director and CEO
THE NEWS DESK: The board of directors of Golden Harvest Agro Industries has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official
The News Desk:Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has been carrying out intensive research to breed Hilsha in the hatchery using artificial methods. The methods, which include producing larvae from eggs
Sekhar Roy: Bangladesh under Sk Hasina has made lives of Hindus a hell despite huge support rendered by the neighbouring India on all fronts. Even lives of secular democratic minded
The News Desk: Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday told Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia that India wanted a fair and inclusive general election in Bangladesh which
THE NEWS DESK: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who returned home on Wednesday after issuance of warrant for her arrest, surrendered before the court on Thursday. And the former prime minister,
Mr Rajib Sharma, Chittagong: Millions around the world join events for the festival of lights Wednesday 18-19 October 2017 Diwali, the festival of lights, sees millions attend firework displays, prayers
The Department of English of Southern University Bangladesh staged The Cocktail Party in the University Auditorium on 4th of October 2017 as a part of celebration of 129th Birth Anniversary
THE NEWS DESK: Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is facing 11 charges, including money laundering and corruption, the Supreme Court said in a statement yesterday, a day after he left
Special Correspondent: Swami Shuvananda Puri was nominated as the ambassador of peace to the international conference in Nepal. International Conference of three days held on 31st August to 2nd September
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal – Home Minister of Bangladesh ultimately took up the matter of Torture, land grabbing and sexual assault on Hindu girl – Ms.Baby Chowdhury and her family members
Why are the more than one million Rohingya in Myanmar considered the ‘world’s most persecuted minority’? More than 480,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since the end of August [Showkat
RAJIB SHARMA, CHITTAGONG: Around 80 percent working children–81 percent of the total are boys and 79 percent girls-are engaged in risky jobs in urban areas, says a study. It says
RAJIB SHARMA, CTG: Around 16 Rohingya people having with HIV positive were found in Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Doctor Shahin Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, a resource person of Rohingya camp and
THE NEWS DESK: Apurba Bardhan Shawrna, a student of class VIII in capital’s Holy Cross School, reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a fan at his room after taking
Shuvananda Puri: Man is meant for man . Life may be enjoyed nicely through human values. Every heart of a man is lightened. Human values and outburst of humanity may
RAJIB SHARMA, CHITTAGONG: An international group on vaccine provision will send 900,000 Oral Cholera Vaccines or OCVs to prevent water-borne diseases from spreading in Rohingyas camps in Cox’s Bazar. The
Shuvananda Puri, Back from Kutupalang: Burmese govt done nothing to us. If we become Muslim, if was possible for me to sa ve my husband, sons and daughters. This was
THE NEWS DESK: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday announced a 5-day nationwide demonstration programme protesting the police ‘obstruction’ during SCBA lawyers’ attempt to meet Chief Justice SK Sinha
THE NEWS DESK: A top UN official said Saturday Bangladesh’s plan to build the world’s biggest refugee camp for 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims was dangerous because overcrowding could heighten the risks
THE NEWS DESK: Anti-tobacco campaigners at a regional meeting here on Thursday blamed different tobacco companies for allegedly violating the mandatory tobacco control laws. They put special importance on strict
THE NEWS DESK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday once again urged the international community, including the United Kingdom, to mount pressure on Myanmar to bring back the Rohinyas from
Mr. Rajib Sharma, Chittagong: The season of festivals is here and we can’t help but feel excited. A lot of people are celebrating Laxmi Puja today (5th October 2017) on
RAJIB SHARMA, CTG: The Buddhists’ community will celebrate their second largest festival Prabarana Purnima, in the city as elsewhere across the country tomorrow with due solemnity. The festival is also
Rajib Sharma, Chittagong: Six people, including two members of a family, suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder blasted in New Mooring area of Chittagong city 30 Sept. night. The
THE NEWS DESK:The Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover’s Shantinagar- Razarbagh point will be opened soon for vehicular movement which is expected to ease traffic congestion in the area to a great extent. “Construction
THE NEWS DESK: Greeting the Hindu community members on the occasion of Durga Puja and Bijoya Dashami, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged all, irrespective of their religion and
THE NEWS DESK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out possibility of any political understanding with BNP, saying that nobody should come up with such a proposal. “Those who are
THE NEWS DESK: To bring discipline in aid operation for Rohingyas those took shelter recently fleeing the atrocities in Myanmar, members of Bangladesh Army today joined the activities, setting up