Int'l Day for Women in Maritime: Recruit more female mariners, say speakers
Experts urged Bangladeshi flagged ocean-going vessel owning companies to come forward in giving priority to recruit more female cadets from the country’s marine academies
Australian FM's Visit: Trade, Rohingya, regional security to get priority
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on May 21-22 to strengthen bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and find ways to boost cooperation for regional peace, prosperity, and security
If anyone tries to change ballot box, break his hand: Sunamganj AL president
Sunamganj Awami League President Nurul Huda Mukut has asked his party men to break hands of those who will try to change the ballot box in the upcoming upazila parishad election slated for May 21
Dhaka seeks Delhi's support in rescuing 'missing' AL lawmaker
Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and Deputy High Commission in Kolkata are in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs, India regarding the reported missing of Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar
Govt mulling taxi service revival
The government is thinking about reviving taxi service, which is almost non-existent in Dhaka and other major cities.
The blood river
Ershad Ali clutched a sliver of hope as he searched for a familiar face among the dead at Chuknagar Bazar.
29 MINTO ROAD to welcome opposition leader after 2 decades
From 10 Downing Street, the UK equivalent of the US’s White House, to the Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the prime minister of Bangladesh -- the head of state in every democracy has iconic residences and palaces provided to them by the state during their tenure.
India, China can help resolve Rohingya crisis
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said repatriation with civil rights and dignity is the eventual solution to the Rohingya crisis.
Recovering canals top priority: Taposh
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said the information on dengue patients by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) contains anomalies, making it difficult for them to take action.
Anwara Ahmed passes away
Anwara Ahmed, wife of Manzoor Ahmed, professor emeritus at Brac University, chair of Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN), and adviser to CAMPE Council, passed away on May 18. She was 86, said a press release.
Rajshahi Jubo Odhikar Parishad leader arrested in pornography case
Md Abdul Wakil, president of Jubo Odhikar Parishad’s Rajshahi district unit, has been arrested in a pornography case filed with Paltan Police Station in Dhaka, said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police
HRFB demands not to remove Sharifa’s Tale from textbook
Refusing the recommendations made by the probe committee for the removal of "Sharifa's Tale" from the seventh-grade social science textbook, Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) demanded forming another unbiased probe committee to investigate the content
Türk appeals to Myanmar junta, Arakan Army to pause fighting
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has appealed directly to the Myanmar military and Arakan Army to pause the fighting, protect civilians and allow immediate and unhindered humanitarian access
4 Arsa men arrested with guns, grenades
Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested four members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) with several firearms and grenades after a gunfight in the Ukhiya camp of Cox's Bazar early today
Woman’s body found in Narsingdi pond
Police recovered the body of a 30-year-old woman from a pond in Narsingdi's Shihbpur upazila today, three days after she "went missing"
AL MP Anwarul Azim 'missing' in India for last 3 days
Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar from Jhenidah-4 (Kaliganj upazila), who went to India for treatment, has reportedly been missing for the last three days
Battery-run rickshaw drivers set fire to police box in Kalshi
Battery-run rickshaw drivers set fire to a police box in the Kalshi area this evening following a clash with law enforcers in Mirpur-10 area
Businesspersons dominate 2nd phase of upazila polls
Businesspersons continue to dominate the list of candidates contesting the upazila parishad elections, as more than 57 percent of the total aspirants mentioned business as their profession in their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission
Court sends BNP's Ishraque to jail as ad-interim bail ends
BNP leader and former mayoral candidate of Dhaka South City Corporation, Ishraque Hossain, was sent to jail today after a Dhaka court rejected his bail petition in a case filed on charges of committing treason by destabilising the country by resorting to lies in October last year
MRT-6 extension: Metro rail authorities consider Tongi route with 5 stations
Metro rail authorities have primarily considered a route to expand the Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 up to Tongi from Uttara
