Day: January 31, 2023

Speakers at an international seminar here on Tuesday said formal and legal measures, corporate commitments and civil society actions are needed to combat fake news, noting that addressing fake news is a challenging task.Empowerment through Law of the ...

Ruling party lawmaker AKM Rahmatullah raised eyebrows in the House on Tuesday, when he claimed there are some 30 MPs in Parliament who are followers of Ahle Hadith, but that - and this is where it starts to get strange - they choose to not disclose it...

A fire broke out at Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) area in Khulna district on Tuesday.Ardesh Ali, senior station officer of Mongla EPZ Fire Service control room said the fire broke out at the VIP-1 factory inside the EPZ around 3:30 pm and spread...

Stating that the time of the Awami League government is running out fast, BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said their party’s programme of street march is meant for saying goodbye to the Awami League’s repressive rule.“Even aft...

The feasibility study on Chattogram metro rail began on Tuesday.Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader joined the inauguration programme of the feasibility study virtually.Addressing the event, Quader said,“Today is a historic day for Chat...

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed Viqarunnisa Noon School and College authorities to admit 41 students, siblings of the students who are already studying there, to class 1.The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Quader and Justice Mohammad Ali passed ...

The leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka North City unit have started marching towards the capital's Mirpur from Gabtoli to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.BNP Standi...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula as it strengthens joint training and operational planning with South Korea ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, on Tuesday said destination countries – most of them in the Middle East – must take an active role in “investigating and sanctioning perpetrators of human rights violations”...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence.Blinken was meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud A...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said a three-tier security has been taken in and around the Ekushey Book Fair venue.The DMP commissioner said this while talking to reporters after visiting the book fair venue at Suhrawardy ...

Victoria Sporting Club and Purbachal Parishad earned victory in the Cute Metropolis First Division Handball League beating their rivals on the 3rd day of the league at the Shaheed Capt. (Retd) M. Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday.Vi...