Rajshahi: Experts at a workshop stressed the need for united efforts to protect children from involvement in drug carrying and trafficking and ensure their proper development. Speakers urged all government and non-government organizations to collabora…
Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has significantly cut down on the use of lights and air-conditioners in his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat, reducing usage by half in an effort to conserve electricity. The Prime Minister has also called on a…
Dhaka: A five-member delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today met with the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, S Paul Kapur, at the US Ambassador’s residence in Gulshan. This meeting marks a …
Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today adjourned the hearing of a case against 13 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, related to enforced disappearances and torture at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) during t…
Dhaka: The High Court (HC) today granted bail to journalist Anis Alamgir in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with the city’s Uttara West Police Station. A High Court Division Bench of Justice K M Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher pass…
Israel: Israel’s military said air defences were responding to missiles launched from Iran on Thursday, the first such report in over seven hours, triggering alerts in several areas including Tel Aviv. The military said in a statement it had “identifi…
Dhaka: The ‘River-Canal-Waterbody Excavation and Re-excavation’ programme is set to commence before the holy Eid, following a recent inter-ministerial meeting at the Ministry of Water Resources. It is anticipated that the Prime Minister will formally …
Bogura: The grand finale of a Hifzul Quran competition was held in the district seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of BNP founder and Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, late Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, their youngest son Arafat Rahman Kok…
Dhaka: The government has formed a new 20-member committee of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reorganization (NICAR) with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the helm. Cabinet division officials announced that a gazette was issued…