Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday hinted that their party will come up with harsher programmes after Eid-ul-Fitr as it is the only way to realise their demands and free their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, reports UNB. “I admit that it’s not possible to ensure…
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Fifty people died in a boat accident on a river in remote northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials said on Friday, reports BSS. The accident happened on the Momboyo river Wednesday night, Richard Mboyo Iluka, vice governor of Tshuapa province, told AFP, saying: “We found 49 bodies on Thursday…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the shared resolve of Bangladesh and India against cruelty and terrorism will continue to inspire the future generations through Bangladesh Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of Bangladesh Bhavan, the Indian Prime Minister described it as a symbol of cultural…
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, out on bail in a 1998 blackbuck poaching case, was on Tuesday granted permission to travel to the US, Canada and Nepal, reports IANS. Judge Chandra Kumar Songara of the Sessions Court gave the permission soon after Salman submitted a plea. Salman’s case was presented by…
The brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in India, that has triggered massive protests, highlights nomadic tribes’ vulnerability and lack of land rights, activists said, reports Reuters from Bangkok. According to the police, the girl was kidnapped, gang raped and killed in the northern state of Jammu and…
London: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday underlined the need for building a future where world peace and women empowerment will remain the cornerstone to create a peaceful society free from poverty and discrimination, reports UNB. ‘We want to build a future where world peace and women empowerment remain the…
The young generation’s addiction to social media is gradually taking an alarming turn, said Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday, reports NTV. ‘Seeing their addiction to the internet, I’ve to say that Facebook is now a fakebook,’ he said while inaugurating the two-day Business Process Outsourcing…
The Election Commission has planned to use information technology in the 11th national election to collect polls results from every polling centre and thus bring dynamism in the election process. To collect the election results directly from every polling centre through online, the Commission has planned to provide the presiding…
Over 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said, reports AP. Television footage showed crowds gathering around the smoking and flaming wreckage near Boufarik airport southwest of Algiers. A line…
A Myanmar minister told Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday their repatriation was a priority, during the first visit by a top Myanmar official to victims of what the United Nations says was “ethnic cleansing” by the Myanmar army, reports Reuters. Social welfare minister Win Myat Aye, who is…