The most popular internet search engine of the world, Google celebrated Bangladesh’s Independence Day featuring a “Doodle” on its home page marking the memorable day. Since 12:00am on Tuesday, the Bangladeshi flag-themed doodle has been appeared above the search bar on Google’s home page. When someone visits google.com or its various country variants , the doodle of the waving Bangladeshi ...

The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth $11 million, state media said Tuesday, part of a crackdown on corruption in the domestic game. Chen Xuyuan took advantage of his positions at the CFA and other bodies to “illegally accept sums of money from other people totalling 81.03 million ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has congratulated the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Independence Day on March 26. On behalf of the United States of America, Blinken extended warm wishes to all Bangladeshis on this special day, reports UNB. The US looks forward to enhancing the partnership and people-to-people ties between the two countries in the year ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed two cases against former Bogura-7 (Gabtali-Shajahanpur) independent lawmaker Rezaul Karim Bablu and his wife Beauty Khatun on charges of amassing illegal wealth of around Tk 2 crore. Md Zahangir Alam, deputy director of Bogura ACC office, filed the cases against the couple at the office on Monday. Zahangir said, “Former lawmaker Reazul Karim ...

Facing a total of 88 felony charges in four separate federal and state cases, Donald Trump is employing a simple tactic that has always served him well in the past — running out the clock. The 77-year-old Republican presidential candidate has deployed an army of highly paid lawyers in New York, Washington, Georgia and Florida to push back his trial ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of 54th Independence and National Day. The premier paid glowing tributes to the Father of the Nation by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in the capital this morning. After laying the wreath, ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, early Tuesday, marking the 54th Independence and National Day. Besides, the visiting Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who is now on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh ...

The nation is celebrating the 54th Independence and National Day on Tuesday in a befitting manner. The government has taken elaborate programmes at the national level to celebrate the day in a befitting manner. The day’s programmes began with gun salutes early in the morning as a mark of profound respect to the heroic struggle of this nation, which suffered ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday alerted the people about conspiracy against the country’s independence, sovereignty and economic emancipation, urging all to make collective efforts to march Bangladesh’s advancement further towards prosperity confronting all the hurdles. “Let’s make collective efforts on the 54th Independence Day to further Bangladesh’s development and advancement overcoming all the ill tactics and conspiracies,” she said ...

The United Nations Security Council has passed the resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages as the United States abstained from the vote. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution on Monday. Speaking after the vote, US ambassador to the UN ...