Bangladesh

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Dhaka and rest of the country on Monday night. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), very strong shaking from the earthquake was felt at 8:49pm Bangladesh time on the Bangladesh-India border. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the depth of 10km at Kanaighat in Sylhet district and 18km northwest of Karimganj district ...

Controlling the mass media is one of the major weapons used by the fascist rulers, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “There’re so many mass media in the country, but they can’t work freely. In fact, they’re not free. The mass media couldn’t become free even after 52 years of independence,” he said while speaking at a ...

Former politician and lecturer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi died of a heart attack at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital in the capital on Monday (August 14) night. BSMMU director Brigadier General Dr. Md. Rezaur Rahman confirmed it. According to the prison authority sources, Delawar Hossain Sayeedi had remained in prison in Kashimpur Central Jail for a long time before ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said the government would reward those who can provide information on the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “If you can give us information, you will be rewarded,” he said while speaking at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club. Momen also called for unmasking those who kept mum ...

Former BNP state minister Redwan Ahmed has been jailed for three years in a case filed over embezzling money of Tk 50 lakh. Besides the jail term, he has been fined Tk 50 lakh. Dhaka Special Judges Court-2 Judge Md Akhteruzzaman pronounced the judgement on Monday after recording deposition of 10 witnesses in different times. As Redwan is absconding, the ...

The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day and 48th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow with due respect and solemnity. Bangabandhu and most of his family members were brutally killed by some disgruntled army men on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 and this carnage is touted as the ugliest ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday conveyed to visiting US congressmen Ed Case and Richard McCormick that there is no scope for reaching any consensus as BNP wants the government to step down. He conveyed the message when the congressmen wanted to know whether there is any way to reach consensus. Momen also asked them whether the US ...

The government is making drama in the name of arresting militants to divert people’s attention from the ongoing movement, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital on Sunday. The discussion was organised in observance of the 54th ...

Juairiya Bint Saifuddin from Dhaka, Bangladesh, a student of class four, age 10, Academia School, Lalmatia Campus, her hobby is painting.   She have several paintings of her own and had two art exhibitions in Patuakhali and Dhaka, this year she made an artwork on the National Mourning Day of Bangladesh.      

  The UK is providing £250,000 (over three crore and forty lacs taka) of humanitarian support to communities affected by largescale flooding in Chittagong Division. This will deliver vital assistance to over 18,000 people affected by flooding in Bandarban, Rangamati and Cox’s Bazar districts. It will be allocated by Start Fund Bangladesh, working with Caritas Bangladesh and Action Aid Bangladesh. ...