Photo: BNP pays last respect to its standing committee member and ex-minister Tariqul Islam at Nayapaltan central office around 9:40am on Monday. Dhaka, Nov 5 : BNP on Monday paid last respect to its standing committee member and ex-minister Tariqul Islam, who passed away at a city hospital on Sunday, by placing wreaths at his coffin. Tariqul’s coffin was taken ...

Sylhet Office : A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Shamimabad residential area in the city on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Moyna Mia, 35, son of Ainuddin of Kazitula Uchasarak area. Sub-inspector Faruk of Osmani Medical College Hospital police camp, said a gang of miscreants attacked Moyna around 11 am in front ...

Photo: The bullet-hit body of Ratan Ali at Kushtia General Hospital on Monday. Kushtia, Nov 5 : A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug traders at Chadgram of Bheramara upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ratan Ali. Being informed about a gunfight between two groups of drug traders, a team ...

Bangladesh makes great strides under Hasina’s courageous leadership, says Singapore FM Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan visits a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, November 4, 2018. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, Nov 5 : Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has said though Bangladesh and Myanmar are having detailed discussions on the commencement of repatriation the road ahead is ...

Dhaka, Nov 4 : The Cabinet Division of the government with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Australian Aid, launched the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) Action Plan on Sunday. The action plan was launched at the national conference on Social Security Programme held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). The launching event was followed by a ...

Photo: Police in a drive arrest at least 8 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat e Islami, on charges of sabotage from Sonarpara in the city on Sunday morning. Sylhet Office : Police in a drive arrested at least 8 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat e Islami, ...

Dhaka, Nov 4 : The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections on November 8. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Commission on Sunday. “Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda will announce the election schedule through an address to the nation some time on the day (Nov 8),” Election Commissioner Brig Gen ...

3rd IORA Blue Economy Ministerial Conf  to be held in Dhaka next year Dhaka, Nov 4 : The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers’ Meeting has elected Bangladesh as the Vice Chairman of IORA for the period of 2019-21 and eventually as the IORA Chairman for 2021-23. As per the practice, IORA is led by Chair and ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been honoured with the title, “Qawmi Janani” in the “Shukrana Mahfil” (thanksgiving rally).   The Qawmi madrasa ‘Shukrana Mahfil’, or thanksgiving rally, was organised to commemorate the government’s recognition of the education system’s highest certification as equivalent to a postgraduate degree, was held Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.  Al Haiatul Ulaya Lil-Jamiatul Kawmiya Bangladesh organised ...

BNP standing committee member and former minister Tariqul Islam. File Photo Dhaka, Nov 4 : BNP standing committee member and former minister Tariqul Islam passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 73. Tariqul, who had long been suffering from heart, kidney diseases, diabetic and old-age complications, died at Apollo Hospital around 5:05pm, said BNP Chairperson’s media wing ...