Chinese cars have attracted wide attention at the ongoing Qatar international motor show, which kicked off on Wednesday. The eighth edition of Qatar Motor Show 2018 (QMS), which will continue until Sunday at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, is held under the theme “Driving to Innovation” and showcases 165 models of top international car brands.   Ali Najm al-deen, the ...

It may be a grey day in Sydney but hundreds of people have brought colour to Bondi Beach to meet the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Harry and Meghan are meeting members of One Wave, a surfing community group, as they take part in “Fluro Friday”.   It means there is a lot of neon and colourful garlands being worn ...

Experts at a workshop on Thursday said Bangladesh has already achieved self sufficiency in food grain production, but its people should change their food habit and eat fruits daily for nutrition.   They came up with the observation at a day-long workshop on ‘dissemination of promising horticultural technology of BARI varieties and agro-techniques’ held at the conference room of Regional ...

A group announces new committee relieving B Chy, Mannan,Mahi AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. File Photo Dhaka, Oct 19 : A group of dissident leaders of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) on Friday announced a new committee of the party relieving its president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury,secretary general Abdul Mannan and joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury from the party. Advocate Shah Alam Badal, ...

Bachchu to be buried in Chattogram Saturday Photo: Fans gather at the Central Shaheed Minar to pay tributes to Ayub Bachchu. Dhaka, Oct 19 : People from all walks of life on Friday paid their last tributes to celebrated guitarist, songwriter, composer and singer Ayub Bachchu at the Central Shaheed Minar when millions of fans in every corner of the ...

Mymensingh, Oct 19 : Train communications on Chattogram, Netrakona and Bhairab routes were suspended on Friday following derailment of a bogie of a train at Balashpur in the city. Zahurul Islam, station super of Mymensingh Rail Station, said a bogie of a Mymensingh-bound freight train from Chattogram veered off the tracks  around 4:30 am, halting train movement. On information, a ...

Dhaka, Oct 19 : The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, will come to an end today (Friday) with solemn immersion of the Goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country. Devotees are thronging Puja mandaps to celebrate BijoyaDashami, the last day of the festival and reciting the mantras and offering flowers to the goddess ...

BNP and three other political parties formally announce the formation of an alliance styled “Jatiya Oikyafront” at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on October 13, 2018. From left, Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmad, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Dr Kamal Hossain, ASM Abdur Rab and Moudud Ahmed hold their hands aloft in a gesture of unity. ...

Photo: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday evening. Riyadh, Oct 18 : Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said Saudi Arabia is keen to be part of the ongoing development of Bangladesh by investing in its different sectors. “Bangladesh marked huge ...

The 55th birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russell, youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed today (Thursday). Sheikh Russell, also youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in the capital.   Some disgruntled army personnel killed Russell along with his father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...