Sylhet Office : The by-election to Golapganj Municipality began on Wednesday with a peaceful manner. The polling that started around 8 am will continue till 4 pm without any break. However, no untoward incident took place till filling of this report around 11:30 am. Four candidates are contesting for the mayoral post of the municipality. They are Jakaria Ahmed Paplu ...

Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, Oct 3 : Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has urged for heightened global voice for the immediate repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their origin in Myanmar as well as for ensuring accountability of the atrocity crimes committed against the Rohingyas ...

Bangladesh Parliament. File Photo Dhaka, Oct 3 : The High Court on Wednesday fixed Sunday for hearing the writ petition filed seeking its directives on dissolution of the 10th parliament 42 days ahead of the national election and formation of a caretaker government. A HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal fixed the date following ...

Benapole, Oct 3 : Customs officials seized a huge number of illegal motor parts from a truck which was brought here with a false declaration at Benapole Port on Tuesday night. Being tipped off that a huge number of motor parts was being smuggled hidden inside adhesive, a team of customs officials seized the truck and recovered motor parts worth ...

Sylhet Office : Tajikistan got off to a good start in the 5th version of the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament beating defending champions Nepal by 2-0 goals in opening Group A match at Sylhet District Stadium here on Tuesday evening. Captain Fatkhuloev put Tajikistan ahead in the 27th minute from a penalty (1-0). Tajikistan got penalty when ...

Photo: Guests at the launching ceremony of AfterAccess surveys regarding Bangladesh at a city hotel on Tuesday. Dhaka, Oct 2 : A recently released research report shows that by late 2017 only 13 percent of Bangladeshis aged 15-65 used the Internet and social media. This is despite 45 percent of the same age group owning an Internet-friendly device. The findings ...

Ecnec clears 15 dev projects involving Tk 13,218.31 cr Photo: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over 8th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room on Tuesday. Dhaka, Oct 2 : The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved 15 projects involving Tk 13,218.31 crore, including the Tk 4,371 crore  ‘Navigability ...

Three researchers on Tuesday shared the Nobel Physics Prize for inventions in the field of laser physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in industry and medicine, the jury said.   Arthur Ashkin of the United States won one half of the prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada shared the other ...

An eight-year-old child was killed and at least nine other people injured on Tuesday when a homemade bomb went off in a suburb of the Indian city of Kolkata, police said.   India’s eastern West Bengal state, of which Kolkata is the capital, has a long history of political violence and targeted killings of rival party activists.  “The crude bomb ...

Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said journalists and editors who have no intention of publishing falsehoods have nothing to worry about the Digital Security Act 2018 as it was created to protect citizen data and privacy. “With regards to hacking and covert surveillance in Government offices and computers, this was created to protect citizen data and ...