Photo: A firefighting unit trying to under control the fire. Faridpur, Sept 28 : At least 18 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Haat Krishnapur Bazar in Sadarpur upazila on Thursday night. Saifuzzaman, senior station officer of Faridpur Fire service, said the fire broke out at a shop around 10:30 pm and spread around soon. On ...

photo: The Prime Minister addressing on ‘Economic Growth through Women Empowerment’ at the Conference Room-3 of the United Nations Headquarters on Thursday. New York, Sept 28 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised the need for three actions, including working for overcoming gender stereotypes regarding women’s ability, to advance women empowerment. The Prime Minister was addressing a high-level discussion on ...

The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority.   The top UN rights body voted to “establish an ongoing independent mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law ...

Plight of Rohingyas cannot be ignored, she says Photo: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking at a high-level side meeting on the situation of Rohingya minority in Myanmar at the conference room-12 of the UN Headquarters on Thursday. New York, Sept 27 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the OIC member states to find out why the Muslims across ...

A colourful rally was brought out marking the World Tourism Day 2018 in Dhaka on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, Sept 27 : Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal on Thursday said the government has been working sincerely to turn Bangladesh as one of the attractive tourism destinations of the world by utilizing its potential and ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. File photo Dhaka, Sept 27 : BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday filed a revision petition with the High Court seeking stay on the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in her absence. In the petition, Khaleda’s lawyer Kaisar Kamal also sought issuance of a rule from the High Court seeking explanation why the ...

Shah Amanat International Airport. File photo Chattogram, Sep 27 : The passengers of a Muscat-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines staged demonstrations at Shah Amanat International Airport on Thursday following its flight schedule collapse. At least 50 passengers who had been waiting at the airport since Wednesday night staged protests in the morning. Later, officials of the airport and Biman ...

French director Claude Lelouch has started shooting a sequel to his classic romance “A Man and a Woman” with the same actors, 52 years after the original was a box office smash.   The movie has gone down in film legend for its theme tune of the same name, with its “chabadabada, chabadabada” refrain.  Lelouch’s production company confirmed Wednesday that ...

Priyanka Chopra attended the engagement ceremony of Mukesh Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani in Italy, with fiance Nick Jonas. After sharing some beautiful pictures from the exotic location, the Quantico actress has now shared a picture with late Sridevi’s daughters – Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor. The photo shared by Priyanka Chopra on Instagram is no less than a graffiti wall ...

Singer-actress Lady Gaga has revealed that she always dreamt of being an actress. Gaga spoke about her acting dreams at the premiere of her forthcoming film “A Star Is Born”, reports eonline.com. Talking about the film and the team, Gaga said: “The most challenging part of this process for me was being as vulnerable as the character needed… but Bradley ...