The 74th birth anniversary of valiant Freedom Fighter Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed on Saturday (August 5) in a befitting manner. Different sports and socio-cultural organizations, including the ruling Awami League, popular club Abahani Limited and Abahani ‘Samarthak Goshti have taken elaborate programmes to observe the ...

Greenpeace protesters draped the private home of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in black fabric on Thursday, hanging huge sheets of it from the roof as they stepped up their campaign against his government’s policy on drilling for oil. Four protesters used ladders to get onto the roof of the constituency home in Yorkshire, northern England, where they said they ...

The managing committee of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj. Members of JPC managing committee led by its President Farida Yeasmin and General Secretary Shyamol Dutta placed a floral wreath at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and stood ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP is deadlier than dengue in many cases and this party should be resisted as like as this deadly disease. “Dengue (aedes) mosquitoes bite people while BNP burns people alive and torch vehicles by carrying out arson attacks. So, BNP should be resisted as like as dengue,” he said. Hasan, also ...

Following a meeting with US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas in Dhaka on Thursday, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said he didn’t feel the foreign pressure, rather he felt ‘pressure of conscience.’ “Why should we feel pressure? It is our commitment to hold free, fair elections. If you talk about pressure, then it’s pressure from our own conscience,” Quader ...

Australia is interested in holding the men’s World Cup in 2034, football’s governing body in the country said Friday, as it looks to build off the momentum of hosting the women’s version. Football Australia is keen to use the experience of staging the biggest-ever Women’s World Cup, which it is sharing with New Zealand, to put on more major tournaments. ...

A new study has found that babies are more likely to be born prematurely when either their father or mother has had a psychiatric diagnosis. The study has been published in a journal, “PLOS Medicine”. The research has shown for the first time, that the risk of preterm birth is higher in infants whose father or mother has a psychiatric ...

With the pace of the modern world at an ever increasing rise , The Statesman in an exclusive with Dr Kanika Chopra, gynaecologist at Lady Hardinge Medical college talks about the toll that unbalanced work life balance takes on the health of women. Q. What are the common problems that are observed in women ‘s reproductive health? A. A lot ...

The United Nations has called upon the Bangladesh authorities to allow people exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly. “Authorities must abide by their human rights obligations and allow people to exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of opinion and expression, and to act diligently to protect against attempts by third parties to suppress or ...

Professor Panna Kaiser, a former member of parliament, breathed her last at the United Hospital in the capital on Friday morning. She was 73. KM Shakhawat Moon, deputy press secretary to the Prime Minister, confirmed the news. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her deep shock and sorrow at the death of Panna Kaiser. Panna Kaiser was the wife ...