Pointing to a staggering lack of coordination within the party, leaders of Barisal district, city and upazila units Awami League and its associated bodies yesterday demanded formation of new committees at the grassroots tiers. [Read more]

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for six weeks the High Court verdict that declared the existing warrant of precedence illegal. [Read more]

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for six weeks the High Court verdict that declared the existing warrant of precedence illegal. [Read more]

A French envoy thanked Sudan’s President Omar al-Beshir for helping to secure the release of a Red Cross worker held by kidnappers for nearly three months. [Read more]

An air compressor explosion at Pran Factory in Ghorashal left a compressor operator dead and another worker seriously injured yesterday. [Read more]

Today is World Cancer Day observed by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO, along with the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) tries to raise awareness about the deadly disease that is plaguing the world. [Read more]

Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh has asked Biman, Bangladesh Airlines to resume its Dhaka-New York flight as soon as possible. [Read more]

On Tuesday, a full six-member bench led by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, dismissed the two petitions challenging the 2005 High Court ruling that declared the Fifth Amendment illegal. [Read more]

In an exclusive interview with VOA, Imdadul Haq Milon, one of the most popular Bangla novelists speaks about this year’s book fair in Dhaka – Ekushey Boi Mela. [Read more]

Shibbir Ahmed is the Editor and Publisher of the largest online Bangla news website Khabor.com. [Read more]

UNB, Dhaka
Bangladesh and the United States have significant opportunities to work together to make a bridge between the Muslim world and the USA, said US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Ms Judith Mchale, as the Obama government is taking major steps to that end.She disclosed that there will be an […]

Staff Reporter
Speakers at a discussion meeting on “Expectation and the Reality in the 38 years of Independence” called for concerted efforts to safeguard the national independence and sovereignty from aggression.They said that the people of the county had won independence to enjoy democratic freedom and improve the quality of their life but despite improvement […]

Staff Reporter
A bench of the High Court (HC) yesterday issued a ’suo moto’ rule upon the Government to explain within three weeks why it should not be directed to execute the traffic rules properly by controlling the vehicles speed and examining their licenses. The bench also ordered the Government to submit a report on the […]

UNB, Sylhet
Opposition BNP began two-month-long countrywide union representative meetings from Sylhet on Saturday calling for united resistance of the nationalist forces against government’s ‘misdeeds and anti-nation moves’ to protect country’s independence and sovereignty. Addressing the opener as chief guest, BNP Standing Committee member Brig Gen (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah said all leaders and workers who […]

Staff Reporter
Prices of commodities have remained as same as in the previous week. Except some winter vegetables, the prices of rice, sugar, garlic, ginger and soybean oil remained high in the city’s kitchen market yesterday.The prices of garlic and ginger are yet to come down to a tolerable level, as those soared a couple […]