Royena Tanaz, a seventeen year old senior (12th grade) at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Virginia was born in Chandpur, Bangladesh. [Read more]

Bangladesh officials say the United States Navy has joined in relief operations for survivors of the country’s devastating cyclone. [Read more]

Tanvir Mokammel has recently made a film about Tajuddin Ahmed, a Bangladeshi statesman who was brutally killed on November 3rd, 1975. [Read more]

The U.S. and Bangladesh military have stepped up efforts to get relief supplies to victims of cyclone Sidr which wiped out entire villages and killed thousands. [Read more]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Bangladesh Election Commission met with the Workers Party of Bangladesh at the Election Commission Secretariat on Tuesday to talk about electoral reforms. [Read more]

The extortion case filed against detained Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina and two others will be tried at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban beginning wednesday. [Read more]

A US Air Force C-130 aircraft brought relief with relief materials worth $290,000 for cyclone survivors to Zia International Airport in Dhaka. [Read more]

Staff Reporter
Two policymakers of the Caretaker Government yesterday brushed aside the possibility of any food crisis and famine, due to food-grains losses cause by two floods and the severe cyclone, in the country. “There is neither any possibility of food crisis nor famine in the country, as we have enough food stock to feed people [...]

Staff ReporterAt least 15 persons, including four women and two Ansarmen, were injured during clashes between two groups of employees, supporters of two feuding brothers, over the control of a bulb factory in the city’s Islampur under Kotwali thana. Police also resorted to baton charge and lobbed teargas shells to bring the situation under control. [...]