Kabir Anwar is a Bangladeshi film director and is currently living in New York. [Read more]

Militants ambushed a convoy of prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders in volatile northwest Pakistan on Thursday, spraying their cars with gunfire, killing six people and wounding several others. [Read more]

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Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaq yesterday said the government would train volunteers on rescue and disaster management and earthquake operation in the major cities of the country. “We will train 62,000 volunteers to tackle earthquake havoc in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Work on identifying the buildings at risk in those [...]

বাংলাদেশে প্রলয়ঙ্করী ঘূর্ণিঝড় সিডরে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত শরণখোলার মানুষ বলছেন ঝড়ের ১০০দিন পরেও পুর্নবাসন ও বাড়িঘর তৈরীর কাছে উল্লেখযেগ্য অগ্রগতি হয়নি৻ [Read more]

She placed a floral bouquet  at the late Senator’s grave and observed a minute of silence at the graveyard. Senator Kennedy had been a strong supporter of Bangladesh’s independence. [Read more]

Two consecutive tremors on Monday and Tuesday jolted the capital city and different parts of the country during Eid holidays with no reports of damage or loss of life. [Read more]

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Millions of impoverished Bangladeshis are barely sustaining a hand-to-mouth existence that would be wrenched from their grasp by any fresh “economic shock,” according to the UN food aid agency.Quoting World Food Programme (WFP) country head John Aylieff AFP reports that two million children aged under five in Bangladesh are suffering from acute malnutrition, which [...]

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Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni, said that Bangladesh could work with the United States in showcasing the progressive, liberal and democratic face of Bangladesh to the international community. [Read more]

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Exodus of people in thousands to their village homes from the Dhaka city for celebrating Eid festival with their dear and near ones continued also yesterday.Meanwhile, large number of people belonging to the minority community started leaving the capital for their [...]