Dr Tanzima Hashem, a Bangladeshi computer science researcher, has received a prestigious international award for her work in developed computational approaches to protect the privacy of people accessing location-based services, reports UNB. Dr Tanzima, an associate professor of Bangladesh University…

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende placed a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in the first hour of February 21 paying homage to great language movement martyrs marking 'Amar Ekushey' and the International Mother Language Day, reports UNB. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali was also present.…

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party will continue its movement until democracy is 'restored' in the country, reports UNB. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after paying homage to the Language Movement martyrs by placing a wreath together…

At least seven people were killed when multiple Taliban suicide bombers attacked a court complex in northern Pakistan yesterday, the latest in a series of assaults which have raised fears militants are regrouping, reports AFP from Tangi. One bomber was briefly on the loose inside the busy complex in…

Two water ambulances meant for ferrying critical patients and expectant mothers from the isolated area of Sandwip to hospitals in Chittagong district…

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said that Bengali should be made an official language of United Nations (UN). “Bengali is spoken by more than 32 crore people across the world. Now it is only a matter of time before Bengali is made an official language of the UN.…

The US Department of Homeland Security issued tough new orders yesterday to begin a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants, putting nearly all of the country's 11 million undocumented foreigners in their cross-hairs, reports AFP. Two memos issued by DHS Secretary John Kelly order border patrol…