Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said that a rally will be held across the country on Mar 22 to celebrate the country’s graduation to the status of Developing Country (DC). “At the same time, the government will hold a ‘service week’ starting from March 22 as part…

US President Donald Trump suggested arming teachers to deter mass shootings as he faced broken voices, tears and demands for action at a meeting with survivors of the gun rampage that killed 17 people at a Florida high school, reports AFP from Washington. Trump also promised "very strong"…

The government is set to sell rice at Taka 10per kilogram to 50 lakh extreme poor households across the country from the next month, reports BSS. "A total of 50 lakh extreme poor families will get rice at Taka 10 per kgand each family would get 30 kg rice per month," Food Minister Advocate…

People willing to perform Hajj will have to pay $1575 each in airfare this year. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism yesterday, the fare on Dhaka-Jeddah and Madina-Dhaka routes will be fixed in taka on the basis of the exchange rate of US dollar during the…

A Chittagong University (CU) student was kidnapped yesterday, allegedly by an activist of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for a ransom of Tk. 2 lakh. He was later released after Tk. 1 lakh was paid. Earlier, Tk. 75,000 had been paid. The victim, Md Sajik Khan, is a first-year student of biochemistry.…

Former premier Nawaz Sharif, who was removed as head of his own party on Wednesday by the Supreme Court, accused 'them' ─ without specifying who…

Dutch public prosecutors have refused to open a formal criminal investigation into four major international tobacco companies on charges of attempted murder or manslaughter, saying there is too little chance of a conviction, according to www.theguardian.com. Anne Marie van Veen, a Dutch lung cancer…