Appreciating Bangladesh’s women empowerment, US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat said they support a Bangladesh where women thrive and are valued in all sectors, reports UNB. “We support a Bangladesh where women thrive and are valued in all sectors. When women succeed,…

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) general secretary Prof ASM Maksud Kamal yesterday urged the government to allocate at least 6 percent of the GDP to education sector. He came up with the suggestion at a post-budget discussion on ‘Budget for Tertiary Education 2015-16’,…

Five people were killed in separate accidents in Tangail and Sirajganj districts yesterday. Our Tangail correspondent says: Three people were killed and another was injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Asimtala on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila early yesterday. Identity…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu and Sri Lankan Mass Media and Information Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka yesterday stressed keeping the mass media free from religious militancy and inappropriate contents to uphold democracy, reports UNB. They also agreed in principle to conclude a memorandum of…

Police arrested 54 people, including 30 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its front organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of the district during a drive continuing for 24 hours till yesterday morning on charges of subversive activities. Police Superintendent of Satkhira…

In efforts to enhance quality of education, the government has prepared modern curriculum incorporating ICT and ethical education to build complete human-beings developing sense of patriotism and humanity, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday, reports BSS. “We have prepared education…

Wrapping up her six-day visit to the United Kingdom (UK), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left London for home yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. A VVIP flight (BG-016) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Heathrow International Airport at 6:15 pm (local…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will attend proceedings in a Dhaka court today that will hear two graft cases against her: the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases. Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukdar, one of the counsels for the BNP chief, confirmed that Khaleda Zia would be in the court. “Former…

Convicted war crimes Mahidur Rahman yesterday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging an International Crimes Tribunal verdict that had sentenced him to jail till death for wartime offences. Mahidur submitted the appeal through his lawyer on Tuesday afternoon seeking…

The 24-hour countrywide shutdown, enforced by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting against the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid, has remained peaceful so far. The hartal began at 6:00am yesterday (Wednesday) and will end at 6:00am today.…

Sherpur: Two people, including a schoolgirl, were killed by lightning strike at Nama Koiyakori village in Nokla upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Nurunnahar Begum, 45, and Bilkis Beugm, 12, daughter of Abul Kalam of the village.