Denying the existing of Islamic State in Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the release of video footage by IS from Bangladesh is part of a conspiracy against the country, reports UNB. “I’ve said it before there’s no organisational existence and leader of IS…

The Government has imposed certain restrictions on remaining at the Secretariat after office hours, a letter issued the home ministry said yesterday. The letter has been sent to all ministries and divisions requesting them to take steps in this regard. One who wants to stay in the interests of work…

Bangladesh presidency has been highly praised by the representatives of the least developed countries (LDCs) and the friends of LDCs at the annual ministerial meeting of the LDCs, held Saturday at the UN Headquarters in New York, reports BSS. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali chaired…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday told parliament that the work for setting spans on the piers of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) would begin from December and January next year. The minister was replying to a supplementary question from Awami League (AL) lawmaker Navana…

Natural disasters like cyclone and flood are severely hindering children’s education in Bangladesh, affecting classes in around 5,000 schools every year and severely damaging 900 schools across the country, according to a recent study, reports BSS. The findings of the study conducted by the Save…

Replying to a letter from a schoolboy in Patuakhali, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to have a bridge built on the Payra River, near his home. Shirshendu Biswas, a Class-IV student of Patuakhali Government Jubilee High School, wrote a letter to the PM on August 15, requesting her to have a…

A Bangladeshi young man was gunned down allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Thatkoraibari border point in Raumari upazila of Kurigram district early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Baharul,35, son of Boktarkari, a resident of the area. Officer-in-charge…