Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban, reports UNB. During the meeting, Sheikh Hasina apprised the President of the outcome of her recent visits to Hungary and Morocco. The President's press secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after…

Experts at dialogue stressed the need for engaging the private sector in the conservation of tigers, their natural habitat and the Sundarbans mangrove forest, reports UNB.  The US Agency for International Development (USAID) organised the public-private partnership dialogue titled ‘Greater…

Experts yesterday said tobacco cultivation is emerging as a great threat to the biodiversity and environment of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region, reports UNB. “New challenges are coming up as tobacco cultivation is increasing fast in the CHT…when tobacco is cultivated, huge woods…

MUNSHIGANJ: M Nurul Islam Khan, father of former whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Segufta Yasmin Emeli, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday night at the age of 85, reports BSS. He left behind his wife, three sons and five daughters, grandchildren and a host of admirers to mourn his death. He will be…

Temperatures would start declining gradually turning to mild to moderate cold waves with the mercury falling to 6-8 to Degrees Celsius in the country’s north, north-east and central regions with moderate to thick fog enveloping the river basins by the month end, a monthly forecast for December…

The 53nd death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, one of the great leaders of the sub-continent, will be observed today in the country through various programmes. Different socio-political, cultural and professional organisations including the ruling Awami League have organised various programmes…