Bangladesh's interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to the armed forces martyrs, who made supreme sacrifices during the War of Independence in 1971, on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day.
The Armed Forces Day will be observed today amid festivity and enthusiasm marking the establishment of the army, navy and air forces during the 1971 Liberation War...
Negotiators at deadlocked UN climate talks said Wednesday that rich countries have been urged to commit as much as $900 billion per year to help poorer nations take action against global warming...
TikTok has announced that voting has been opened for TikTok Awards 2024 in Bangladesh, said a press release...
THE magnificent origin of Bangladesh鈥檚 Armed Forces Day goes back to 1971 in the battlefields of the war of independence. November 21 is a significant day in the victory saga of patriotism. On this day, the army, the navy and the air force united with the Mukti Bahini, freedom fighters 鈥� and led the joint offensive against the occupation forces...
Kremlin on Wednesday accused the US of prolonging the 鈥榳ar in Ukraine鈥� by stepping up weapons deliveries to Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump鈥檚 return to the White House.
On July 19, after having lunch, Md Foysal Sarker told his mother, Hajera Begum, that he would return soon before stepping out of their rented house in Savar鈥檚 Abdullahpur about 3:00pm...
European stock markets slid Tuesday on fears of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war after president Vladimir Putin broadened rules on his country鈥檚 use of nuclear arms, analysts said...
Writers and poets said on Monday that Hasan Azizul Haque wrote a lot on the 1947 partition of India which writings were successful aesthetically in Bangla literature, especially his short-stories...
IN TODAY鈥橲 globalised world, the tension between respecting national sovereignty and intervening in cases of rights violations has become a pressing issue in international relations. Sovereignty has historically been a pillar of global diplomacy, enshrined in the principle of non-intervention established after World War II to maintain stability...
The University of Dhaka at a syndicate meeting on Wednesday made a decision to lift the ban on academic ties with Pakistan...
The 72nd birthday of Independence Award-winning internationally acclaimed singer and composer Runa Laila was celebrated in Dhaka on Sunday...
AB Bank won awards for excellence in Mastercard Business (Financial Inclusion) and Excellence in Mastercard Debit Business (Domestic) 2023-24 on Saturday, says a press release.
A total of 26 organisations on Saturday were given Mastercard Excellence Award 2024 in recognition of their contribution to financial services in furthering innovation and inclusion...
Journalist Rafiq Uzzaman has received the Bronx Community Award in New York in the United States USA recently...
Speakers at a seminar stressed creating awareness at grassroots levels to substantially reduce the death rate of women with breast cancer in the country...
Today is the third anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning fiction writer Hasan Azizul Haque...
Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel鈥檚 repeated evacuation orders in Gaza amount to the 鈥榳ar crime of forcible transfer鈥�, and to 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥� in parts of the Palestinian territory...
The British Council on Tuesday organised Scholars鈥� Award 2024 distribution ceremony to honour 36 students who achieved excellent results in their May-June 2024 Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel Qualifications conducted by the British Council for UK Exam Boards...
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction 鈥� and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday...
The World Health Organization and some 50 countries issued a warning Friday at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, with the United States specifically blaming Russia.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general professor Mia Golam Parwar has demanded that the national parliamentary elections be held within a reasonable timeframe.
The UN on Friday condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 per cent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify.
David Warner was named captain of Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder on Wednesday, a fortnight after having his lifetime ban on any leadership role in Australian cricket lifted.
Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday want Donald Trump, who won the US election, to end the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated their territory.
Dhaka University female students faced moral policing on the campus as thousands of activists and leaders of Islamist groups marched through the area to join a rally at...
Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar鈥檚 faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a perilous task.
The Islamic conference at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, Bangladesh concluded with the announcement of a nine-point demand, including justice for the 2013 Shapla Chattar killings and the withdrawal of all false cases against Islamic scholars.
The government has reconstituted a 13-member jury board for awarding national film award 2023.
A seven-day Jatra Utsab, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, began on Friday on the the Mukta Mancha stage of the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
