DHAKA: Urgent action is needed to reach the benefits of innovation to millions of children through new global networks of connectivity and collaboration, says a release. UNICEF released the report titled ‘The State of the World’s Children Report--Reimagine the future: Innovation for

DHAKA: Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Sajeeb Wazed Joy have been made honorary advisors to Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina. An order from Prime Minister Office (PMO) sent to Press Information Department (PID) said on Thursday evening. Journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury has been made information

THAKURGAON: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel gunned down a youth in Ratnai frontier of Baliadangi upazila of the district on Thursday. The victim was identified as Shah Alam, 22, son of Sher Ali of the upazila. Lieutenant Colonel Tushar Bin Yunus of Border Guard Bangladesh

JATIYA SANGSAD BHABAN (DHAKA): A total of 21 Bangladeshi convicts will not face execution in oil-rich gulf countries Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. Execution of eight other Bangladeshis remains halted in the two countries and some 21 others were also awarded death penalty in five

DHAKA: The Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai Samina Naz sought kind assistance of Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao, the new Governor of Maharashtra for further development of relations. She came up with this assertion while paid a courtesy call on the new Governor of

DHAKA: Foreign Affairs Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Bangladesh is expected to sign three agreements at the upcoming 18th SAARC summit in Nepal’s Kathmandu. The minister disclosed the matter on Thursday at a press conference on the summit at the foreign affairs ministry in city. The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Thursday put emphasis on more practice of culture to meet the hunger of the mind. The premier came up with the assertion while addressing a program during her visit to the cultural affairs ministry at the

KISHOREGANJ: A college student was killed as a tractor ran over him on Kishoreganj-Karimganj road in Beparipara intersection under Karimganj upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Borhan Uddin, 18, a student of class XI of Karimganj Model College, son of

LALMONIRHAT: A Lalmonirhat court on Thursday awarded life-term rigorous imprisonment to six people in a murder case. The court also fined Tk 50,000 each, in default, to serve three months more in jail. The convicts are Abu Sama, Raham Ali and his brother Jamer Ali, Rafiq, Fazar Ali and

DHAKA: Two youths were found dead in Kamlapur and Khilgaon areas of the capital and, on information, police recovered the bodies on Thursday morning. One of the deceased was identified Nayon Mia, 30, son of Muktar Hossain, a resident of Purba Para in Trimohoni area under the city’s

DHAKA: No Bangladesh national has been affected in Buffalo, USA due to snow storm there since November18 which reportedly claimed 8 lives so far. Bangladeshi neighborhood was not much affected by snow storm in the State. The affected areas are about 5 miles away from Bangladeshi

SYLHET: The authorities closed Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) for indefinite period and asked students to leave the halls following a Chhatra League gunfight that killed one and hurt proctor among 9 Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sumon, a student of

SYLHET: A university student was killed here on Thursday during intra-party clashes of Chhatra League at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST).Sources said that the deceased Sumon was a student of Sylhet International University.Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday ordered for going back to the provision of 7 year jail for road crash convict annulling the Criminal Procedure Code and Penal Code amendment-1985 that reduced penalty to 3 year imprisonment.An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and

DHAKA: Chashi Nabanna Utsab, a 3-day festival highlighting the traditional cakes, which are usually made after harvesting new crops in Bangladesh, has begun on Thursday.The festival started in the morning at city’s Ramna Batamul and will remain open from 7:00am to 8:00pm daily till

DHAKA: Saida Muna Tasneem, recently appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNESCAP, handed over her Letter of Introduction to the Executive Secretary of UNESCAP Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Wednesday at the ESCAP Secretariat in

DHAKA: Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Thursday accorded a reception to the veteran freedom fighters and their close relatives ahead of the Armed Forces Day. General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan talked to three Bir Uttoms, six Bir Bikrims, 11 brave

NEW YORK: The Foreign Relations Committee of US Senate on Tuesday finalized the appointment of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as the new US Ambassador to Dhaka.Later, the decision was published in the Senate Gazette Executive Calendar. Senate Foreign Relations Committee sources

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal residents, according to a source familiar with White House deliberations.Obama has promised to lay out the details

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 20 lakh to poet Nirmolendu Gun, actress Amirunnessa Khanam alias Rani Sarkar and film actress Shahina Shikder Bansree each on Wednesday.The premier handed over the cheques to them at Ganabhaban, official residence of the PM, on Wednesday