Climate change undermining global efforts to eradicate hunger
The United Nations warned last month that the accelerating impacts of climate change—“already clearly visible…
Author Lutfun Nahar
CU teacher ends up in jail over ‘derogatory remark on PM’
Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), was sent to jail on Monday…
Dhaka clean-up campaign in Guinness World Record
Dhaka Clean-up Campaign, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the capital on April…
2 accused in Zia Charitable case plan no-confidence
Two accused of Zia Charitable Trust Graft case on Monday in a written application expressed…
Hearing on writ seeking better treatment for Khaleda Tuesday
The High Court fixed Tuesday for hearing a writ petition seeking its directive on the…
Alliance with corrupt people to fight corruption: PM Hasina
Mentioning that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman are convicted in graft…
‘Hotchpotch’ unity not to survive, says Quader
Branding the recently formed ‘National Unity’ a ‘hotchpotch’ one, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader…
Accept demands to join unity: BNP tells AL
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said Awami League will be included in…
Journalism caught between bullets, censorship in S America
The murder of journalists and changing forms of censorship show that freedom of expression and…
Sovereignty: False friend In defense of national identity
The debate on UK withdrawal from the EU has included talk about sovereignty, as if…
RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for dues
At least 20 garment workers were injured as police charged baton on them after they…
Burimari, Mongla ports plagued by irregularities: TIB study
Illegal transaction of money takes places in almost every stage of clearing imported goods and…
Tanzania buries ferry disaster dead as toll hits 224
Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning Sunday as the first dozen bodies were…
Greater awareness about fungal infection urged
Country’s dermatology experts on Sunday called for more research works and forming uniform guidelines for…
Reshuffle in admin: 10 districts get new DCs
In a major reshuffle in the field administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners…
Govt awaits ‘shameful’ defeat: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday warned that the government will have to…
Farooki’s film Doob to represent BD in 91st Oscar
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s film Doob (No Bed of Roses) is going to represent…
Minority groups to hold grand rally in city on Sept 28
Different religious and ethnic minority groups in the country have planned to hold a grand…
Quader ‘using public transport in electioneering’: BNP
BNP on Sunday accused Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader of illegally conducting their party’s…
Writ seeks independent probe of 4,000 ‘fictitious cases’
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Sunday seeking its directive…
No one wants movement before election: Quader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the people of the country do…
Annul some sections of Digital Security BillL Sujan
Civil rights body Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) on Saturday demanded revision of the newly passed…
Journos to join human chain, protest Digital Security Bill
The Shampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) on Saturday expressed its deep regret at the passage of…
Urban poor has less access to maternal, child health care
Comparing to their non-slum urban and village counterparts, community living in urban slums in Bangladesh…
Canada declares Myanmar treatment of Rohingya genocide
Canada’s Parliament has unanimously adopted a motion declaring crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar…
People skeptical about process of grenade attack case: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday expressed doubt whether the trial…
Experts call for global momentum on gender parity
The world’s most important meeting is underway in New York, providing yet another opportunity for…
‘Grenade attack case verdict: Tough action against anarchy’
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit chief Monirul Islam on Saturday warned that law…
BNP leaders, B Chy, Dr Kamal share stage to gear up ‘unity’
BNP leaders on Saturday participated in the Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya rally at…
2 UPDF men shot dead in Rangamati
Two activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, were…