Bangladesh

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has launched an initiative to install four state of art community-based solar powered plants to provide safe water through pipelines filtering arsenic and iron contents in aquifer. “The...

The US state department will present one of its 10 Emerging Young Leaders Awards to Bangladeshi youth, community development and women’s rights activist Tanzil Ferdous The 24-year-old president of Volunteer for Bangladesh, Chittagong and senior programme...

A delegation from the Dhaka University student protests calling for reforms to civil service quotas will meet with Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader at the Awami League offices in Dhanmondi following overnight violence on campus....

Beauty Akhter’s father and two others were “involved” in sensational murder of the 16-year-old girl, Bidhan Tripura, superintendent of police in Habiganj, said today. SP Bidhan Tripura said this at a press conference this afternoon following...

BRACU Mongol Tori is preparing with full motion with their rover “witty” for the upcoming URC 2018 competition. They are approaching with innovative ideas and upgraded technologies. The team secured itself among the top 36 teams...

The probe committee which was formed to investigate the cases filed over the abduction, rape and murder of the teenager Beauty Akhter in Habiganj, today recommended departmental action against the first investigating officer of one of...

A Dhaka court has sentenced film actor Ahmed Sharif to three years in prison over cheque fraud. The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Iman Ali Sheikh delivered the verdict on Monday. A businessman, Mosharraf Hossain...

In an unprecedented move, India and Bangladesh have started a container train service between Kolkata and Dhaka. The trial run of the train was flagged off at a Concor terminus near the the Majerhat railway station...

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will discuss the Rohingya refugees crisis and economic cooperation between the countries in the bilateral meeting in Moscow. Ali is currently on a working...

A Dhaka University student died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after he was found ‘critically injured in unknown circumstances’ on the campus, police said. Shabagh Police Station Inspector Zafar Ali Biswas identified the deceased as Mohammad...