Alphabet created by a teenage hill boy in 1980s takes Mro language to Google Play

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A script devised by a teenage boy in the hills of Bandarban in the early 1980s has quietly crossed into the digital age, finding a place on Google Play and computer keyboards in a ra... Read More

Remembering Ekushey 1972

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- As coordinator of the refugee relief programme assisting 600,000 Bangladeshis, I was sitting in my OXFAM Refugee Relief Office near Park Circus, Calcutta on Feb 21, 1972, when I was ... Read More

First session of 13th Parliament may start March 2nd week, says Salahuddin

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- The first session of the 13th Parliament may be convened on Mar 12 or a few days earlier, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. On Saturday evening, the BNP Standing Committee me... Read More

NCP leader lands in Bogura jail over 'fund embezzlement and extortion'

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A Bogura court has sent a National Citizen Party (NCP) leader to jail in connection with a case filed over embezzlement of funds, extortion and torture of a business rival. Bogura D... Read More

Woman, infant burnt alive in Jharkhand over 'practising witchcraft'

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Four people have been arrested in India's Jharkhand for allegedly burning a woman and her 10-month-old son to death over accusations of practising witchcraft. The incident occurred ... Read More

4 men flee after stabbing Jatrabari policeman during search, crude bombs found in bag

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A routine police search in Dhaka's Jatrabari has turned violent when a group of youths stabbed a constable and fled, leaving behind a bag containing crude bombs at the checkpoint. T... Read More

Transport minister shares plans to launch multiple trains on Mongla-Khulna route

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- The government will soon introduce multiple train services on the Mongla-Khulna rail route, Road Transport and Communications Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has said. Speaking to journ... Read More

Chief justice pays tribute at Shaheed Minar

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury has paid his respects to the 1952 Language Movement martyrs on International Mother Language Day. He laid a wreath at the Central Shaheed Mina... Read More

Information Minister Swapon pledges to guarantee independent media

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Calling a free press essential for democracy, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon says he sees himself as a "guardian of the media", responsible for ensuring jou... Read More

Banana trunks found inside guide wall construction in Madaripur!

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A road construction project meant to improve connectivity in Madaripur has drawn sharp criticism after residents uncovered banana trunks placed inside the foundation of a guide wall.... Read More

• «
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• »
• »»