Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday morning left Dhaka for Madrid, Spain, to attend the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25). The world's annual climate summit, COP25, will be held in Madrid, the Spain's central capital, on December 2-13 under the UN framework convention on climate change. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage…

Water transport workers in Patuakhali went on work stoppage on Saturday demanding implementation of their 11-points demands. The strike caused immense suffering to the commuters in the route, specially for hundreds of students who came here to sit for the admission test at Patuakhali Science and Technology University. The local people also expressed their worries if the price of essential commodities…

A Dhaka Court on Thursday sentenced former OC of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain to eight years imprisonment in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Cyber Tribunal Judge Md As-Shams Jaglul Hossain pronounced the verdict. This is the first verdict under this Act. The court also fined him Tk 15 lakh. In default, to suffer six months more in jail. Earlier this morning, OC Moazzem was…

An anti-terrorism special tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday convicted seven accused, out of eight, and sentenced them to death in Holey Artisan Cafe attack case. The tribunal Judge Md Majibur Rahman pronounced the verdict in presence of the eight accused. The court also acquitted accused Mizanur Rahman alias Baro Mizan from the charges. The condemned convicts are: Rashedul Islam alias Rash, Jahangir…

A death-raw convict of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case was seen wearing a cap of international militant group-Islamic State at court premises on Wednesday (November 27). Aslam Hossain alias Rash, who is one of the seven convicts sentenced to death, was also seen chanting Takbir ‘Allah akbar,’ usually translated as”God is the greatest". He put on a black cap before members…

A case has been filed with Shahbagh Police Station against 500 BNP leaders and activists over vehicles vandalism and attack on police in front of the High Court on Tuesday. Police filed the case on Tuesday night, OC Abul Hasan confirmed. Some leaders and activists of BNP staged demonstration and sit-in programme in front of the HC on Tuesday afternoon demanding the release of party chief Khaleda Zia.…

Ekushey Padak award winner poet and architect Rabiul Hussain has passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) on early Tuesday at the age of 76. He breathed his last around 8:30 am on Tuesday. He was receiving medical care for the last two weeks before being transferred to the ICU on Monday after his condition deteriorated, sources said. He was suffering from a blood-related…

Dhaka’s air quality has worsened alarmingly and the capital city has ranked No. 1 in the Air Quality Index (AQI) across the world in the last two to three days. It is almost impossible to reduce pollution by 2022 until development works like the Metro Rail are completed. The government has also decided to declare the Bangladesh Secretariat areas like Zero Point, Paltan Moor and Kadam Fuara as…

City dwellers of many areas will not get gas today due to maintenance work, according to Titas Gas. Following the shutdown, gas supply will also be disrupted in west side of the Turag river adjacent Gabtoli cattle market. People of these areas will not get gas for about 10 hours from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday.

Renowned Bangladeshi musicologist, classical musician and writer Mobarak Hossain Khan (81) breathed his last on Sunday at his residence in West Rampura in the capital. Reenat Fauzia, educationist and daughter of the Swadhinota Padak- winning classical artist, told UNB that her father passed away in his sleep at around dawn. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the last few days, UNB reports.…

Newly-elected Awami Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary (GS) Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Sunday evening (November 24). The two top Jubo League leaders greeted the premier by presenting a bouquet. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader and ex-Jubo League general secretary Harun-or-Rashid were present…

Dhaka and Bandar Seri Begawan on Monday signed seven instruments for strengthening cooperation mainly in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, culture and sports, and LNG supply, UNB reports. The instruments were signed after an official bilateral meeting held between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah at the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence…

Dhaka and Bandar Seri Begawan on Monday signed seven instruments for strengthening cooperation mainly in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, culture and sports, and LNG supply, UNB reports. The instruments were signed after an official bilateral meeting held between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah at the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence…