BNP for army deployment in Gazipur, Khulna city polls
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday demanded deployment of army seven days before the elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations scheduled for May 15
Mujibnagar Day being observed
The nation is celebrating today the Mujibnagar Day, commemorating the formation of the provisional government of Bangladesh during the War for Independence in 1971.
Rajib loses his fight for survival at DMCH
Rajib Hasan, the Government Titumir College student whose life had been teetering on the edge since he was horrifically sandwiched between two moving buses on April 3
CAPITAL’S RECKLESS BUS DRIVING One victim on life support, another paralysed, 3rd in critical condition
Reckless bus driving in the capital made three victims in the 1st 11 days of this month. Ttumir College student Rajib Hossain has been on life support at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital after losing his right forearm on April 3
Annual motorbike registration rate jumps
The annual rate of motorcycle registration jumped after 2014 when 90,685 were registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. In 2015, BRTA officials told New Age that 2.4 lakh motorbikes were given registration, 3.32 lakh in 2016 and 3.25 in 2017.
HC asks govt to pay compensation to owners of vested properties
The High Court Division has directed the government to pay sufficient compensations to owners of vested properties now under the government’s possession.
Abe faces awkward Trump summit on North Korea amid plummeting support in Japan
(CNN)Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who heads Tuesday to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, is in dire need of a policy win as he faces challenges abroad and protests at home
Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollution
(CNN)Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems
China is beating the United States in the race for 5G
The global race to own 5G technology is on — and China is winning. That's according to a report released Monday by CTIA, a trade association for the US wireless industry.
Mud in this small Japanese island could change the global economy
(CNN)A small island in the Pacific Ocean is the site of a huge discovery that could change Japan's economic future. How huge? One economist called it a "game changer." The researchers who helped find it said it had "tremendous potential."
