Two air force officers killed in aircraft crash in Bangladesh

Two pilots died after their training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a water-body in Jessore on Sunday night.

Homage paid to Holey Artisan victims in Bangladesh

With a bouquet of flowers, Md Anisuzzaman travelled from Mawna in Gazipur on a bus and reached the dead-end of road 79 at Gulshan in Dhaka, where the two-storey Holey Artisan Bakery is located.

Resolve intra-party feuds before JS polls: Hasina

Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on the grassroots leaders to resolve intra-party feuds before the next general elections and seek votes for ‘boat’

BNP plans to forge nat’l unity to bring down govt: Moudud

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Saturday claimed that his party was planning to forge a national unity that would bring down the Awami League-led government

ANTI-QUOTA PROTEST 15 injured in BCL attack at DU

Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists roughed up anti-quota protesters at Dhaka University on Saturday, leaving 15 students injured

Average life expectancy now 72 years: BBS

An old Bangladeshi citizen drinks tea.-- Wikimedia Commons photo Average life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh increased by 0.4 year to stand at 72 years in 2017 from that of 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

HC to hear Khaleda’s appeal against sentence from July 2

The High Court Division said Wednesday that from July 2 it would hear former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal for setting aside her five-year jail term in Zia Orphanage Trust case

BNP rejects Gazipur poll, AL finds it free and fair

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday rejected the mayoral poll to the Gazipur city bringing allegations of ‘vote robbery’ which was hit back by the ruling Awami League saying that the people had rejected BNP.

JS body for raising age limit for govt jobs to 35yrs

The parliamentary standing committee on public administration ministry on Wednesday recommended the government to raise the upper age limit for entry into government jobs to 35 years from existing 30 years

Scam-hit banks get bailout fund again

The government on Wednesday disbursed Tk 2,000 crore for state-owned banks including scam-hit Sonali and Janata Banks ignoring severe criticism from different quarters