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Bangladesh would need to relocate 20 million people by 2050 as their habitats would be imperiled by climate change, Dhaka apprised SAARC environment ministers in Delhi and called for regional and international support

This year’s Hajj flights kick off tomorrow, State Minister for Religious Affairs Shahjahan Mia said at the secretariat yesterday. He also said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the Hajj camp at Ashkona in

Many victims of cyclone Aila-hit unions in Dakope upazila of Khulna district have alleged irregularities and malpractices in distribution of the government fund allocated for reconstruction of their

Myanmar authority is planning to push a large number of Rohingyas into Bangladesh, sources said. Several thousands of Rohingyas have been assembled by the NASAKA (Myanmar border guards) in Mongdu, a town near

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bid to reorganise and rejuvenate the party is thwarted by her own right-hand man–BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, said party insiders. Due to this conflict between the two top

BNP Secretary General Khondker Delwar Hossain yesterday supported the government’s move to submit the maritime boundary dispute with India and Myanmar to compulsory arbitration under the 1982 United Nations

Miscreants ransacked and burnt the photographs of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Muksudpur early morning yesterday. Police arrested

Some human rights bodies propose to file an application in the High Court today seeking a direction to the government to submit comprehensive reports of all incidents of extra-judicial killing in the name of crossfire,

Leaders of Bangladesh Efficient Lighting Manufacturers Association (BELMA) yesterday urged the government to maintain transparency in distribution of 1.05 crore energy saving lamp so that local entrepreneurs can

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will soon quiz former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar and some former and incumbent high officials of police in connection with the case filed against three former CID officers for

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, has said settling the maritime boundary disputes with India and Myanmar is critical for Bangladesh’s progress. She told reporters in Chandpur on Saturday, ‘Progress according to our

The government has initiated preliminary work to establish three more public universities in Barisal, Rangamati and Gopalganj districts in order to provide ‘quality, modern, scientific and effective’ education to students

More than a million ultra poor people living in geographically disadvantaged areas are set to come under a special programme that targets to ensure food security and employment for the poorest during five months of

Rajshahi court today granted seven-day remand for the seven activists of banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday. The police produced the

At least seven people, including four women, were killed and 52 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi, Sylhet and in Dhaka on Saturday. Our Rajshahi correspondent reports: five people were killed

Digium, a leading manufacturer of Internet Protocol (IP) products based on the open-source Asterisk platform, yesterday launched IP telephony solutions for IP telephony service providers, small and medium enterprises,

A virus linked to prostate cancer also appears to play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome, according to research that could lead to the first drug treatments for a mysterious disorder that affects 17 million people worldwide.

A New York-based Volunteers of American Community (VOAC) Bangladesh said Gen (retd) Moeen U Ahmed had wanted to take over on 1/11, but failed to convince the international powers. In a statement issued

The energy ministry considers a feasibility study to take up a pilot project for an open pit mine as a test case in the Barapukuria underground coalmine from 2011, taking into account the ever-increasing energy

Rising temperature, droughts, fogginess, humidity, flash floods, cyclones and intrusion of salinity into arable lands – all have threatened Bangladesh agriculture, livelihoods and food security, say new studies calling for