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US, China ratify Paris Climate Deal

The world's two largest economies, also the world's two biggest polluters, ratified the Paris climate agreement on Saturday, cementing their partnership on climate change and offering a rare display of harmony, setting aside tensions on multiple fronts such as cyber spying and maritime security.
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM

War criminal Mir Quasem buried in Manikganj

Jamaat-e-Islami’s key financier Mir Quasem Ali, who was hanged last night for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, is buried at Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.
4 September 2016, 04:16 AM

Mobile toilets are viable

Fifty-one mobile toilets have been set up in different parts of the city under a joint project led by Association for Realisation of
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ration for the poor and disabled

The Prime Minister, in an inauguration programme, revealed that the government will soon launch village rationing for the
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Aurangajeb new MD of Barapukuria mine co

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) got its new managing director (MD).
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Kashimpur in photos

The photos are taken at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 premises where death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali is being held, awaiting his execution.
3 September 2016, 12:24 PM

Militants will face dire consequences: Minister

The militants, who still dare to continue carrying out anarchy across the country, will face the same consequence as their fellows, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
3 September 2016, 09:00 AM

Quasem doesn’t fear death, wife says after meeting

Family members of condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali enter Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur to meet him as he may be executed any time.
3 September 2016, 04:39 AM

Schools fail to make the grade

A Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education survey, done by its Monitoring and Evaluation wing, paints quite the grim picture regarding the quality of education being provided in schools.
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The peon who became a millionaire!

The story of how a member of the subordinate staff at Rajuk became the owner of property worth crores of taka published in this paper yesterday reveals the audacious manner in which a government employee has abused his position to amass illegal wealth.
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Mir Quasem won’t seek clemency

Condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali will not seek presidential clemency, the last option to avoid the gallows.
2 September 2016, 10:12 AM

Colonel Nazma's feat

It is a matter of pride to see the first ever female contingent commander from Bangladesh Army to a UN peace keeping mission being
1 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Chittagong ammonia factory blast

We are happy that the probe report on the DAP fertiliser factory explosion has been made public. This is certainly a departure from the
1 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Most of latrines damaged weeks after construction

More than half of the newly built sanitary latrines meant for improving the former enclave's sanitation in Panchagarh's Boda upazila have been damaged before handing over to the authorities concerned in time.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Kids take boat ride to attend classes

A good number of primary school students in Satla union under Ujirpur upazila of the district have to take risky boat ride to attend classes at least six months a year.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Dangerous toxins in food chain

Fifteen major food commodities were tested at various stages of production over an eight-month period between November 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 at the National Food Safety Laboratory.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Buriganga waterbus service

The dysfunctional state of the waterbuses of Buriganga is an example of how bad management and lack of commitment can ruin a good initiative.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Quasem to get maximum 7 days for mercy plea: IG prisons

IG Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin says maximum seven days will be given to death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali to file a mercy petition.
31 August 2016, 10:42 AM

Kerry's short trip to Dhaka

US Secretary of state John Kerry's short visit, only the second by a US Secretary of State to Bangladesh in four years, we believe, has taken our bilateral relationship one step further.
30 August 2016, 18:00 PM

JnU students under BCL attack

We strongly condemn the attack by a section of Bangladesh Chatra League (BCL) on a peaceful procession demanding residential halls for the general students of Jagannath University (JnU).
30 August 2016, 18:00 PM