UN Women yesterday launched its global campaign HeForShe in Bangladesh with nine male leaders committing to support and establish gender equality in their respective sectors.

CRICKET in Bangladesh has indeed come of age. Gone are the days when Bangladesh buckled at the crunch time, miserably failing to live up to the expectations of its millions of fans who stay glued to the television to get a chance of seeing their team play well.

WITH the deadly H1N1 virus claiming 1,300 lives in India over the last two months alone, we are reassured by the government's proactive steps to minimise the possibility of a similar outbreak of swine flu in Bangladesh.

Frankie, the German shepherd dog is used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who have not yet been diagnosed

A baby girl is found alive in a car more than 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane is under way from Abu Dhabi

Women themselves have to fight for achieving success and they must not rely on others to set the stage for them, said Prof Nazma Begum, the first ever female chairman in the 94-year-long history of Dhaka University's economics department.

ONE major instrument of the government for poverty alleviation consists of safety net coverages called Vulnerable Group Development (VGD), Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) and Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest (EGPP).

WE would like to add our voice to that of the eminent citizens in their plea made to the prime minister calling for proper investigation to find out the real culprits in the gruesome killing of a young boy in Narayanganj.

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State (IS) via Twitter post

Malaysians is marking the first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight MH370

The Israeli navy open fires on boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip killing one Palestinian fisherman

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia must face punishment on charges of corruption as well as killing people.

Bangladesh's energy woes may soon be over as short and long-term regional energy exchange among four countries appears to be taking

A new draft law proposed by the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs recommends that while the minimum age for marriage should

Egypt carries out first death sentence handed down over the violence that followed the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013

A new billboard campaign in London depicts a woman with a bruised face that actually changes and heals as passersby stop and heed the words "look at me"

Two mummified bodies are found entombed on a Mexican mountain

Today is the historic March 7. On this day in 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his fiery speech called on the freedom-loving Bangalees to wage a decisive struggle against the Pakistan junta.

A front page report in this newspaper on Friday has very clearly brought out the trauma that the country has suffered in the last two months as a consequence of the political programmes called by the BNP. Our fears are compounded by BNP's threat of even tougher programmes should the government not accede to their demands by 8 March.