For thirty-four years the nation observed the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a demand for justice, but it is different this year, as justice has finally been done.Some historic developments in the judiciary in the past eight months gave this new dimension to observance of

A group of Korea Internet Volunteers (KIV) from National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Government of Republic of Korea have arrived in Dhaka at BUET Internet Access Center.Team RAVIT4(Right Accurate Volunteer Information technology Teach) will to provide one month of voluntary service in BUET. They will mainly provide computer IT training on MS Office, Photoshop, web designing, flash and know

Dhaka, May 20 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday invited Malaysian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh and take advantage of the existing favourable investment climate. The Prime Minister said this while addressing a roundtable discussion of Malaysian investors, at the Ball Room of Hotel Istana, in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was organized to share ideas on how to boost business initiatives betwee

London, May 7 Rushanara Ali made history on Friday when she became the first Bangladesh-born Briton to make it to the House of Commons. The Labour Party candidate took Bethnal Green and Bow, the seat previously held by George Galloway. In the east London constituency, all of the main parties had put forward Bangladeshi-Muslim candidates. The 35-year-old Oxford graduate won with 21,7

Dhaka, March 15 - Launch workers went on strike from Monday midnight following the collapse of tripartite talks between the government, launch owners and employees to resolve ongoing worker demands for better working conditions. Pleas from shipping minister Shahjahan Khan and secretary Abdul Mannan Howladar for the launch workers to resolve their problems with owners through discussions were turned down

Dhaka, Mar 3 -Dhaka City Corporation has undertaken a massive project to construct 45 high-rise buildings at Mohammadpur to rehabilitate thousands of stranded Pakistanis who have been inhabiting squalid refugee camps for nearly four decades. After completion, the project will provide permanent housing to 38,667 families of the Mohammadpur Geneva Camp. The government appears to have taken the decision af

Dhaka, Feb 21 – The nation was paying tribute to its Language Movement martyrs from the first minutes of Sunday, Feb 21, being observed round the world too as International Mother Language Day. Thousands of people had flocked towards the Central Shaheed Minar ahead of midnight when, as is tradition, the first of a sea of floral tributes are laid down at the monument by the president. President Mo