REHMAN SOBHAN’S MEMOIR : ‘A testament of the national struggle for independence’
Speakers on Saturday termed the ‘Untranquil Recollections: the Years of Fulfillment’ a memoir by professor Rehman Sobhan, as a testament of the national struggle for independence and national identity within the historical events of Bangladesh.
All set for Ekushey Book Fair
Organisers have made all preparations for the month-long Ekushey Book Fair 2016, the biggest get-together of readers, writers and publishers, on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises.
Efforts to save Buriganga go in vain
Buriganga, once the main channel of communication between Dhaka city and the rest of the country, has virtually been reduced to a narrow channel of polluted slime with continued encroachment, flouting high court and government directives.
Children urge Australia to free them from Nauru island 'prison'
At just 10 years old, Mizba Ahmed and her family fled persecution in Myanmar.
Skipping debate, Donald Trump gambles with Iowa
Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been full of high risk political maneuvers -- but his latest one could be his biggest gamble yet.
Russia cries cover-up in alleged migrant rape of 13-year-old in Germany
Russia's foreign minister has poured oil on a firestorm surrounding the alleged kidnapping and rape of a Russian-speaking teenager by asylum seekers in Berlin, charging that there's been a cover-up by German officials who say the crime never took place.
The children of Zika: Babies born with disorder linked to virus
When Rafaela Oliveira dos Santos, 20, gave birth to her second child last October, she never imagined the challenges to come.
Iraqi security forces say ISIS assault thwarted
Iraqi security forces said Wednesday they thwarted an attempt by ISIS militants to infiltrate a residential compound near a strategic air base in western Anbar province.
Muhith admits TIB statements
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday admitted the statement of Transparency International Bangladesh that the country could not make any improvement in the global
PM admits gas crisis
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday admitted that there is gas crisis in the country and said that it happened as gas gets concentrated in winter, slowing down its flow. ‘I am admitting that there are some problems but we are trying hard to mitigate the crisis,’ she said in Parliament.
