Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – US Coast Guard will officially decommission its vessel Cutter Jarvis and transfer it to the Bangladesh Navy through a ceremony at Coast Guard Island in Alameda tonight (Thursday night).The US hith...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - Five people, including three members of a family, suffered burn injuries in a toxic gas explosion at a house in the city’s Mugda area on Thursday.The injured were identified as Anwaruzzaman Shipon...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged all to be vigilant against the reactionary bigots with a view to maintaining traditional communal harmony in the country at any cost.“A reactionary quarter ...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – Two of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, Bangladesh and Brazil, have shared the biennial UN-Sasakawa Award for their commendable success in reducing disaster risk at community level and...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - The prosecution has submitted a petition to the ICT-1 seeking steps to accept the recorded statements made by nine listed prosecution witnesses to the investigator as their testimonies against war c...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – Rights activists here on Thursday demanded integration of climate adaptation strategy in the forthcoming national plan and budget, aiming to make the adaptation programmes more effective.The deman...

New York, May 23 (AP/UNB) - Italian fashion brand Benetton, Spanish retailer Mango and British retailer Marks & Spencer have become the latest global retailers to agree to sign a one-of-a-kind pact to improve safety at B...

Gopalganj, May 23 (UNB)-Four people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in the district on Thursday. Witnesses said while Paritosh,35 and Abul Bashar, 40 were working in a cropland amid rain thunderbolt ...

Chittagong, May 23 (UNB)– Police recovered the bodies of two men from Toll Road area under Halisahar thana of the city on Thursday morning.Of the deceased, one, aged around 40, was wearing pants and shirt while another...

Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – The government is keen to set up more Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country in a bid to attract foreign investment, said Industries Minister Dilip Barua here on Thursday.The country will al...