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.

AT least 67 percent of the country's 8,500 brick kilns are running without the permission of the Department of Environment, according to the environment group, Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba). Of these, more than 1,900 kilns use wood to burn bricks, a practice which is a punishable offence as per our environmental laws. These statistics are highly alarming, given that unauthorised brick kilns are responsible for causing irreversible damage to the environment and posing serious health hazards to people working and living in nearby areas.

Experts expresses outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq

Men tend to be more narcissistic than women and as a result are more likely to exploit others, a US study said after analyzing three decades of data from more than 475,000 people.

IT is disquieting to see that police has proposed change to some important safeguard provisions of Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013. A prominent Bengali daily, Prothom Alo, has reported that the police authority has sent a proposal to Home Ministry to bring alterations in the definition, investigation process and punishment provisions stipulated in the Act.

ACCORDING to an international survey carried out by VeriskMaplecroft, Bangladesh's aspirations to become a major gateway for international manufacturing is in for a shock. Having being ranked 35 out of 100 cities most vulnerable to natural disasters, it is imperative for the government to factor in the exposure of future industries and industrial belts to natural vagaries. Dhaka has been identified as the worse affected followed by Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna and Narayanganj. Sadly Dhaka is the premium industrial centre for the country.