Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of 10-storey Dr Wazed International Research and Training Institute at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur through a videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban. She also laid the foundation stone of a 1000-bed and 10-storey hall, 'Sheikh Hasina Hall', for female students of the university.  The research institute…

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter again on Monday evening to promise North Korea would not develop a nuclear missile capable of reaching US territory. His comments come a day after the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, appeared to try to put pressure on Trump by announcing his country is in the "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). "North…

Defeated presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, as will former president George W Bush, aides to the politicians said Tuesday. In all, at least three former presidents will be at the US Capitol in Washington for the historic ceremony that kicks off Trump’s term as the nation’s 45th commander in chief: Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill…

BNP demands fair probe into DNCC market fire BNP on Wednesday demanded a neutral probe involving experts into the Gulshan DNCC market fire to ascertain whether it was a premeditated one. “The businessmen and those who were running shops here are in doubt the fire incident might have been a preplanned one. A fair investigation is necessary to unearth the reason and find out those responsible…

Fire devours DNCC Gulshan market The mysterious set fire at the city's posh areas at the Dhaka North city Corporation (DNCC) at Gulshan-1 under control after 17 hours, and but not completely doused, on Tuesday evening. Businessmen fear the incident was an act of sabotage. The fire broke out in Gulshan 1 DNCC market around 2:00am on Tuesday. A portion of the two-storey market collapsed around dawn.…

Williamson leads New Zealand to comfortable winNapier, New Zealand : Kane Williamson led New Zealand to a comfortable six-wicket win in the opening Twenty20 match against Bangladesh in Napier today. New Zealand cut down their 142-run target with two overs to spare, with captain Williamson not out 73 and Colin de Grandhomme unbeaten on 41. The put on 81 for the fifth wicket after the first four New…

Actress-producer Dia Mirza says she plans to produce romantic drama and coming of age films. Dia co-owns Born Free Entertainment with her husband Sahil Sangha and they have produced films like Love Breakups Zindagi and Bobby Jasoos. Now she plans to come up with an interesting slate of movies. "We are working on dramas - one is a romantic drama, coming-of-age film," Dia told PTI. The 35-year-old…

The Test firing of Air Defence Missile FM-90 was held at Nidania Ad Firing Range in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday. The firing was conducted under the arrangement of Adhoc Air Defence Artillery Regiment. In the process of modernization, the incorporation of the missile in Bangladesh Army is a remarkable step, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release said here. Chief of Army Staff General Abu…

Two people were killed and cracks developed at over 200 houses in Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts as a mild tremor shook the city and other parts of the country on Tuesday afternoon. Met office said the earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale was felt at 15:10 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was Bangladesh-India border area, near Khagrachhari, 76 km east of Dhaka's Agargaon Seismic…