Senator Bob Casey, Richard Verma Among High Profile Attendees at South Asia Journal Inaugural Dinner in DC

By Abeed Hossain Wednesday April 24th, WASHINGTON, D.C. – A DIVERSE coterie of journalists, academics, and policy professionals, including two…

Bangladesh’s Impress Group Launches Project to Back Young Filmmakers

The South Asian country’s leading media conglomerate will finance and distribute the feature debuts of six emerging local directors. HONG…

Ananta, Barsha ‘sign’ divorce papers

Actor M A Jalil Ananta has unveiled to the media that he and actress wife Afia Nusrat Barsha have started…

Bangledesh faculty fellowship and recipient announced

 The Institute for International Business is spearheading a new fellowship created between the Kelley School of Business and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh.  The Herman B Wells-M.O. Ghani Faculty Fellowship, signed into agreement in March 2012, is…

US wants rapid progress on building safety issue

US Secretary of State John Kerry has sought rapid progress both on fire and building safety inspection issues in Bangladesh and quick passage of labour law amendments. He also emphasised the importance of war crimes trials being conducted in the International Crimes Tribunals in a…

Verdict in Nafis case May 30

Punishment likely to be lower for confession  Bangladesh national Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis ,…

Shakib to the fore

Shakib Al Hasan produced a Man of the Match performance as Bangladesh knocked Zimbabwe down by 34 runs to draw the two-match Twenty20 series at the Queens Sports Club ground in Bulawayo on Sunday. Winning the toss Bangladesh chose to bat first. Tamim Iqbal and…

Hitler’s food taster tells of poisoning fears

\They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime…

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Energy Ministry to ‘get Tk 2,291 cr in new budget’

 The Energy Ministry is expected to get Tk 2,291 crore in the coming fiscal (2013-14), up by Tk 643 crore than the current fiscal (2012-13) year’s Tk 1,648 crore. “We’ve been asked by the Finance Ministry to keep our new budget within the framework Tk…