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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…

April 28, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

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…

April 5, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

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…

March 26, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

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…

May 7, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More

‘Pala age’ structure unearthed in Dinajpur

A team of archeologists from Jahangirnagar University have found an ancient brick structure, believed to…

April 22, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Bangladesh Association of New Jersey (BANJ) celebrated Bengali New Year 1420 on Pohela Boisakh, 14 April 2013.
Locarno Open Doors: Sourav Sarangi’s CHAR, THE ISLAND WITHIN

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…

May 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

Verdict in Nafis case May 30

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

May 17, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
80 Bangladeshis rescued in Brazil
Bangladesh war trial witness found in India

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…

May 12, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

Tigers level T20 series beating Zimbabwe in 2nd match

Bangladesh beat hosts Zimbabwe by 34 runs in the 2nd and final T20 match at…

May 12, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Tigers lose plot in 1st T20
THIRD ODI AGAINST ZIMBABWE Mahmuduallah leads Tigers to 247

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…

April 26, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

We Salute

০১/ শহীদ মেজর জেনারেল শাকিল আহমেদ ০২/ শহীদ ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল মো. জাকির হোসেন ০৩/ শহীদ…

February 26, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Pilkhana massacre collaborator mixes in the crowd
Bangladesh: revolt and fallout

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…

May 8, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

New gas connections to household consumers soon

Energy Ministry to form scrutiny committee  After nearly three years of suspension, the government has…

May 7, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company to ‘start work next month’
Bangladesh wants project on hydroelectricity, wind power with ADB