2015

Music and YouTube - an uneasy marriage

The row between the music industry and YouTube shows no signs of abating but what is it all about?

2015: tough year for minorities

Some 24 people were killed, 25 raped and 1,562 families were affected in 262 incidents of minority persecution in the country last year, said a report of Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad.

Inspiration / Carrying the Red & Green Flag to Telenor Youth Forum 2015

The Telenor Youth Forum 2015, which concluded in December of last year, brought back the highly popular arena for debate, discussion and experience sharing. This time, the Telenor team scoured through 13 countries with Telenor’s presence to find 25 of the brightest young minds.

Was 2015 hottest year on record? US to make big reveal

US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.

Inspiring to have a book written on me - Mashrafe

Mashrafe Mortaza thinks his Bangladesh team-mates deserve more of the limelight after a successful 2015 in international cricket.

Why 2015 was a good year for Bangladesh

It’s a good time to be alive while history is being written. As we bid adieu to 2015 we realise the year was a roller coaster ride! It was a year of aggression and violence that carved the world for many new beginnings. Let us take a stroll and reminisce the achievements of the past year in various arenas that molded the nation to take on 2016.

2015 events that Bangladeshis would want to forget

Let us walk down the memory lane to look back at the events in the year 2015 that are etched in our memories and would remain so no matter how much we would want to forget them.

The year of big concerts for Dhaka

The year 2015 marks an array of music festivals, conferences and events thanks to the magnanimous initiatives taken by different organisations.

in retrospect / FLASHBACK 2015

The year 2015 is marked with many significant incidents that changed Bangladesh's course of history forever.

March 30, 2015
March 30, 2015

Cabinet okays 1pc surcharge on mobile phone use

The cabinet approves a new law to introduce 1 percent surcharge on mobile phone use, cabinet secretary says. The government will earn Tk 140cr each year when the law will become effective.

February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015

Formalin control bill passed

Parliament yesterday passed the Formalin Control Bill, 2015 keeping a provision of maximum life term imprisonment and Tk 20 lakh fine for culprits behind formalin in food.

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