Customs department officials seized over 21-kg of gold in two separate incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital last night. Customs and police sources said a security guard of Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB), Saiful Islam, was arrested…
Dhaka – A 5-storey building tilted towards the adjacent building in the city’s Rupnagar on Friday, with panic gripping the residents in the area as the incident came to light in the morning. When contacted, Senior Station Officer of Mirpur…
Bagerhat – A She Royal Bengal tiger, caught with wounds in its right leg from the Sundarbans on February 7, died at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur on Wednesday night despite a ‘successful’ surgery. Keeping it secret for the last…
Dhaka – Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for three matches by the BCB for “making an inappropriate gesture on live television” during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Mirpur. He has also been fined BDT 300,000 ($3800).…
Expelled Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed has urged Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad, also Special Envoy of the Prime Minister, to retire from politics conceding his ‘failure’. “He is now near about 90. I would tell him ‘Mr Ershad, it’s…
Jatiya Party secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader on Friday emphasised the need for holding a fresh parliamentary election based on consensus. “Another national election is needed based on consensus so that all political parties can take part in it,”…
Police have arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, accused in four cases including one of arson at a polling centre in Jessore, Monirampur. Bhulu Hossain, 28, was caught with a firearm and few rounds of bullets at Joypur village of…
Dhaka – Washington has assured Dhaka of its full support to implement the national strategy adopted to address the issue of refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. The assurance came during a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all to join hands in promoting linguistic diversity and multilingualism to build a better world and a life of dignity for all. “Let’s all join forces to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism as…
At least five people were injured in sporadic clashes between two factions of the ruling Awami League in a post-election violence in Bheramara upazila on Friday. Of the injured, Akhteruzzaman Mithu, senior vice-president of the upazila unit Awami League who…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could not go to Central Shaheed Minar in time to pay her respects in the first hour of Amar Ekushey due to police ‘obstruction’, the BNP complained. However, she left for Shaheed Minar after 12:30am along…
Yash Raj Films has apologised for any disrespect or offence caused by ‘Gunday’ movie’s portrayal of Bangladesh’s Independence War. “Several of our Bangladeshi brethren have reached out to us with their concerns on the way the story has been portrayed,”…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all Bengalis living abroad to mobilise global opinion to make Bangla an official language of the United Nations. She made appeal while inaugurating a four-day seminar at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka…
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair attracted a huge number of visitors of all ages on the Language Martyrs’ Day on Friday. Thousands of book lovers flocked to the fair, looking for the books of their choice, on the day, which…
It is not for the first time that the dispute about the possibility of Ukraine splitting into two – the West and the East – is emerging.
he root causes for the violence by Burmese Buddhists against Muslims in Myanmar are complex. Contrary to the simplified narratives carried by the international media, a nuanced understanding of the situation is needed to attain a viable solution.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition protesters have agreed to an early presidential poll before the end of the year.
US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday, US officials say.
Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win gold in the Olympic women’s figure skating with a superb performance in the free programme.
Dubai – World number one Serena Williams’ comeback trail endured further feisty moments with Jelena Jankovic, the former world number one from Serbia, On Thursday before she reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Open.
A new global monitoring system has been launched that promises “near real time” information on deforestation around the world.
With a week still to go in the winter, the UK’s rainfall record for the season has already been broken.
SOCHI, Russia — Ashley Wagner launched a withering attack on figure skating’s hierarchy and the Winter Olympics judges on Thursday night after being pushed down to seventh in the ladies’ individual competition.
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A female Bengal tiger, recovered with wounds in its right leg from the Sundarbans on February 7, died at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur on Wednesday night despite a ‘successful’ surgery.
Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Shaheed Minar on the compound of Mahendrapur High School in Kurmarkhali upazila early Friday, a day after damaging another Shaheed Minar in the same upazila.
The skill test for Bangladeshi job seekers in South Korea started at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre here on Friday with some 571 Bangladeshi job seekers taking part in it.
A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a road accident at Chaydana in Sadar upazila on Friday noon.
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive recovered 35,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablet, worth Tk 1.75 crore, from a village in the vicinity of the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar early Friday.
A construction worker has been slaughtered by miscreants at Char Purba Shullukia village in Sadar upazila.