By Nava Thakuria The working journalists, more particularly the reporters covering insurgency related incidents, always face a two-edged sword. Often they face brickbats (reader threats) from both the insurgents turned terrorists and also the authority in power that implements counter-insurgency…
After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now stable and sending pictures – but there are concerns about its battery life.
Fifa’s report into allegations of corruption during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been questioned – by the man who investigated claims of wrongdoing.
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people at Ghashitula in the city on Wednesday night over a trifling matter.
Police and fire officials are searching for a tiger on the loose in a town outside Paris, local authorities say.
A police official sustained injuries in an attack by a robber gang at in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday night.
Swastika Mukerjee who will be playing an uber glamorous spy in Dibaker Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshi has taken her role a tad bit too seriously and how!
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued six people, including three women, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point here early Thursday.
On the occasion of coming Victory Day, Abul Hayat has made a special play titled ‘Sakkhatkar’. Rashid Haider has written story of the play.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 44 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a house in Kalighat area of the city on Wednesday night.
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders seriously injured when a truck crushed into their vehicle at Katakhali Bridge on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday night.
A local leader of the ruling Awami League was injured by stabbing in an attack by some miscreants in front of his house in Shalgaria of the district town on Wednesday night.
A daylong hartal, enforced by Parbatya Jubo Front, a platform of Pahari Bangali youths demanding the release of three forest officials kidnapped from Langadu on November 6, is going on peacefully in the district today (Thursday).
Customs officials seized 40 gold bars weighing 4.50 kg at Shah Amanat International Airport here on Thursday morning.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a record target of producing 13.33 lakh tonnes of wheat from 4.30 lakh hectares land in the country during the current Rabi season, official sources said.
A total of 250 poor but meritorious students, who will appear in the SSC and Dakhil exams-2015, received grant of Taka five lakh from Nahid Foundation (NF) on Wednesday to fill up their examination forms.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained two persons on charge of cyber crimes at Railway gate area under Godagari Upazila of the district yesterday, RAB sources here said this morning.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in anti smuggling drives seized huge Indian smuggled goods and drugs worth about Taka 70.3 lakh from different areas of the district last night.
Police detained 80 illegal immigrants, believed to have been working at a construction site in Cameron Highlands here, during two separate raids on two houses in Tringkap and Blue Valley, Kampung Raja on Wednesday. Cameron Highlands district police chief DSP…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that PM’s adviser HT Imam’s reported assurance about arranging government jobs for Chhatra League activists has exposed the government’s extreme politicisation and nepotism. “The government has already politicised the…
A court here on Thursday indicted 89 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, in two cases filed for vandalising and torching vehicles. Passing the order, judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal of the Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal…
Criticising the role of law enforcers in the incidents of ‘crossfire’, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman said on Thursday the state must ensure human rights even to offenders. He said this while addressing a…
Police on Thursday confirmed that they recovered the body of a missing crew of lighterage vessel ‘Karnaphuli-5’ from the Monpura upazila of Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Enamul Haque Mukit, son of Mominul Sheikh of Attail village…
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a supplementary charge-sheet submitted on Thrsday indicted eleven persons including BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the party chief Khaleda Zia, the the Mayor of Sylher Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in connection with…
Rubel Hossain helped Bangladesh to score their highest runs against Zimbabwe, breaking the previous record of 488 runs scored almost 10 years ago. At once stage Bangladesh were 9 down for 452, but Rubel scored unbeaten 45 to help his…
The fourth session of Jatiya Sangsad that began yesterday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair adopted a resolution condoling the death of Ishaque Hossain Talukdar MP. In the obituary reference some other eminent persons were also mentioned.…
The social business week in Albania, from 3-8 November in Tirana, was launched by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and HE Prime Minister of Albania Mr. Edi Rama. Two Senior Ministers and two Deputy Ministers were also present…
The U.S. military says U.S.-led forces have conducted 16 air strikes in Syria since Monday, most around the heavily contested town of Kobani near the Turkish border. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday that 10 of the strikes hit…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive mayor of Nagarkanda municipality, Faridpur and local BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of…
Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday. – AFP/BSS “He has been taken into custody. He will be produced…