Though Bangladesh was liberated in 1971, hegemonic forces are still conspiring to snatch the country’s independence and sovereignty, said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday. “Though our beloved motherland was freed from the grasp of enemies in 1971, the plots…
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, MP, today said BNP chairperson does not hesitate to kill her political opponents. The Awami League leader said this in reply to Begum Zia’s remarks that ‘there will be no need to kill…
Australian commandos have stormed a cafe in Sydney, ending a 16-hour siege by a gunman identified as an Iranian refugee who took dozens of hostages. Paramedics carrying stretchers raced towards the cafe moments after the commandos entered the building. Several…
Police seized 700 bottles of contraband Indian phensidyl syrup from a coal laden truck in Atapara area under Panchbibi Upazila of the district on Sunday.
Robbers looted valuables from the house of a former union parishad chairman in Katia Sarkar Para of the district town early Monday.
A mobile court on Sunday sealed off two current net factories in Muktarpur BSCIC Industrial Town here and fined the owners for producing and marketing the contraband product.
Miscreants looted valuables worth Tk 5 lakh from a house after doping five members of a family at Ganganandapur village in Jhikorgacha upazila on Sunday night.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 980 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Chamagram area in Shibganj upazila early Monday.
The farmers have been taking preparations with huge enthusiasm to start transplantation of Boro seedlings from January next in the northern region, officials in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of 200 pieces of Yaba tablets from Bhaberber village on Sunday night.
An extensive Boro cultivation programme has been taken in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season.
A gunman is holding staff and customers hostage at a cafe in Sydney, Australia.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government ultimately would not be able to save itself even with five million police. Addressing a discussion meeting at Institute of Engineers Bangladesh to mark the Victory Day, he…
Mexican police have clashed with protesters organising a concert in the city of Chilpancingo in support of a group of 43 students who went missing more than two months ago.Police said several officers had been injured, including some who were…
Arctic sea ice may be more resilient than many observers recognise.
Unexpectedly, for a city that is in a desert area, rain drizzled from the night-time sky over Lima early on Sunday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released three official Christmas photographs of Prince George.
Manchester City have been drawn against Barcelona in the Champions League last 16.Chelsea will play Paris St-Germain, and Arsenal are up against Monaco in ties to be played in February and March.Champions Real Madrid will face Schalke, with last season’s…
Monday’s Los Angeles premiere of “Unbroken” will go on without one very important person.
Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the pageant’s final in London on Sunday (Dec 14), with an estimated billion viewers watching on television around the globe.
Mir Lutful Kabir Saadi Secondhand smoke is simply other people’s tobacco smoke. Wherever people smoke, there is secondhand smoke in the air. There is no doubt breathing second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) is dreadfully dangerous to health. It causes cancer, as…
In a free market economy the incentive to externalize costs is so huge that the seller and the buyer get into an unapologetic understanding to get away with it. Cheaper products are a marketing gimmick. Enticing nonetheless, deep discounts on…