Language movement veteran and freedom fighter Sayeed Uddin Ahmed died of old age complications at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) early Saturday. He was 85. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in-charge of RMCH Dr Jamil Rahman said he breathed his last…
Former member of parliament and BNP leader Advocate Khondker Mahbubuddin Ahmed died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital on Saturday evening. He was 88. Hospital sources said Mahbubuddin Ahmed, also a BNP standing committee member, was admitted to United…
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 72 Bangladeshis from a trawler near St Martin’s Island in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia. They were rescued from the trawler some five kilometers off St Martin’s…
The textile testing laboratory of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) got the accreditation certificate from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories of India. This certification will enable the textile testing laboratory of BGMEA to proclaim…
Archaeologists in Bangladesh have unearthed what they believe to be remnants of a thousand-year old Buddhist Vihara (monastery) at Nateswar in Munshiganj’s Tongibarhi. Researchers hope the discovery would help them better understand the student days of famous Buddhist scholar Atish…
Rajshahi University authorities have apologised for the attack on the students, agitating for a roll back of the fee hike and cancelation of evening courses. In a statement on Saturday, it also warned against Facebook propagandas over the incident. Police…
A journalist was crushed to death by a moving train in the city’s Khilkhet area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Zahirul Islam Feroz, 35, a reporter of local daily ‘Palli Bangla’ published from Barisal and son of Ratan…
A passenger has allegedly been beaten to death simply because he refused to pay Tk 2 more for the fare at Kaliakoir in Gazipur on Saturday. The allegation was brought against Ful Mia, 30, driver of a locally assembled vehicle…
At least 24 students were injured as a picnic bus carrying them overturned at Kaptai Upazila in Rangamati on Saturday. The accident took place around 11:15am at the Upazila’s Chitmorom on Chittagong-Kaptai highway, said Belal Hossain, OC at the Kaptai…
No Bangladeshi died in the gas tank explosion at a restaurant in Qatar’s capital Doha on Thursday. The explosion killed at least 12 people. The foreign ministry spokesperson Md Shameem Ahsan, however, said that one Bangladeshi was among the 32…
A five-member committee has been set up to investigate the Jamuna oil depot fire that left nine workers injured on Friday. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has formed the committee, said its Chairman Yunusur Rahman. The fire started while workers were…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged the people of the country to get ready for an anti-government movement after upazila parishad elections saying that movement is the only way to unseat the ‘illegal government’ to restore ‘democracy and peace’.…
Test-playing Bangladesh suffered an embracing 32-run defeat against newcomers Afghanistan in their 2nd match of the five-nation Asia Cup Cricket at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Saturday. With the day’s maiden victory in one of the…
Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update (MEU) revealed that fall in growth in collection of revenue, rising per capita debt burden and shrinking public sector investment may contract expansion of gross…
The US government’s report on Bangladesh’s human rights situation in 2013 is baseless and inaccurate, says State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan. “The USA is a friendly country for us…it’s our development partner. Its report on Bangladesh’s human rights…
A video decoding Indian headshakes has gone viral, attracting over a million hits in a week.
Beyonce was joined on stage by husband Jay-Z as she took her Mrs Carter world tour to London for the second time.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday commissioned two modern warships – BNS Abu Bakar and BNS Ali Haider – procured from China as part of modernising the country’s naval force. The two modern frigates will replace two of their namesakes…
Dubai — Fourth-seeded Roger Federer ended top-seeded Novak Djokovic’s chance of defending his Dubai Championships title with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win on Friday.
Cristiano Ronaldo turned down the chance to join Barcelonabefore his world-record deal to join Real Madrid, according to former Blancos president Ramon Calderon.
Oslo – A slowdown in the pace of global warming so far this century is likely to be only a pause in a longer-term trend of rising temperatures, the science academies of the United States and Britain said on Thursday.
An activist of the pro-BNP student wing Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal (JCD) has accused the police of ‘shooting him in his left leg after forcibly picking him up from his house” about two months after being injured. However, police refuted the…
Seaweed could be the secret ingredient to losing weight, research has suggested.
A French journalist has given his passport to the Liberation War Museum which bore a visa stamp carved out of a potato. Freedom fighters had issued Philippe Marc Edouard Alfonsi, now 74, an on-arrival visa on April 3, eight days…
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between activists of the ruling Awami League–Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League–and BNP at Hazirhat in Manpura upazila on Friday.
A minor boy drowned as a boat capsized in the Patlai river at Mandiata village in Tahirpur upazila on Friday.
At least 17 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over possession of a piece of land at Grampangashi village in Raiganj upazila on Friday.
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Mahishala village in Boalmari upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sufia Begum, 24, wife of Sujat Sheikh of the village.
The election of the students’ councils (SCs) has been completed at most of the primary schools in all the seven upazilas of the district amid much enthusiasm of voters and their active participation in it.
Expatriates Welfare & Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain said here yesterday that the Banglaees feel their existence as a separate entity in our National Anthem composed by poet Rabindranath Tagore.