Rescuers on Friday recovered 7 bodies from inside the sunken trawler, which was heading towards Malaysia yesterday with over 50 passengers on board, in Khudiratek area under Kutubdia upazila in the Bay of Bengal, police and locals said. Superintendent of…
At least four people, including a former constable, suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in the city’s Khilgaon area on Friday night, the 25th day of the non-stop countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party…
Eminent jurist and president of Gano Forum Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said they were trying to resolve the current political impasse unitedly. “We are trying to resolve the crisis together. We have Manna bhai (convenor of Nagorik Oikya) and many…
At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
Australian author Colleen McCullough, whose best-selling novel The Thorn Birds became a hit TV series, has died at the age of 77.
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday called a 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday protesting the threats by leaders of ruling Awami League to blow up BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office, call to arrest her and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives to police…
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara broke the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals on Thursday.
Scientists studying one of the ocean’s most mysterious whale species have found they form long-term alliances.
Convener of Nagorik Oilya Mahmudur Rahman said on Thursday that the government should take the initiative for dialogue to end the present political stalemate because its actions are to blame for the deterioration of the situation of the situation to…
Dozens of people are missing after an overloaded fishing trawler carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, officials said. Emergency workers rescued 43 Bangladeshis in the Bay of Bengal after the boat…
From Shahnewaz Khan Sumon Jhenidah – Four betel leaf traders were killed on the spot, four others sustained injuries, three of them critically, when a betel leaf laden tempo was hit head on by a truck on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under…
The Bangladeshi authorities risk exacerbating an already violent situation by giving police carte blanche to use excessive force in response to a recent wave of horrific petrol bomb attacks amid ongoing violent political protests, Amnesty International said on Friday. Media…
At the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s external affairs ministry has been literally shaken from the top. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, whose performance made Modi less than happy, has been ‘curtailed’ (going by the official press note). Singh…
Police in an overnight drive arrested 30 people, including eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of Satkhira district on Friday for their suspected plan to carry out sabotage during the ongoing BNP-led 20-party alliance-sponsored blockade. Police sources…
The government has protested the statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a UN body, over the country’s present situation on 16 January last. A formal letter in this regard has been sent to…
Danielle Nuremberg It’s time for a revolution in the food system—both young and new farmers need more support to nourish future generations. Farmers, businesses, policymakers, and educators need to promote agriculture as an intellectually stimulating and economically sustainable career, and…
By Nava Thakuria With persistent militant threats in mind, but patriotic fervor in heart, the people of northeast Indian staes once again rose to the occasion to observe the Republic Day that commemorates the adoption of Indian Constitution on 26…
Security forces carried out abductions, killings, and arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting opposition leaders and supporters. In a positive development, after years of impunity for the security forces, several members of the notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were arrested following the…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to invite Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at her younger son’s qulkhwani, date of which is yet to be decided. Asked about qulkhwani of Koko, Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas…
A Joint Economic Commission (JEC) will be formed between Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) with a view to increasing mutual financial assistance. An EU delegation headed by its Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon informed Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin…