Eight Bangladeshi nationals returned home from India on Friday after languishing in a jail there for one and a half years.Indian Petrapole Immigration Police handed them over to the Bangladeshi authorities through Benapole check post in the afternoon.
An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Ghonatala in Debhata upazila early Saturday.The victim was identified as Nurul Amin, 45, an activist of Debhata unit Jamaat-e-Islami and son of Akbar Ali Gazi of Garanbaria village.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered a firearm, six rounds of bullet and two magazines from Singnagar bordering area in Shibganj upazila on Friday.
The unremitting heavy rainfall for last two consecutive days caused a serious disruption to civic life, port and businesses activities in the city.The incessant heavy shower forced Shah Amanat International Airport delay in operations of a few flights as its…
The government has undertaken a project to protect the Meghna and Gumti bridges straddling the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. The Bangladesh army will implement the project cost of about Taka 41 crores.
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensing will reopen on Sunday after an 18-day vacation on Ramadan, Shabe-Qatar and Eid-ul-Fitr. The academic activities, including classes and examinations of different faculties also resumed on Saturday. Earlier on July 24, varsity authorities opened the…
BNP on Saturday demanded guarantee from the government to carryout normal political activities in the country. “The people in the government are saying that the BNP would be able to carryout normal political activities. But we want a guarantee from…
The first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Chittagong ended in a draw after days four and five were washed out by rain. Bangladesh had lost the previous eight encounters against the world number one side, but were faring…
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S, Gopikrishna Warrier Man had not walked on the moon when I was born. It took another five years for that “giant step for mankind.” I was born a long time ago; a rather long time. In the year I…
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US President Barack Obama is to open a major business summit on the first full day of his landmark visit to Kenya. He has praised what he called the “dynamism” of Kenya’s business class and is expected to call for…
A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhanga Bottoil in Mirpur upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Palash Malitha, 28, regional leader of (ML-Lal Pataka),…
India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier on Thursday, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen, Pakistan said, days after the leaders of the nuclear-armed rivals agreed to high-level talks.The escalating hostilities have…
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Police in separate drives arrested two people, including a robber, along with firearms and ammunition from different parts of Jessore district on Thursday night.
At least 19 more people were killed and 51 others injured in a series of road accidents in eight districts, including the capital, on Friday as roads across the country turned vulnerable amid monsoon rains. The districts are Gazipur, Madaripur,…
The body of one of the two college students who went missing while bathing in the Piain River at tourist sport Jaflong on Wednesday was recovered on Friday night.
Four members of a family died from electrocution at Dholapara village in Bauphal upazila on Friday morning.
Rats have always been a threat to agriculture. Rats causes a huge crop loss, according to some estimate, 1/3 of the rice crop is damaged by field rice rats in South-East Asia. They damage infrastructure, contaminate foods and cause diseases.…
A young mas was crushed under the wheeels of a passenger bus in the city’s Shewrapara on Friday morning. The victim was known as Selim, 28, hailed from Tangail. He was a residewnt of Iqbal road of West Shwewrapara.
BNP yesterday alleged that the law and order situation of the country has been on downslide as the incidents of robbery, killing, and sexual assaults on women have marked an alarming rise as during the pre-1975 period. Party spokesman Dr…
The ruling Awami League leaders yesterday urged the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia not to observe her ‘fake birth anniversary’ on the August 15, assassination day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They also called upon the…
South Africa made 248 in the first innings, bowled out Bangladesh for 326 and reached 61-0 in their second knock Chittagong: Rain washed out the fourth day’s play in the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa on Friday. Match…
Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) yet take any action to remove water logging in the densely populated capital Dhaka. Recently, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Haque visited several water logging areas and expressed his disappointment at the…