Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh amid the Eid holiday rush on the highways have left 11 people dead. The accidents in Bogra, Narayanganj, Faridpur, Feni, Netrokona and Jhenaidah on Thursday also saw at least 20 others injured, police said. Muslims…
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, the Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 863 others were injured…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met Narendra Modi in New York where both leaders are currently staying to attend the 70th UN General Assembly.
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader, who had promised Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers traffic snarl-free commute, has begged their forgiveness for failing to keep his word. He inspected the Dhaka-Tangail and Nabinagar-Chandra highways on Thursday.
Traffic is almost at a standstill on a 35-km stretch from Gazipur’s Chandna intersection to Tangail’s Gorhai. Meanwhile, movement of vehicles is also very slow on the 21-km stretch between Gazipur’s Chandra to Nabinagar.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange Eid greetings with the leaders of the Bangladeshi community, supporters and journalists in the UK at a central London hotel. The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the UK on Thursday.
Celta Vigo achieved something few, if any, clubs have managed in recent times when they thumped Barcelona 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday, giving the Spanish and European champions a lesson in how to play football. Barca went into the…
The government may claim it has fulfilled the 16-point action plan Washington rolled out two years back, but Bangladesh appears a long way off getting back preferential trade benefits in the US market under GSP facility. Visiting Assistant US Trade…
Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory. This circuit, which connects the hippocampus and a region of the brain known as entorhinal cortex, separates location…
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 805 others were injured in…
Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
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