Chittagong District Police in overnight special drives arrested 98 people including five leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir in drives conducted at different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.During the drives, the law enforcers also seized 156-litre locally made liquor…
Two youths were killed in a road accident at Noyakhaler Mukh area under Satkhania upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 28, and Monwar Hossain, 23, both hailed from Mirersarai Upazila of the district.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said Manjurul Islam Liton, MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, will have to stand trial after surrendering to the court in connection with the shooting of a minor boy.
RU Correspondent Demanding the fair admission test cancelling the one taken earlier in medical and dental the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit observed a day-long strike on the campus with various programme on Wednesday.
A three-member team of Bangladesh Police will fly to Saudi Arabia on October 12 to bring back Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the teenage boy Rajon murder case.
By Vaidehi Shah Abbas Pada, 45, pulls rickshaws through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh for a living. Every evening, he returns to his living quarters in a slum, where he calculates how much of the day’s meagre earnings goes to…
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Mohammad Zainal Abedin, from New York Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, desperately tries to mobilise support to get UN Security Council permanent membership to gain veto power and establish India as a superpower. In New York on September…
Russia’s violation of Turkish airspace over the weekend “does not look like an accident”, Nato has said. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia had not provided “any real explanation” of the violation, which “lasted for a long time.” Russia says Saturday’s…
The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said an air strike on a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was a mistake. Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.…
Some 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident blasted radiation across Chernobyl, the site has evolved from a disaster zone into a nature reserve, teeming with elk, deer and wolves, scientists said on Monday.The remarkable turnaround in the area,…
Organisations representing foreign hospitals must adhere to certain “ethical values”, Prof Kamrul Hassan Khan has said since many Bangladeshi patients are being misled to seek treatment outside the country.The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) was speaking in…
The BNP has alleged its leaders and activists are being jailed and implicated in new cases to foil its grass-roots level revamp efforts.The party’s Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan in a media conference at its Naya Paltan headquarters on…
Uzbekistan colts have sealed a spot in the finals of AFC Under-19 Championship, shrugging off the Bangladesh Under-19 team in their last qualifiers match with a 4-0 rout.The Uzbeks romped to the 2016 Bahrain edition of the competition by topping…
The Election Commission (EC) has sought information over Rohingya refugees from three ministries with a view to keeping them out of the country’s voter list.
Indian intelligence agencies are discounting the possibility of Islamic State’s involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a Japanese national in Bangladesh, says the ‘ Times of India’ newspaper.The report, quoting Indian intelligence officials, said they suspect the…
Action star Sylvester Stallone is putting up for sale props from his “Rocky” and “Rambo” movies in an auction organisers say could fetch up to $6 million.Fans will have the chance to bid on more than 1,400 personal items, props…
US authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.John Ashe, a former UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who…
A trade body fears the identical murder of two foreign nationals within a week might take a toll on Bangladesh’s export and foreign investment.The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in a statement on Tuesday condemned the killing of…
Police are investigating whether religious differences or feuds over business interests led to the murder of former Power Development Board (PDB) chairman Muhammad Khijir Khan.His younger son Ashraful Islam filed a case against six to seven unidentified assailants on Tuesday,…
The government is identifying the places where about 224,000 foreign nationals in Bangladesh live and work to give them security.The move comes in the wake of the killing of two foreigners in Dhaka and Rangpur within a span of one…
A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a “walking” fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group WWF. WWF has compiled a survey of wildlife discovered by…
Foreign diplomats in Dhaka have sought security for their nationals living in Bangladesh in the wake of the murder of two foreigners.
RU Correspondent Director General of Local and Revenue Audit Directorate (LRAD) Md. Mahtab Uddin met the Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Dr. Muhammad Mizanuddin at 10am on Tuesday at the VC’s conference room.
On Monday October 5, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus joined The UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to inaugurate the Global Islamic Economy Summit at Madinat Jumeirah attended by 4,000 policymakers and…