Eleven persons were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment each in the sensational Fazlur Rahman Fanu killing case in Shingra Upazila of Natore district.Fanu, Chairman of Kalam Union Parishad under Shingra Upazila and Upazila Awami League leader was killed brutally…
A court here on Sunday sent six leaders of BNP, including Jessore municipality mayor Maruful Islam, to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case for subversive activities.The BNP leaders are Jessore municipality mayor and the district unit BNP…
A three-day long historic Kheturdham festival (Khetur Mohotsav) began at Premtali Gourangabari under Godagari Upazila of the district amidst assemblage of thousands of devotees from home and abroad.The historical Mohotsav which is one of the largest religious congregations for the…
A motorbike rider was killed and another injured in a road accident at Champaknagar area under Araihajar upazila of the district this morning.The deceased was identified as Mamun Mullah, 25, son of Awal Mullah, a resident of the same area.
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.With almost all ballots counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP…
Former batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes New Delhi and Islamabad must start a dialogue to pave the way for the revival of regular matches between India and Pakistan.Pakistan Cricket Board is awaiting a response from their counterparts—Board of Control for…
Standing at the meat counter at a Mariano’s grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered with the butchers about the recent World Health Organisation report linking processed meat to colorectal cancer.”Give me two pounds of bacon,” said Roland Marks,…
The well-preserved partial skull and skeleton of a gibbon-like creature that lived 11.6 million years ago in Spain is shedding new light on the evolutionary history of modern apesScientists on Thursday announced the discovery in Catalonia of fossil remains of…
In the past five years, Bradley Cooper has played handsome leading men, a perm-coiffed 1970s cop, a sniper and a rogue raccoon.But playing a chef on a quest for a Michelin star in “Burnt” really turned the heat up on…
In the 26th executive body election of Rajshahi University Press Club (RUPC) held on Sunday, Bulbul Ahmad Fahim of the Daily Manobkantha and Taslimul Alam Touhid of the Daily Nayadiganta have been elected president and general secretary respectively.
Six cut wounds were found on the body of Faisal Arefin Dipan, publisher of Jagriti Prokashony, a publication house, who was hacked to death by miscreants on Saturday, the autopsy report says.
Workers’ rights activists on Sunday demanded that exemplary punishment be meted out to Ariful Islam Sohel, owner of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’ who allegedly shot his employee Riyad to death in the city.
The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday the review petitions filed by condemned war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdicts upholding their death penalties for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation…
DU Correspondent Protesting the brutal murder of publisher Faysal Arefin Dipan, different organizations held demonstration rally, human chain, and issued separate statements and programmes on Sunday.
Ctg Correspondent Boalkhali –Kalurghat Bridge Implementation Parishad of Chittagong handed over a memorandum meant for Prime Minister demanding construction of 3rd Karnaphuli bridge in Boalkhali-Kalurghat point to the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister office Abul Kalam Azad on Saturday .
The speakers at a seminar titled ‘Problems and Prospects of Chittagong’ opined for undergoing development work in Chittagong on basis of consensus irrespective party affiliations for greater national interests.
Ctg Correspondent The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations held yesterday in Chittagong with the participation of 1,70,398 students.
Ctg Correspondent Admission test for first year honours course of session 2015-16 was held in Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology on Saturday .
The United Nations, the United States and the European Union in separate statements and messages urged Bangladesh government to immediately arrest the killers of secularist publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.