A Dhaka court on Tuesday directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to reinvestigate the incident of women being assaulted on the Dhaka University campus during Pahela Baishakh celebrations. Justice Jayasree Samaddar of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention…
News desk *Taste of Light and Darkness* returns with its second edition featuring artworks by A.S.M. Rashidul Alam, Md. Al-Akhir Sarker, Md. Azmol Hosen, Sayed Fida Hossain, and Sultan Ishtiaque.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court here yesterday (Tuesday) placed four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on remand of different durations. Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed the…
Scientists have modeled a history of the planet’s sea levels spanning back 3,000 years, and concluded that the rate of increase last century “was extremely likely faster than during any of the 27 previous centuries.”
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people including two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,00,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sirson Road area in the city early Tuesday.Major Jahangir, deputy commander of Rab-7, said tipped-off, a team of…
Indian batting star Virat Kohli said that pacer Mustafizur Rahman will be going to be a big factor for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup T20 and he also said the tournament is a perfect platform to assess his team’s strengths,…
Australia were 70 for 1 at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Tuesday, needing 131 further runs to win the match and sweep the series.Joe Burns was not out 27 with…
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Tuesday announced a 22-memebr of preliminary squad for the FIFA International Friendly match against United Arab Emirates (UAE) national football team scheduled to be held on March 18 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.The selected booters…
Three people, including two siblings, were injured in separate knife attacks in Sadar and Alamdanga upazila on Monday night.In Sadar upazila, Sajal, son of Zahirul Ali and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was injured as his opponents stabbed…
A fire broke out at a sweater factory in Chhoidana Hajirpukur area of the city on Tuesday morning.Hasibur Rahman, an officer at Joydebpur Fire Service Station, said the fire broke out in Priti Sweater Factory on the top floor of…
Two abducted officials of a contracting firm were rescued from an inaccessible area in sadar upazila on Monday evening, eight days after their abduction.Police rescued Md Ruhul Amin, 50, manager of the firm and his assistant Saifuddin Shahin Gazi, 35,…
Fifteen CNG-run auto-rickshaws were burnt as the gas cylinder of an auto-rickshaw exploded at Charchamita Bazar in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.Monayem Hossain, an officer at Laxmipur Fire Service Station, said the explosion occurred around 3:30am at a garage of Momin…
Miscreants vandalised the house of district BNP general secretary and aspiring UP chairman candidate SM Moshiur Rahman at Monirampur upazila on Monday.Police and locals said a group of 25-30 people, allegedly led by his rival candidate’s younger brother, attacked the…
A suspected criminal was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Haldipara in Maheshkhali upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Santu, son of Rowshan Miah, a resident of Lalpur village of the upazila, and an accused in a number…
A young man was killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two groups during a football match at Baliar Chora village in Bhanga upazila on Tuesday morning.Mijanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said the clash ensued following…
A Bangladeshi national was allegedly shot to death and another injured by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Mohommadpur Dangerpara area of Daulatpur upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Mamun, 25, son of Moho Ali, a…
A minor domestic help was killed after falling down from the rooftop of a four storey building in Khulshi area of the city on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Sultana, 10. She used to work as a domestic help…
A mobile court here fined the owner of Haji Biryani House of Tk. 50,000 for storing food in an unhygienic environment on Monday evening.The mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Md. Mizanur Rahman said the mobile court raided the factory…
A joined team of Coast Guard and Fisheries Department in a drive seized 15 maunds of jatka (small hilsa) from a launch in Meghna River at Baushia area under Hijra upazila of the district yesterday morning.District fisheries officer Bimal Chandra…
So far a total of 2,667 tonnes of Aman rice has been procured from all the five upazilas of the district under the ongoing rice procurement drive of the government against the target of 2,927 tonnes.District food department sources said…
Police recovered the decomposed body of a minor girl from BSCIC Industrial area in the city last night after 14 days of her missing.The victim was identified as Mairunnesa, 4, daughter of Lutfar Rahman, a resident of Shasongaon-Kalabag in Fatullah…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader with 300 grams of heroin from Terorashia village under Sadar upazila last night.The arrested was identified as M Anarul Islam, 35, of Harishpur of the upazila.
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 12 other BNP-Jamaat leaders to appear before it on April 13 in Gatco graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of…
Dhaka – A day after the High Court (HC) grated bail to Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana in a case filed over charges of terror financing, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed it till February…
London’s fashion designers on Sunday drew inspiration ranging from nature to William Shakespeare, presenting oversized coats and embellished dresses while reassessing how to sell clothes faster to a new generation of online consumers.Pleated skirts, rose-printed dresses and studded leather jackets,…
Asian stock markets were mostly weaker on Tuesday as the price of crude oil turned lower following a surge overnight.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 drifted 0.2 percent lower to 16,074.71 while South Korea’s Kospi was 0.2 percent lower to 1,912.71.…
A young man was killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two groups during a football match at Baliar Chora village in Bhanga upazila on Tuesday morning.Mijanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said the clash ensued following…
Ten people have died on a single small island in Fiji as the total death toll from a powerful cyclone climbed to 29, officials said Tuesday.Government spokesman Ewan Perrin said the death toll on Koro Island had reached double figures…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people including two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,00,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sirson Road area in the city early Tuesday.Major Jahangir, deputy commander of Rab-7, said tipped-off, a team of…
Joint teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers will fan out across one of Brazil’s poorest states Tuesday in search of mothers and infants for a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is causing babies to be born…