President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says attempts to overthrow him have failed and hundreds have been arrested, though some fighting continues The picture from Turkey is clearer on Saturday morning, with president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan insisting he remains in charge after…
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) – The two-day Asem Summit ended in the Mongolian capital on Saturday with the adoption of Ulaanbaatar declaration in which leaders renewed resolve to work together on areas of common interest, including countering terrorism and violent extremism. The…
Dhaka – National Film Award winning actress Dilar Hanif Rita, popularly known as Purnima is celebrating her birthday on Monday. Purnima started her career as a Bangla movie actress in 1997 with her debut film ‘E Jibon Tomar Amar’ directed…
Islamabad — Pakistani fashion model Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself with a Muslim cleric on social media, was strangled to death by her brother, police said Saturday. Her parents told police one of her…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is on the final entry list for the Rio Olympics.The 14-time major champion hasn’t played since pulling out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation’s Olympic Committee…
Dhaka -Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is pregnant and plans to resume her career after the baby is born.The 26-year-old Azarenka posted a letter on her Twitter account Friday saying that when she was recovering from the…
Dhaka- Students, teachers and local people here on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Pabna Highway demanding nationalisation of Dr Juhurul Kamal Degree College in Sujanagar upazila in Pabna.Officer-in-charge of Sujanagar Police Station M Nur Islam said agitating students and teachers of the…
Dhaka – Police arrested two people along with 500 bottles of the Indian Phensidyl syrup from Kakanhat Bazar in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Manirul Islam, son of late Taisur Rahman of Nabinagar Barohati village…
Manikganj – Three people were killed and 15 others injured in two road accidents in Shibalaya and Sadar upazilas on Saturday morning.In Shibalaya, two motorcyclists were killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle at Tepra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in…
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was killed as a rashly-driven truck ran over her at Sukhia on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Pakundia upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Setu,11, class V student of Porabaria Government Primary School and daughter of…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged about 45, from the Surma River in Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Friday.Police said locals spotted the body floating in the river beside Darul Ulum Madrasah in the area at…
Dhaka – A man was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Marissha in Lama upazila in Bandarban hill district on Friday night, UNB news agency has reported.
Dhaka – An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Mirpukurpar in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria early Saturday, UNB news agency has reported. The deceased was identified as Lokman Miah.
Dhaka – Two workers were killed and six others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Laskorpur village in Naogaon Sadar upazila on Saturday morning, UNB news agency has reported.
Nice (AP/UNB) – France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a 19-ton truck and plunged through a terrified…
Dhaka – Some 35 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from India on Friday through the Benapole border in Jessore after languishing in a jail there for three years, UNB news agency has reported.
Dhaka – Three members of a family were killed and two people injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sabgram in Bogra district town on Friday, UNB news agency has reported.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday strongly denounced the terror attack carried out in the French city of Nice during Bastille Day celebrations that left 84 people dead and many injured, UNB news agency has reported. In a…
Yangon (AP/UNB) – Myanmar’s government has denounced an influential Buddhist nationalist group after failing earlier to speak strongly against it though others were accusing it of using hate speech and inspiring violence against Muslims. The Ma Ba Tha organization’s charismatic…
Washington – President Barack Obama on Friday urged all sides in Turkey to support the democratically elected government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid a military takeover of the key NATO ally. In a statement issued after a meeting with…
Turkey — Turkey’s president declared he is in control of the country early Saturday as loyal military and police forces quashed a coup attempt during a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead. President Recep Tayyip…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government would take help from Russia, if necessary, in combating terrorism and militancy.
Four people including a woman and her daughter, were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a pick-up van on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Tara in Ghior upazila on Friday.
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday condemned the terror attacks in France and called for resisting and eliminating totally the ongoing terrorism across the world.
Habitat destruction has reduced the variety of plants and animals to the point that ecological systems could become unable to function properly, with risks for agriculture and human health, say scientists.The variety of animals and plants has fallen to dangerous…
Imams of mosques across the country today delivered “Khutba” (sermon) before and after Jumma prayers highlighting the directives of the Holy Quran and Hadith against militancy and terrorism.”The Khutba cautioning the countrymen against unrest, militancy and terrorism was delivered almost…
The Tour de France will continue as planned on Friday, a day after the deadly attack in Nice.France is reeling again after a large truck mowed through a crowd of revelers gathered for a Bastille Day fireworks display in the…
UNESCO has put four new sites on its World Heritage List.The new sites, announced Friday, include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran’s ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India’s archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara.The World Heritage Committee also…
Underscoring the need for ensuring smooth connectivity among all the countries and communities to secure peace, stability and prosperity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Friday said connectivity should be taken as a ‘strategic opportunity’.”Connectivity is indeed no longer a…
A large truck plowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing at least 84 people and sending others fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city’s famed waterfront…