Dhaka – Police arrested a young man for allegedly making derogative comments on religion, state and law enforcers on popular social media platform Facebook.Officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, Mahtab Uddin said Papon Biswas, 26, son of Poritosh Biswas of…
It has been compared to a dinosaur mummy, a lifelike sculpture and even a dragon from Game of Thrones. Now, 110 million years after it died, the 18ft-long nodosaur – hailed as the best-preserved armoured dinosaur in the world –…
Diplomats are “happy” over the post Jul 1 security measures in Bangladesh, but still feel the risk of terrorist attacks remains. “In terms of risk assessment, we still feel the risk. We still have restrictions on our movement,” Danish Ambassador…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Tuesday evening. UNB news agency reported
Chittagong – The authorities of Chittagong University have expelled a student and suspended five others on various charges. UNB news agency reported
Bogra – A man was killed as a nor’wester lashed several upazilas of the district on Monday. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mikael H Winther on Tuesday said they are still restricting their movement here as they still feel the risk of terror attacks even after 10 months of July 1 attack. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – Bangladesh will procure six new ships from a Chinese company to add those to the fleet of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC). UNB news agency reported
Wellington – When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches. AP/UNB news agency reported
Entertainment Desk Kushum confirmed that the full video of the track will be released soon. After a long hiatus from music, Kushum Shikder has returned with a new track titled ‘Nesha’. Composed by Hridoy Khan, the track has created an…
Deepika Padukone is said to be a workaholic but that doesn’t deter her from making time for her family. She’s constantly been shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming magnum opus Padmavati and yet, took time off to attend a cousin’s…
It’s said that one Sundar Shaekhar, who claims to be the son of Haji Mastan, sent a legal notice to Rajinikanth recently, requesting him to not portray his father as a “smuggler and don”. The notice was sent because of…
Germany will provide seven million euro as grant aimed at enabling an effective utilization of credit, promote workers’ safety and improve environmental standards in the country’s Ready Made Garments (RMG) factories. The amount would be given through Germany’s KfW and…
SpaceX on Monday launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, built by Boeing, blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:21 pm…
When bulldozers rolled into their forest at the start of last year, the Ekuri community in southeast Nigeria protested: “Indigenes say no!” They didn’t want a superhighway that would wipe their ancestral lands in the Cross River National Park off…
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday put Billal, driver of Banani rape case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, on a four-day remand while his gunman Rahmat on a three-day remand, in connection with the case. UNB news agency reported
The Tradinf Corporation of Bangladesh has started selling major essential commodities at subsidised rates from May 15 to keep their prices and supply line stable before and during the holy month of Ramadan.
Dhaka – In an effort to minimize regular consumption of synthetic and various types of artificial sweeteners a Bangladeshi company has come up with first natural sugar substitute in the country named ‘CHINI GO’ for the health conscious consumers.
Dhaka, May 16 – The Bomb Disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have started their operation at the suspected militant hideouts at Chuadanga village in Sadar upazila of Jhenaidah district in Southwest Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Veteran reporter, who covered drug trafficking and organised crime, was the fifth journalist killed in Mexico this year. Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialised in covering drug trafficking and organised crime, was murdered in the northern Mexico state of…
Dave Lee North America technology reporter of BBC Who was behind the huge global cyber-attack? One prominent theory right now is North Korea – but what we know is far from conclusive. You may not have heard of the Lazarus…
President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about so-called Islamic State (IS) to Russia’s foreign minister, sources have told US media.
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man for allegedly making derogative comments on religion, state and law enforcers on popular social media platform Facebook.Officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, Mahtab Uddin said Papon Biswas, 26, son of Poritosh Biswas of…
Dhaka- Forest robbers abducted five fishermen from deep forest of Mandarbaria area of Satkhira Range on Monday.The victims were identified as Karim, son of Mazid Ali, a resident of Sora village of Shyamnagar upazila, Basar Gazi, son of Hossain Gazi…
Dhaka- A joint force of police and forest department, in a drive, seized 85 kilograms of venison along with four heads of deer from an orchard at Baruipara village of Rampal upazila on Sunday afternoon.
Dhaka – A man was killed as a wall collapsed on him in Balur Math area under Baklia Thana of the port city on Monday morning.
Dhaka- Two people, including a college student, were killed by a lightning strike at Jorarganj in Mirsharai upazila in Chittagong on Monday.The deceased were identified as Ovi Sharma, 21, son of Khokon Sharma, and a student of Baroiyahat Degree College…
Cox’sBazar – Police recovered 1.40 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 4.20 crore from Rangikhali village in Teknaf upazila on Monday.
Dhaka – Law enforcers have arrested the driver and a gunman of Shafat Ahmed, the prime accused in the Banani rape case, from the city.A team of Rapid Action Battalion-10 picked up driver Billal from Ibrahim Hotel on Nawabpur Road…
Culture Desk A new segment has been added to the upcoming 70th Cannes Film Festival for rising Bangladeshi filmmakers. The segment titled “Dhaka to Cannes” has been facilitated by the Monaco based International Emerging Film Talent Association (IFTA) and Bangladesh…