Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the administration to take extensive measures against rape and raise public awareness against such incidents in society.
Year: 2020
Help rehabilitate Rohingyas in Myanmar: PM tells USA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to the international community, including the United States, to help Bangladesh rehabilitate Rohingyas in their homeland of Myanmar.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1600 new cases, 15 new deaths
Bangladesh on Thursday saw another spike in Covid-19 patients as health authorities confirmed the detection of 1,600 new cases across the country in 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,84,559.
Death in police custody: Body exhumed for fresh autopsy
The body of Rayhan Ahmed, who was killed reportedly being tortured by police in Sylhet, was exhumed from his grave on Thursday morning.
4 members of a Satkhira family found slaughtered
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of four people, including two children, from Khalsi village in Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district early Thursday.
আসাম রাজ্যের সকল মাদরাসা বন্ধের সিদ্ধান্তের নিন্দা
ভারতের আসাম রাজ্যের সকল মাদরাসা বন্ধ করে দেয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়ে ভারতের রাজ্য সরকার মুসলমানদের ধর্মীয় অনুভুতিতে চরম আঘাত করেছে বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই।
Revive the Role of Trust in Economy and Politics
By Bhabani Shankar Nayak The pandemic driven lockdowns have triggered worldwide growth of unemployment, hunger, homelessness and poverty. The speed of economic descent in the world economy is extraordinary. The world is sleep walking into a greater economic depression of…
Changing Lives of BD Rural Girls by Giving Tertiary Learning
By Farid Ahmed THAKURGAON, Bangladesh, Oct 14 2020 (IPS) – Nila Kispotta, a 19-year-old rural girl from the Oraon ethnic community, has become a figure of exceptional achievement to the small, poverty-stricken village in Thakurgaon in northwest Bangladesh that she…
Nazmul XI takes on Tamim XI to keep up winning spree
DHAKA – A high flying Nazmul XI will face off Tamim XI in the third match of the BCB President’s Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday with an aim to keep up the winning spree. The match…
Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball final tomorrow
DHAKA- Bangladesh Navy take on Bangladesh Air Force in the grand final of Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball scheduled to be held Thursday in Dhanmondi Basketball gymnasium at 11 am. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell is expected…
Impeccable Rubel steals the show
DHAKA – The long hiatus from cricket, forced by the Covid-19 couldn’t hamper the bowling skill of Rubel Hossain, who proved him to be more accurate and dangerous in the ongoing BCB President’s Cup. He went wicket-less in the first…
PFLC’s meeting tomorrow
DHAKA – The professional Football League Committee (PFLC) of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will sit tomorrow (Thursday) to finalize some issues which included players’ payment and upcoming season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). PFLC‘s chairman and BFF senior vice-president Abdus…
Bangladesh U-19 players return to cricket next February
DHAKA -The Bangladesh Under-19 team is likely to return to cricket in next February when Afghanistan will host them in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They are supposed to start cricket by taking part at the Under-19 Asia Cup, scheduled…
Bangladesh reports 16 Covid deaths; 1,684 new cases
Bangladesh conducted 21,12,448 RT-PCR tests in 109 labs till 8 pm on Wednesday and 3,82,959 of them have turned out to Covid-19 positive, which is 18.13 percent of the country’s total tested population.
Action in rape cases after proper investigation: Minister
Mentioning the government’s strict position about rape incidents, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that action will be taken against offenders after proper investigation into rape cases.
Stop sheltering criminals: Quader
Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged the people to unite to stop giving shelter to criminals. He was speaking at a media briefing at his official residence in Dhaka.
Bangladesh overtakes India in per capita GDP, as per IMF
Bangladesh has overtaken its much-larger neighbour India in terms of per capita GDP in 2020, owing to a respectable performance on the economic front despite slowing growth coupled with a steep contraction in the India economy as a result of…
Law without enforcement pointless: BNP
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday said the there is no let-up in rape incidents in the country even after making the death sentence as the punishment for the heinous crime lacks in enforcement.
Cinema halls in Bangladesh to reopen on Friday
After over seven months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus, country’s cinema halls will reopen Friday maintaining health guidelines.
Bomb blast at Ctg traffic police box: 6 ‘Neo-JMB men’ held
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) have arrested six more suspected members of Neo-JMB from number 2gate area of the port city in connection with the bomb blast at a traffic police…
IMF predicts ‘Less severe’ but ‘still deep’ recession
October 13 – In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact, the global economy could see a “somewhat less severe, though still deep” recession through 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected in its latest global…
2 UPDP men dead, one army man injured in Rangamati skirmish
Rangamati, Oct 13 – Two members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF -Prasit) were killed and an Army man was wounded Tuesday in a skirmish between UPDF and Bangladesh Army in Raoutila of Naniarchar in Rangamati.
All hockey players’ test for COVID-19 negative
DHAKA – All the thirty six youth hockey players tested for COVID-19 negative ahead of their training camp for the Bangabandhu U-21 Asia Cup Hockey. All the thirty six hockey players, who were earlier asked to join in the camp,…
BCB to select aged-level players by watching video
DHAKA—The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to begin the activities of selecting the aged-level players in some different way. The cricket apex body will select the players by watching the videos in a bid to avoid the public gatherings…
Under-19 Asia Cup postponed
DHAKA – The upcoming Under-19 Asia Cup has finally been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament for the youth cricketers was scheduled to be held in UAE this November. However it is now shifted to another suitable time…
BCB President’s Cup: Mahmudullah XI records first victory
DHAKA —Mahmudullah XI recovered from an early wobble to record a five-wicket win over Tamim XI in the second match of the BCB President’s Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a modest target of 104, Mahmudullah XI…
Ronaldo tests positive for Covid-19
LISBON – Portugal and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo “is asymptomatic” and “will not play against Sweden” in Wednesday’s Nations League match, the federation said on its website.…
Noakhali woman molestation: Key accused Delwar sent to jail
Delwar Hossain Delu, the key accused in a case filed over the molestation and torture of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali, was sent to jail on Tuesday. Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court-3 Judge Mashfiqul Haque passed the order…
Bangladesh introduces death penalty for rape
In the wake of widespread protests against the growing incidents of rape in the country, the President has promulgated an ordinance allowing death penalty as the highest punishment for rape instead of life term imprisonment. The Ministry of Law, Justice…
Sons ‘kill’ father over land dispute in Dhaka
A man was hacked to death allegedy by his sons at Hazaribagh in the capital on Tuesday over land related dispute. The deceased was identified as Lal Miah, 50, a resident of Daskhshin Basila of Hazaribagh. Victim’s younger brother said…