UN Shadow Conference of United Nation Youth and Student Association Bangladesh (UNYSAB) held at Rajshahi University (RU) for the third day on Sunday. The Conference consists of five divisions that are United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), Human Right Council (HRC),…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 26 for hearing in a case filed against 130 BNP leaders and activists, including its Joint Secretary Generals, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah Aman.
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to detained Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of war crime convict and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC), in a case filed for an attempt to murder seven years ago. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan…
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday staged demonstrations and bought out processions in different parts of the city and elsewhere in the country protesting price hike power and gas. However, police allegedly charged batons on 20-party leaders and activists in different places…
Russia’s State corporation- Rosatom with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) distributed a popular science book titled “Nuclear power: Q&A” among 30 schools in the town of Pabna, district town of…
A man was killed and ten others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Kalikapur village in Madhabpur upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Zia Uddin Zeru, 55, a resident of…
A construction worker died from electrocution in Sonadighi area of Godagari upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 37, son of Rojom Ali, hailing from Abhoynagar upazila in Jessore district and a construction worker of Jamuna Oil Mill.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader with a foreign made one shooter gun and bullet from Khaserhat under Shibganj upazila of the district last night.The arrested was Shamim Reza, 23, son of Uzir Ahmed of…
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Bharatpur village in Atghoria upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Salauddin Ahmed alias Bishal Khan,24, son of late KM Mehedi Hasan Khan of the village.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged Rohingya militants from the district town early Sunday.The elite force also recovered huge firearms and explosive materials.
Police on Sunday foiled a demonstration programme of BNP in the district town protesting the gas and power price hike.When a procession of Barisal district unit (Dakhshin) of BNP reached Nazirpul area of the town around 10:30am, police obstructed them,…
A mobile court on Saturday sentenced a young man to six months’ jail for teasing a schoolgirl sexually at Halidakanda village in Dharmapasha upazila.The convict was identified as Cornel Miah, 22, a resident of the village.
Police arrested a regional leader of an outlawed party at Shalaipur village in sadar upazila on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Latif, 48, a resident of Dhalarchar area of Bera upazila. He was accused in 15 cases, including that…
Detectives arrested two activists of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) along with one shutter gun, four live bombs and one round of bullet from Takpara area on the Gholdari-Madhupur road in Alamdanga upazila early Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Shamsul…
Two security guards of Gulshan Youth Club were received burn injuries when police were destroying detained illegal goods in the area early Sunday. The injured security guards are—Masud Rana, 42, and Akram, 40.
A middle aged man was sandwiched while he was trying to get into a passenger bus near Jatrabari crossing in the city on Sunday morning. The victim was known as Abul Kalam, 45.
Six people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed after a car veered off the road during a car rally in north-western Spain. Police said that 16 people had been injured, some critically, after the accident at the A Coruna…
Austria and Germany have taken in thousands of migrants who crossed the border after days stuck in Hungary. After being welcomed at the Austrian frontier by volunteers, many went directly to Vienna and on to Munich in southern Germany. The…
Mark Urban I’m in Berlin reporting for Newsnight at the moment on the crisis engulfing Europe. Here are a few of the wider issues I think it’s worth reflecting on. People Are Seeking a Better Life Arguments about names –…
Nobel laureate Professor Yunus inaugurated Centenary Celebrations at University of Mysore by delivering Centennial Lecture at University. It was celebrated as the beginning university’s year-long Centenary Celebrations. This year the university, with over 1,00,000 students, is completing its 100 years.…
A college girl was assaulted by four young men in Demra area of Dhaka on Saturday afternoon allegedly for refusing a love proposal. Police arrested three of the assaulters after the victim filed a case with Demra Police Station in…
BNP on Saturday termed the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) opinion survey that showed increase of popularity of Sheikh Hasina led present government as contradictory. “The survey shows that most of Bangladesh people want caretaker government. Then, how does popularity of…
Eight workers sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a ship-breaking yard at South Sonaichhari under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong. Md Didarul Islam, the owner of ship-breaking yard claimed that the LPG cylinder explosion took place at…
Aylan Kurdi has become the symbol of the refugee crisis in Europe. He was washed up dead on the shores of Bodrum in southwest Turkey. The three year old toddler drowned in the Mediterranean Sea along with his five-year-old brother…
The Indian authorities will issue travel pass for the residents of former 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh to cross the border. After the historic land transfer the residents of the 162 enclaves started a new life with their new identity…
Hillary Clinton has said she wished she had made a “different choice” and not used a private email account while serving as US secretary of state. “I’m sorry this has been confusing,” she told the cable news channel MSNBC. Her…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven members of an organised kidnapping gang from Shahjalal International Airport area in the city on Friday night.
By VICE News The body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi has been laid to rest in the Syrian town of Kobane on Friday, alongside his brother and mother, who also died trying to reach Greece.