A suspected leader of extremist gang ‘Lal Potaka’ was killed in a reported gunfight with police near Dhpaghat Boro Bridge in Sadar upazila early Monday.
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L’Oreal hosts 1st show on Seine in Paris; Valentino delights
As Paris Fashion Week heads toward the finish line, Sunday’s shows went up a gear as L’Oreal Paris claimed to have staged the first runway show in history on the Seine River.
Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors
Rescuers in Indonesia were scrambling Sunday to reach trapped victims screaming for help from collapsed buildings, while looters risked entering an unstable shopping mall to grab whatever they could find after a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami that left more…
Court asks why Khaleda’s bail won’t be declared illegal
A court here on Sunday issued a show cause notice seeking explanation as to why the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia won’t be declared illegal in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Joy calls opposition claims on election, disappearance wrong
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT affairs adviser and son Sajeeb Wazed has ruled out opposition claims about the state of democracy and fears over the upcoming polls, saying none of those were true.
BNP’s demand for neutral govt illogical: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the demand of BNP and its allies to form a non-party and neutral government centering the forthcoming national polls is totally illogical.
Mohith says, Jatiya Oikya Prokriya’s outcome ‘zero’
Taking a swipe at Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said its outcome is zero and nothing can be expected out of it.
CCTVs for monitoring roads
Close-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will be installed at every highways and important roads for ensuring safety on roads to lessen the number of accidents.
‘193 test HIV positive in 8 southern districts’
At least 193 people have been tested HIV positive in the country’s eight southern districts, says a report released by a local voluntary organisation.
Cabinet to discuss editors’ concerns over Digital Security
Editors’ Council’s objections to nine sections of the pending ‘Digital Security Act’ and its demand for amending those will be placed before the Cabinet for discussions, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday.
BNP urges Khaleda’s release, poll under neutral govt, syncs
BNP on Sunday placed their a seven-point demand, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and formation of a neutral election-time government before the announcement of the election schedule, from its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the…
BB, UN sign papers to address Rohingya sexual violence
The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations will jointly address conflict-related sexual violence committed against members of the Rohingya population forcibly displaced from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
World Rivers Day Sunday
The World Rivers Day 2018 will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Sunday.
AL and BNP politicians pledge to stand by youths
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) concluded its fifth Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) on Saturday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).
Burma terms UN report on Rohingya not evidence-based
Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
Impunity, Harsh Laws Trouble Journalists in South Asia
It has been six and half years since the killing of Bangladeshi journalists Meherun Runi and Sagar Sarwar in Dhaka. Runi, a senior reporter from the private TV channel ATN Bangla, and her husband Sarwar, news editor from Maasranga TV,…
Experts for review of Digital Security Act
Legal experts and civil society members on Saturday expressed fear that the Digital Security Act -2018, passed in the parliament on September 19, might be used to curtail the freedom of expression in digital arena.
Padma Bridge to be named after Sheikh Hasina: Obaidul
The under construction Padma Bridge will be named after the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
BNP gets permission to hold rally in city Sunday
BNP was finally given permission on Saturday to hold its planned public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Sunday.
Lighterage ship sinks in Bay of Bengal
A lighrerage vessel carrying iron scraps sank at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong port on Saturday.
20,000 Sundarbans people lose jobs as sanctuary expanded
About 20,000 fishermen and woodcutters of the Sundarbans have been living a measurable life for the last three months due to the extension of its wildlife sanctuary at Sharonkhola range ‘without making any rehabilitation plan’ for those who depend on…
Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384
Indonesian television and other media, citing disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, says the death toll from the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami has jumped to 384.
PM given Awards for ‘Int’l Achievement, Special leadership’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious ‘International Achievement Award’ and the ‘2018 Special Distinction Award for Outstanding Leadership’ for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas.
Fire, color and Gaultier’s new guise hit Paris Fashion Week
The ever-inventive Rick Owens nearly cooked his front row at Paris Fashion Week thanks to a giant burning sculpture, while Indian designer Manish Arora brought the colors of a carnival and Carnival to a zany spring collection that stylishly followed…
BD Govt may gain new power to track, shoot down drones
An aviation bill Congress is rushing to approve contains a little-noticed section that would give authorities the power to track, intercept and destroy drones they consider a security threat, without needing a judge’s approval.
Powerful quake rocks Indonesia, ‘many’ buildings collapse
Indonesia was rocked by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake Friday, with the national disaster agency saying that “many” buildings had collapsed in the aftermath of the huge tremor.
JMB militants charged in Bihar Buddha temple explosion case
National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India pressed charges against 3 members of Jamaat-ul Mujahideen ), Bangladesh(JMB) for their involvement in terrorist act of planting three IEDs in and around Bodhgaya temple complex on 19th Jan 2018.
Moudud finds ‘evil motive’ behind Digital Security Act
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday alleged that the government has enacted the Digital Security Act with an ‘evil motive’ to ‘regulate’ the media ahead of the national election.
BNP’s registration in people’s hands, not with EC, Rizvi
BNP on Friday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is trying to intimidate it to join the election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by speaking about the risk of the cancellation of its registration in case of election…
Air Niugini plane comes down in Micronesia lagoon
A passenger aircraft has come down in a lagoon off Chuuk International Airport in Micronesia after it overshot the runway, say airport officials.