Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) picked APM Suhel, a leader of quota reform movement, up from a house in the city’s Shantinagar area early Thursday.
Author: Lutfun Nahar
Dhaka-KL defence training deal soon: Malaysian minister
Visiting Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Bin Sabu on Thursday said preparations are on to sign a memorandum of understanding between Bangladesh and Malaysia on defence training and technical cooperation.
Editors acknowledge need for journos’ safety protocol
Editors, journalists, academics and activists on Thursday recognised the need for a common framework of guideline towards better safety and security of journalists in the context of increasing threats and risks.
Restore Taj Mahal, or destroy it: India SC tells gov’t
India’s Supreme Court has criticised the government for what it calls a “failure” to protect the Taj Mahal, one of the world’s leading tourist attractions.
No more BNP’s dream-like election: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said there will be no more election in the country like the one in 2001 although BNP keeps dreaming of it.
Europe’s Football World Cup celebrates diversity
This weekend I sat in my local bar in Brooklyn, New York and, alongside an enthusiastic and racially diverse group of English fans, watched England defeat Sweden to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.
Agroecology beats land, water scarcity in Brazil
“Now we live well,” say both Givaldo and Nina dos Santos, after showing visiting farmers their 1.25-hectare farm in Brazil’s semi-arid Northeast, which is small but has a great variety of fruit trees, thanks to innovative water and production techniques.
Dhaka-Washington deep partnership expanding: Bernicat
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Wednesday said the “deep partnership” between Bangladesh and the USA is expanding with the growing friendship.
First black female to become mayor of San Francisco
London Breed will make history Wednesday as the first black female mayor of San Francisco when she is sworn into office in the city that has come to embody extreme wealth and poverty in the modern age.
Test popularity by joining next polls, Quader tells BNP
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday suggested BNP to test its popularity by joining the next general election.
US imposes visa sanctions on Myanmar, Laos
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced, in coordination with the State Department, the implementation of visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos due to “lack of cooperation” in accepting their citizens who have been ordered removed from the…
UN concerned by Myanmar court charges against journos
UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed “grave concern” after a court in Myanmar officially charged two Reuters journalists under the 1923 Official Secrets Act in connection with their investigations into a massacre at Inn Din village, Rakhine State.
Khaleda in jail for corruption, says PM Hasina
Pointing at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government did not arrest her out of any political motive but she is in jail after being convicted by the court for the embezzlement of orphans’…
Age-appropriate sexuality education: Youth key to national progress
Fifty years ago at the International Conference on Human Rights, family planning was affirmed to be a human right. It is therefore apt that the theme for this year’s World Population Day is a loud reminder of this fundamental right.
To have children or not – finding a balance
While the world’s population has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, little is still understood about fertility transition and the reasons behind it.
Conservation tech vital to reduce pressure on groundwater
A substantial and sustainable promotion of water saving technologies can be the crucial means of lessening the pressure on underground water resources in the drought-prone Barind area.
Three quota protest leaders remanded
A court here on Tuesday put three leaders and activists of quota reform movement to two-day remand each in two separate cases filed in connection with an attack on the residence of the Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor (VC) on…
National election schedule likely by Oct-end: EC Scy
Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Tuesday said the schedule for the next general polls will be announced at the end of October this year.
France and Belgium battle for place in World Cup final
France will unleash the attacking talents of Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann against Eden Hazard’s gifted Belgium side in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday with a place in the World Cup final at stake.
World Population Day tomorrow
World Population Day-2018 will be observed tomorrow across the country as elsewhere in the world with a call to develop the nation by family planning and ensuring human right.
Zia Charitable Trust case: Khaleda’s bail extended again
A court here on Tuesday again extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till July 17 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
EC Secretary ‘working for Awami League’: BNP
BNP on Tuesday alleged that Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed who is ‘working in favour of Awami League’ is now running the Commission.
BNP expels Sylhet rebel mayoral candidate Selim
BNP on Tuesday expelled its Sylhet City unit general secretary Badruzzaman Selim for contesting the city polls defying the party decision.
Shitalakkhya trawler capsize: 4 bodies retrieved
The bodies of four people, who went missing as a trawler capsized in the Shitalakkhya River near Narayanganj Ghat on Sunday night, were recovered from different points of the river on Tuesday.
Menon undergoes successful surgery
Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon, who was hospitalised on Thursday following a hip joint injury, underwent a successful surgery at a city hospital on Tuesday.
Burnt body of missing cop found in Gazipur forest
Burnt body of a police officer was recovered from a forest in Rayerdia area of Kaliganj upazila in the district on Tuesday.
All 12 boys, their coach rescued from Thai cave
All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world.
HR watchdog ASK for end to repression on quota protesters
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a rights body, has demanded that the ‘torture and repression on’ the quota reform activsits be stopped across the country.
Amid jubilation, 4 more boys rescued from flooded Thai cave
Mae Sai, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — The leaders overseeing the desperate and dangerous rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave labyrinth in northern Thailand were only half joking when they quipped that success was…
Outsiders barred from entering DU campus
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) issued an order prohibiting the movement of outsiders on the campus without the authorities’ permission.