Dhaka – The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, was observed in Bangladesh on Sunday night with due solemnity and religious fervour. Muslim devotees offered prayers, held discussion meetings and milad mohfils seeking divine blessings for peace, happiness and wellbeing…
Dhaka – Cyclone ‘Roanu’ on Saturday caused huge damages to crops and livestock in three upazilas — Anwara, Banshkhali and Sandwip — in the Southeastern distric of Chittagong, unb news agency reported. According to a preliminary estimate of the district…
ISIS claimed responsibility for the hacking death of a Bangladeshi doctor killed by machete-wielding attackers. Homeopathy doctor Sanwar Rahman, 55, was in Kushtia district on his way to a medical center where he volunteered his services to the poor, according…
Dhaka – A young man was tortured to death by Detective Branch Police (DB) in custody at Bilashdi area in Narsingdi town, east of capital Dhaka on Thursday at about 11.00 am. He was termed ‘wanted terrorist’. The deceased was…
Dhaka-A court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued warrants to arrest of 29 BNP-men, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo, in an arson case filed with Paltan Police Station of the capital.
Dhaka 18 – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained a Chinese national on the charge of drawing Tk 66,000 using a fake ATM Card from the Prime Bank ATM booth of Elephant Road Bata Signal in the city on Wednesday…
STAFF REPORTER Two senior BNP leaders yesterday termed the arrest of party leader Aslam Chowdhury on charges of making contacts with Israeli intelligence agency Mosssad at a stage-managed drama.
With 148 million offline population, Bangladesh still has the world’s fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet, said a World Bank report. India has the largest number of 1.003 billion people who are not connected…
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Prof Mizanur Rahman on Sunday said doubts have been created in the minds of ordinary citizen on the investigation of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Comilla Victoria College.
Dhaka – A High-level South-South Exchange on Population Policy and Reproductive health between Bangladesh and Sahel countries in Francophone Africa kicked off on Saturday afternoon at the Lake Shore Hotel, Dhaka. The week-long international knowledge sharing conference will end on…
Beirut (AP/UNB) – Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says its top military commander was killed in Syria by insurgents shelling. The group says the blast that killed Mustafa Badreddine near the Damascus International Airport was caused by artillery shelling by “takfiri”…
Staff Reporter Five journalists, including Independent TV correspondent Toufiqul Islam Lipu, were injured in a criminal attack in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
Dhaka – At least 33 people including women and children have died in lightning strikes during thunderstorms in 12 districts, says a bdnews24.com report. Rain and thunderstorms occurred in the capital and elsewhere on Thursday after a week of heat…
Police on Wednesday afternoon submitted two charge-sheets to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 26 others in two cases filed with Darussalam Police Station of the city on the charges of…
Dhaka – Protesting the execution of its ameer and war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, Jamaat-e-Islami has called a 24-hour countrywide hartal for Thursday to protest what it called ‘planned killing’ of Nizami by the government, unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
STAFF REPORTER Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
Dhaka – The government on Sunday imposed a 65-day ban on fishing in the exclusive economic zone area of the Bay of Bengal from May 20 to July 23, aiming to boost the country’s fish output.
Dhaka – The 155th birth anniversary of Noble laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore will be celebrated across the country on Sunday. The government and different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the birthday of the great poet. A…
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday.
STAFF REPORTER Investigation in most of the cases relating to the violence centering Hefazat-e-Islam rally at the city’s Shapla Chhatra has not yet been completed even after three years of the incident.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict Thursday on a review petition filed by war crimes convict and Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences. The four-member bench…
Pirojpur – A court here on Wednesday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a man at Polaran village in Jianagar upazila in 2010. Sheuli Begum, 30, Asad Majhi, 30, Farid Ahmed Foni and Belal Gazi were…
By Nick Rasmussen, Director of US National Counterterrorism Center Five years ago, I watched in the Situation Room along with President Obama, Vice President Biden, and members of the President’s national security team to see if U.S. Special Operations Forces…
Parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed two bills -–’Defence Services (Amendment to some laws) Bill, 2016′ and ‘Defence Services (Supreme Command) Bill, 2016’—for continuation of effectiveness of the provisions made under two ordinances, promulgated during military rule, for the sake of…
The parliamentary standing committee’s reports on five bills related to the rise of remuneration and privileges for the President, Prime Minister, Speaker, Ministers and MPs were presented today.
Dhaka – US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said democracy can only flourish where the press can work freely. “As journalists defend our democracy, we must defend them. We must protect press freedom as a fundamental human right to…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy.
Dhaka – A four-member probe committee has been formed in connection with the fire that broke out at Hasina Market in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday evening, unb news agency reported. The Fire Service Civil Defense (FSCD) headquarters…
At least 20 fire incidents took place in different areas of the city due to short circuits in electric transformers as a nor’wester blew over the capital on Sunday evening.