‘Robber’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’
Chattogram: A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Kattoli Beribadh in the citys Pahartoli area early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mohamamd Sabuj, 27, reports...
View ArticleHeads of State, int’l agencies expect Hasina to win next election: FS
New York: Heads of State and different international agencies hoped that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will form the government again winning the next general election for the continuity of development...
View ArticleDiplomats voice concern over Digital Security Act
Heads of missions of the European Union (EU) Member States, the European Union Delegation and the heads of missions of Norway and Switzerland on Thursday reiterated their concerns around several...
View ArticleInt’l conf on genocide during Liberation War begins Friday
Dhaka: A two-day-long international conference on 1971: Liberation War, Genocide and the World will begin at Bangla Academy in the city on Friday. Genocide-Torture and Liberation War Studies Centre in...
View ArticleRangpur Jubo League leader killed in Tangail road crash
Tangail: A local leader of Jubo League was killed and two others injured when a truck rammed a jeep on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Bhuapur upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rasheduzzaman...
View ArticleTrump says he believes nuclear deal with N.Korea possible
United Nations: President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his work to settle a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he has given up nothing but his time during a June summit yet...
View ArticleAdultery not a crime, law is unconstitutional, rules India’s supreme court
Adultery is no longer a crime in India even though, without a shadow of doubt, it can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, scrapping a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair...
View Article2 Navy men killed in cannonball explosion in Bay
Chattogram: Two members of Bangladesh Navy were killed and six others injured in a cannonball explosion during a test firing at a ship in the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram on Thursday. Official sources...
View ArticleMyanmar’s delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return: PM
New York: Bangladeshs leader accused neighbouring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across the border over the past year, and said in an...
View ArticleWorker killed falling off building in Dhaka
Dhaka: A construction worker was killed falling off an under-construction multi-stored building at Matuail Mridhabari of Jatrabari in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam,...
View ArticleBangladesh needs sustained support for Rohingyas: WB
Dhaka: World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region Hartwig Schafer on Thursday said the world needs to provide sustained support to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of the Rohingya people as...
View Article20-party leaders to hold emergency meeting this evening
Dhaka: Top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance are going to hold an emergency meeting this (Thursday) evening to discuss various issues, including formation of the national unity and their next...
View ArticlePM digitally clears 16 important files from USA
New York: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in New York to attend the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, has so far cleared 16 urgent files digitally. Despite her busy schedule in New...
View Article4 get life term for murder in Manikganj
Manikganj: A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment each for killing a woman here in 2014. The convicts are Mizanur Rahman, Abdul Bareq, Nasir Uddin and Hasan Mia, all...
View ArticleEVMs to be used in next election on small scale: CEC
Bogura: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the next general election on a small scale. EVMs could not be reached out to...
View ArticleDNCC Panel Mayor’s son held with yaba
Dhaka: Police arrested one of son of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Jamal Mostafa and two of his associates along with 115 pieces of yaba tablets from Mirpur area on early Thursday....
View Article‘20-party leaders work out movement strategy’
Dhaka: Top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance at an emergency meeting on Thursday discussed various issues, including formation of the national unity, and worked out strategy of their next course...
View ArticleFind out reason behind repression of Muslims, PM urges OIC
New York: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the OIC member states to find out why the Muslims across the world are being subjected to repression, torture and eviction as well as why they...
View Article‘Drug peddler’ killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’
Rajshahi: A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at AfiNepalpara in Pabaupazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Hasibul...
View ArticleSerial rapist, wanted in 13 cases, arrested by Navi Mumbai police
A man wanted in connection with 13 cases of rape and molestation of minor girls in Mumbai and neighbouring areas has been arrested, Indian police said Thursday. Rehan Qureshi, a salesman, was nabbed...
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