Report on BB heist case on Sept 17

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has set September 17 to submit a probe report in a case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016.

Bangla News

Fire at two auto-rickshaw factories in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur:  A fire broke out at two battery–run auto-rickshaw manufacturing factories at Tongi on Thursday morning.

Bangla News

32 teams in 2023 women's World Cup

Sports Desk: Football's world governing body FIFA has approved the expansion of the Women's World Cup from the existing 24 teams to 32 for the 2023 edition and reopened the bidding process for potential hosts.

Bangla News

2 bikers crushed under truck

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Two motorcyclists were killed after a truck hit a motorcycle in Godagari upazila of the district on Wednesday midnight.

Bangla News

Plane carrying Bangladesh cricket team faces glitch

Sports Correspondent: A plane of Sri Lankan Airlines, carrying Bangladesh national cricket team and other passengers, was stopped flying due to technical glitch on Thursday morning.

Bangla News

Surgeon warns of life-changing water park, diving dangers

Risingbd Desk: Holidaymakers should be aware of the dangers of diving into shallow water and the risks posed by water parks, a spinal surgeon has warned.

Bangla News

US sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister

International Desk: The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Bangla News

Month of mourning begins

Desk Report: The month of mourning begins today (August 1) for the nation to recall once again the most brutal killing in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence and sovereignty.

Bangla News

Bangladesh need 295 runs to avoid whitewash

Sports Desk: Visiting Bangladesh are now batting against Sri Lanka to avoid whitewash at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Bangla News

China orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down

International Desk: Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to “Sinicize” its Muslim population.

Bangla News

‘Pvt cars, taxis can't be requisitioned’

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday delivered a verdict ordering police not to requisition private cars, CNG auto-rickshaws and taxis as it disposed of a rule issued earlier.

Bangla News

No bar for 11 more companies to sell pasteurised milk

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday cleared the way for 11 more companies to produce, distribute and sell pasteurised milk.

Bangla News

Tigers sent to bowling first

Sports Desk:  Sri Lankan caption has won the toss and sent Bangladesh bowling first in the last match of three ODI series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Bangla News

3 killed in Dhamrai road accident

Savar Correspondent:  Three people were killed as a bus hit a van on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Sutipara of Dhamrai upazila on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

Another dies of dengue at DMCH

Staff Correspondent: Another man died of dengue fever who was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday noon, raising the toll to 11 so far in the hospital alone.

Bangla News

BB unveils new monetary policy

Economic Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced its flagship monetary policy statement (MPS) for the first half of the current 2019-20 financial year (FY20).

Bangla News

Next hearing in Rifat murder case Aug 14

Barguna Correspondent: A Barguna court has fixed next hearing in the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case on August 14.

Bangla News

HC issues rule on ensuring security of judges

Staff Correspondent:  The High Court has issued a rule asking the concerned authorities why the court will not give directive to ensure security of the judges in the courts across the country.

Bangla News

3 die as cattle-laden truck turns turtle

Cumilla Correspondent: Three people have died as a cattle-laden truck turned turtle at Chaudagram upazila in Cumilla. Six cattle were also killed in the accident.

Bangla News

One killed in ‘gunfight’ with BGB

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: A suspected drug peddler has been killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the district.

Bangla News

DIG Partha now in Keranaiganj jail

Staff Correspondent:  Deputy Inspector General (prison) of Sylhet division Partha Gopal Banik has been kept at Keraniganj central jail.

Bangla News

Actor Alamgir infected with dengue

Entertainment Desk: Famous Bangladeshi film actor Alamgir has been infected with dengue fever. However, his health condition is much more stable.

Bangla News

Kane scores as Tottenham beat Real Madrid

Sports Desk: Harry Kane scored the only goal as Tottenham won their Audi Cup semi-final against Real Madrid in Munich.

Bangla News

Female police officer dies of dengue

Senior Correspondent: A sub-inspector of police has died of dengue fever.

Bangla News

Diabetic women more likely to have stillborn baby

Risingbd Desk: Diabetic women are more than four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those without the condition, a new study has found.

Bangla News

Indian Test batsman Shaw banned for doping

Sports Desk: Indian Test batsman Prithvi Shaw has been suspended until November 15 for a doping violation.

Bangla News

Newborn found dead in city

Staff Correspondent: Police recovered body of a newborn wrapped in a shopping bag from adjacent to Rasel Tower of Dhaka University (DU) area on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

Japan wants to mediate resolving Rohingya crisis

Diplomatic Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen has said Japan has proposed to play an active role as a mediator in Tokyo between Bangladesh and Myanmar to find a peaceful solution over Rohingya crisis.

Bangla News

Bangladesh aim to avoid whitewash

Sports Desk: After losing the first two games of the series, Bangladesh are aiming to win the last one today (Wednesday) to avoid an embarrassing whitewash against Sri Lanka.

Bangla News

Bangladesh U-19s beat India U-19s to go top of the table

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh U-19s have won their second successive match in the tri-nation series, defeating India U-19s by 2 wickets in a rain affected game yesterday, at the Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay, England.

Bangla News

Nephew hacked dead in Kolaroa

Satkhira Correspondent: A man has been hacked dead over land dispute in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.

Bangla News

No bar to continue Farm Fresh, Pran Milk sale

Staff Correspondent: The appellate division of the Supreme Court cleared the way for Farm Fresh Milk) and Pran Milk to continue the production, distribution and selling pasteurised milk.

Bangla News

Minni denied bail again

Barguna Correspondent: A Barguna court again rejected the bail petition of Aysha Siddika Minni, widow of Rifat Sharif who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna town on June 26, in the case of killing her husband.

Bangla News

Govt cancels leave for all health ministry officials

Senior Correspondent: The government has canceled all types of leave for all the officials and staffs of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to tackle the dengue and flood situation across the country.

Bangla News

Heat wave kills 11 in Japan

International Desk: Scorching heat killed at least 11 people in Japan, local media reported on Tuesday.

Bangla News

‘Should be looked into whether any plot behind pasteurised milk’

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given instructions to look into the matter whether there is any plot of the country’s milk importers behind questioning local pasteurised milk.

Bangla News

Mayors failed, says Mohammad Nasim

Senior Correspondent: Awami League Presidium member also former health minister Mohammad Nasim opined that the mayors of the two city corporations have failed to take effective steps against dengue.

Bangla News

Two construction workers die in Ullapara

Sirajganj Correspondent: Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank in Ullapara municipality area of the district on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

Another dengue patient dies at DMCH

Senior Correspondent: One more died after being diagnosed with the viral disease dengue at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.

Bangla News

Anushka breaks her silence on pregnancy rumours

Entertainment Desk: Anushka Sharma was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan's Zero. The film failed to do well at the box office but Anushka, who played the role of a wheelchair-bound NASA scientist in the film, was hailed for her performance.

Bangla News

Police end Neymar rape investigation over lack of evidence

Sports Desk: Police in Brazil investigating rape allegations against the footballer Neymar have closed the case due to a lack of evidence, the São Paulo attorney general’s office has said.

Bangla News

Japanese foreign minister visits Rohingya camp

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has reached Kutupalong camp at Ukhia in Cox's Baza to see Rohingya people who took shelter in Bangladesh after facing persecution in Myanmar.

Bangla News

PM directs party men to prevent dengue

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Awami League leaders and activists to play a role in destroying dengue-bearing Aedes mosquitos and preventing dengue fever outbreaks in the country.  

Bangla News

Titas’ death: Writ seeks action against joint secy

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition has been filed seeking an action against a joint secretary and Kathalbari Ferry Terminal manager over the death of schoolboy Titas.

Bangla News

I hope to return to Madrid soon: Ronaldo

Sports Desk: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has said he "hopes to return to Madrid soon" as he received the Marca Leyenda award.

Bangla News

ACC grills ex-Biman MD

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) questioned its sacked Managing Director and CEO AM Mosaddik Ahmed over corruption and irregularities in recruiting cadet pilots.

Bangla News

2 children killed as van falls into canal

Staff Correspondent, Barisal: Two children were killed and ten others injured as a van carrying students of a madrassa at Mulpain area under Ujirpur upazila of the district plunged into a roadside canal on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

Rape accused killed in ‘gunfight’

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A suspected rapist has been killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Chattogram.

Bangla News

Transport worker found dead in Satkhira

Satkhira Correspondent:  A transport worker has been found dead in a jute field in Satkhira sadar upazila.

Bangla News

17 killed as Pakistani army plane crashes into residential area

International Desk: A Pakistani military plane on a training flight crashed into homes near the garrison city of Rawalpindi before dawn Tuesday, killing at least 17 people, most of them on the ground.

Bangla News

Woman dies of dengue at DMCH

Staff Correspondent: A women died after being diagnosed with the viral disease dengue at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Tuesday.

Bangla News

Two dengue patients die in Barishal

Staff Correspondent, Barishal:  Two people have died of mosquito-borne dengue at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Bangla News

Root set to return to No 3 for first Ashes Test

Sports Desk: Joe Root will return to No. 3 in the batting order in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

Bangla News

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals

Risingbd Desk: Superbugs resistant to emergency antibiotics are spreading in hospitals, a Europe-wide study shows.

Bangla News

Crescent hospital fined Tk17 lakh

Senior Correspondent: A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) fined a private hospital in Dhaka's Uttara area a total of Tk 17 lakh for using outdated medicines and other irregularities

Bangla News

Warner picks up injury

Sports Desk: Australia batsman David Warner has picked up an injury ahead of the start of the Ashes on Thursday.

Bangla News

BCB searching new owner for Chittagong Vikings

Sports Desk: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is searching new ownership for Chittagong Vikings as the franchise decided not to participate in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) scheduled to begin from December 6 this year. 

Bangla News

3 militant women get 10 years jail term

Sirajganj Correspondent: A court in Sirajganj has sentenced three women members of banned militant outfit Jamaatul-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10 years of imprisonment.

Bangla News

Bangladesh A team makes 2-2 draw with Afghanistan A

Sports Desk: Coming from behind, hosts Bangladesh A team settled for a 2-2 draw in the 5-match unofficial one-day series beating the touring Afghanistan A team by 42 runs in the 5th and last one-day match at BKSP in Savar on Monday.

Bangla News

Titas’ death for ferry delay: Probe body formed

Madaripur Correspondent: The district administration has formed a four-member probe body to investigate into the death of schoolboy Titas in an ambulance on a ferry after the vessel allegedly waited three hours at the Kathalbari Ferry Terminal Thursday night for a government high official.

Bangla News

HC now looks at powdered milk

Staff Correspondent: A High Court (HC) bench has now looked at powdered milk, following a ban issued by another HC bench on production and sale for 13 companies’ pasteurised milk because of existing harmful substances to human body.

Bangla News

Bangladesh hands over new list of 25,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar

Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh today handed over a new list of 25,000 Rohingyas to the authority of Myanmar for verification.

Bangla News

ACC files case against DIG Partha Gopal

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division after recovering Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

Bangla News

DSCC starts free aerosol spray distribution

Staff Correspondent: The distribution of free aerosol spray has been started in educational institutions of Dhaka South City Corporation.

Bangla News

5pc source tax for savings tools: Finance Minister

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that 5 percent tax at source would be applicable to all types of savings certificates, including family savings certificates, up to Taka 5 lakh investment to facilitate the small savers and pensioners.

Bangla News

Madrasa teacher held for spreading hate speech

Noakhali Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a madrasa teacher for spreading hatred through social networking sites Facebook in Noakhali.

Bangla News

Bangladesh’s 1st captain Shamim Kabir no more

Sports Desk: Bangladesh national cricket team’s first captain to international match Shamim Kabir has passed away. He was 75.

Bangla News

No bar to continue Milk Vita production

Staff Correspondent: The chamber judge of the Appellate Division postponed the high court order that declared halted the production, collection and sale of pasteurized milk of 14 companies.

Bangla News

4 killed as bus overturns in Gopalganj

Gopalganj Correspondent: Four people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus overturned at Vatiapara intersection in Kashiani upazila on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Monday.

Bangla News

65 killed in Nigeria Boko Haram attack

International Desk: At least 65 people lost their lives after local terror group Boko Haram opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno in the weekend.

Bangla News

Green Line pays Tk 5 lakh more to Russel

Staff Correspondent: Green Line Paribahan paid Tk five lakh more to Russel Sarker, whose left leg was severed after getting crushed by one of its buses in the capital.

Bangla News

Eid advance train ticket sale begins

Senior Correspondent: Sale of advance train tickets has begun in the city on Monday morning for homebound people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims.

Bangla News

Two killed in ‘gunfight’ in Teknaf

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Baharchhara Uttar Shilkhani on Marine Drive road in Teknaf upazila early Monday.

Bangla News

Pasteurised milk: State side to move to Appellate Division

Staff Correspondent: Prosecutors will move to file a petition with the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the High Court order that directed the authorities to stop production, distribution and sale of pasteurised milk of 14 companies holding licenses of the Bangladesh Standard Testing Institution (BSTI).

Bangla News

One killed in 'gunfight' in city

Staff Correspondent: A man was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Hazaribagh area of the capital early Monday.

Bangla News

Mushfiq lifts Bangladesh to 238

Sports Desk: Bangladesh have set a 239-run target for Sri Lanka, thanks to Mushfiqur Rahim's brilliant innings of 98 runs, in the second ODI of three-match series at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday.

Bangla News

Mushfiq, Mehidy take Bangladesh past 200

Sports Desk: Bangladesh had fallen in trouble as Tigers lost top five wickets for just 88 runs in 24.3 overs in the second ODI of three-match series against Sri Lanka.

Bangla News

Myanmar to take back 440 Rohingya families

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Myanmar authority has agreed to take back 440 Rohingya families who fled to Bangladesh after military oppression in their homeland.

Bangla News

BB to unveil Jul-Dec monetary policy Wednesday

Economic Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank will announce its monetary policy for the first half of the 2019-20 fiscal year on Wednesday.  

Bangla News

Raid at DIG Partha’s house, Tk80 lakh sized

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seized Tk80 lakh from the residence of former Deputy Inspector General of Prison, Partha Gopal Banik in Chattogram on Sunday.

Bangla News

GPS trackers to monitor city cleaners

Staff Correspondent: The cleaners and mosquito eradication workers of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will be brought under GPS tracking system to monitor the overall mosquito repellents process.

Bangla News

Bangladesh in trouble losing 5 wickets early

Sports Desk: Bangladesh have fallen in trouble as Tigers lost top five wickets for just 88 runs in 24.3 overs in the second OD of three-match series against Sri Lanka.

Bangla News

75 killed due to excessive flooding

Staff Correspondent: At least 75 people have been killed due to floods in 14 districts of the country.

Bangla News

HC bans production, sale of 14 brands’ milk

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has issued a ban on production, sale of BSTI license holder 14 companies’ pasteurised milk for next five weeks.

Bangla News

‘Govt takes up challenge of preventing dengue’

Senior Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the government has taken up the challenge in preventing dengue and chikungunya.

Bangla News

Bangladesh bat first after winning toss

Sports Desk: Bangladesh have opted to bat first after winning the toss in the crucial second ODI against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Bangla News

‘Police’s overenthusiasm about Minni not right’

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) said it should not be right for police to be overenthusiastic about Aysha Siddika Minni excluding the prime accused in the sensational Rifat murder case.

Bangla News

Boko Haram kills 23 mourners after Nigeria funeral

International Desk: Boko Haram gunmen on Saturday killed 23 mourners in Borno state in Nigeria's restive northeast after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said.

Bangla News

Bodies of 2 missing students found

Savar Correspondent: Members of Savar Fire Service and Civil Defence recovered the bodies of two students of Dhaka’s Ideal School and College on Sunday morning, 24 hours after they had gone missing in the Dhaleswari River with another friend.

Bangla News

IRI didn`t sponsor Priya Saha

Diplomatic Correspondent:  The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) has claimed that it did not sponsor Priya Saha to visit the USA.

Bangla News

‘Register Moon Cinema Hall property for Muktijodhha Trust’

Staff Correspondent:  The Appellate Division has ordered to register property of Moon Cinema Hall in favour of Muktijodhha Kalyan Trust.

Bangla News

Youth killed in Khulna mob beating

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: A mob caught a youth while stealing in a fish gher (enclosure) in Khulna and later beat him to death.

Bangla News

Over 1,000 arrested from opposition rally in Russia

International Desk: Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council.

Bangla News

Bangladesh-Sri Lanka second ODI today

Sports Desk: After suffering a crushing 91-run defat in the first ODI on Friday, Bangladesh will certainly be desperate to stay alive in the three-match series against Sri Lanka when the sides face off in the second one-dayer at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo today.

Bangla News

Youth hacked dead at Fatullah

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: A youth was hacked to death by drug peddlers over a trivial issue in Fatullah Dewbhog Madrasah area on Saturday night.

Bangla News

Bangladeshi arrested in US on Taliban-linked terror charges

Desk Report: A Bangladeshi American man has been arrested while allegedly attempting to travel to Pakistan to join the Taliban with the aim of killing US troops, according to officials.

Bangla News

Writ seeks Tk 5cr compensation for Renu’s family

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives to give Tk five crore as compensation to the family of Taslima Begum Renu who was killed by a mob in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda.

Bangla News

4 killed as pickup overturns in Noakhali

Naokhali Correspondent: Four labourers have been killed as a pickup overturned at Chowmohani in the district on Sunday morning.

Bangla News

JU student dies of dengue

JU Correspondent: A student of Jahangirnagar University died of dengue.

Bangla News

Minhajul, Habibul retain as BCB selectors

Sports Correspondent: There was a rumour that changes are coming to the posts of BCB selectors.

Bangla News

BCB appoints Langeveldt as pace bowling coach

Sports Desk: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed former South Africa paceman Charl Langeveldt as pace bowling coach of Bangladesh national team. 

Bangla News

Myanmar delegation to sit with Rohingyas

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Representatives of the Myanmar government and Rohingyas have agreed to hold a dialogue on the issue of Rohingya repatriation.

Bangla News

Sheikh Hasina sends Rajshahi Fazli to British PM

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently staying in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh’s famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a mark of her good wishes for him.

Bangla News

600 killed, 25 million affected by floods in South Asia

International Desk: At least 600 people have been killed and over 25 million others affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar, the UN has said.

Bangla News

Bangladesh fined for slow over-rate in 1st Sri Lanka ODI

Sports Desk: Having taken 4 hours and 7 minutes to bowl 50 overs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in Colombo.

Bangla News

Police fire tear gas at Hong Kong protest

International Desk: Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at an unauthorised protest involving thousands of demonstrators.

Bangla News

Minni too sick to speak, father claims

Barguna Correspondent: Family members have met with Ayesha Siddika Minni, wife of Barguna’s slain Rifat Sharif, in the district jail.

Bangla News

3 College students missing after going for bath in river

Savar Correspondent: Three college students went missing after they went for a bath in Dhaleshwari river in Bank town area of Savar on Saturday.

Bangla News

8 killed as quakes hit Philippines

International Desk: Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a series of earthquakes struck islands in the far northern Philippines early Saturday, terrifying locals and sparking an urgent search of collapsed homes.

Bangla News

Myanmar delegation at Rohingya camp

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: A Myanmar delegation visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday noon.

Bangla News

Trump threatens Apple, Google

International Desk: The president of the United States called out two of the nation’s largest tech firms in a pair of tweets this morning. Google was the first target. The statement follows weeks of suggested investigations of the tech giant over a supposed relationship with China.

Bangla News

4 crushed under truck in Kishoreganj

Kishoreganj Correspondent: Four passengers of a CNG auto-rickshaw were crushed to death by a speeding truck in the district on Saturday morning.

Bangla News

One killed in Jashore ‘gunfight’

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: A suspected drug peddler has been killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police and BGB men in the district.

Bangla News

Amir seeks British citizenship

Sports Desk: Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir is planning to obtain a British passport in a bid to permanently settle down in England in future.

Bangla News

DU-affiliated college students to announce new programme today

Staff Correspondent: Students of the Dhaka University (DU)-affiliated seven colleges will disclose their decision this afternoon as their seven-day ultimatum to the DU authority ends today (Saturday).

Bangla News

Myanmar delegation in Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: A Myanmar delegation has reached Cox’s Bazar to discuss the repatriation process of Rohingya people.

Bangla News

3 Ansar-al-Islam members held

Staff Correspondent:  Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) has arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansar-al-Islam.  

Bangla News

One killed in Jashore ‘gunfight’

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: A suspected drug peddler has been killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police and BGB men in the district.

Bangla News

‘Be match-winners,’ Malinga urges next generation

Sports Desk: Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka's strike bowler for so many years, signed out of one-day international cricket with a reminder of just how good he is, taking 3/38 in his side's 91-run win against Bangladesh.

Bangla News

West Indies recall Chris Gayle

Sports Desk: Chris Gayle changed his mind about international retirement and the West Indies selectors on Friday gave the ‘Universe Boss’ a place in the one-day squad to face India in a three-match series.

Bangla News

Supreme Court allows Trump wall funding

International Desk: The US Supreme Court has given President Donald Trump permission to use $2.5 billion (£2 billion) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border.

Bangla News

Ria, Hridoy sent to jail after confessional statement

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has sent Ria Khatun and Ibrahim alias Hridoy Hossain Mollah, who created rumour of child-lifting that caused Taslima Begum Renu killed in mass beating in the capital’s Uttar Badda, sent to jail, after their confessional statement.

Bangla News

Husband-wife among 4 killed in Kurigram road crash

Kurigram Correspondent: Four people, including a husband and his wife, were killed and four others injured when a minibus rammed a buttery-run auto-bike in Shibram area on Rangpur-Kurigram highway on Friday noon.

Bangla News

Sri Lanka set 315-run target for Bangladesh

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka have set a target of 315 runs for Bangladesh in the first ODI of three-match series at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.

Bangla News

Free aerosol in educational institutions

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon announced that free aerosol in educational institutions will be distributed in all educational institutions.

Bangla News

‘Minni’s parents also involved in Rifat murder’

Barguna Correspondent: Slain Rifat Sharif’s father Abdul Halim Dulal Sharif alleged that Minni’s parents were also involved in the killing.

Bangla News

Seaports advised to hoist cautionary signal 3

Risingbd Desk: The Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra maritime ports have been advised to hoist signal number 3 as a deep convection is taking place over North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of the country.  

Bangla News

Rubel strikes after Soumya’s Perera knock

Sports Desk: Soumya Sarkar sent back Kusal Perera after his brilliant ton, helping a pause for Sri Lanka to build a solid platform.

Bangla News

Quader urges all to work seriously against Dengue

Senior Correspondent: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader urged health minister, city corporation members and concerned all to talk responsibly about dengue issue.

Bangla News

Mother, daughter die in Sylhet road crash

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: A woman and her daughter were killed and three others injured when a microbus collided with a wedding-party microbus on Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Lalabazar area of Dakshin Surma on Friday noon.

Bangla News

Perera century powers Sri Lanka forward

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka are moving forward, thanks to brilliant century of Kusal Perera against visiting Bangladesh in the first ODI of three match series at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Bangla News

Shafiul gets wicket back after 3 years

Sports Desk: Pacer Shafiul Islam had played his last game in Bangladesh jersey in 2016. He was not seen in ODI team since the match against visiting England held in Chattogram.

Bangla News

Amir announces retirement from Test cricket

Sports Desk: Mohammad Amir has announced his retirement from Test cricket. The left-arm quick, 27, has however said he will continue playing white-ball cricket for Pakistan.

Bangla News

SK Sinha seeks political asylum in Canada

Desk Report: Former Chief Justice is seeking asylum in Canada, claiming he was threatened for refusing to support political interference that would have given parliament greater power to axe dissenting judges.

Bangla News

Bangladesh bowling first against Sri Lanka

Sports Desk:  Sri Lankan captain won the toss and sent Bangladesh bowling first in the first match of three-match ODI series at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Bangla News

Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed dead in Kushtia

Kushtia Correspondent:  An auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by miscreants in Bout area of Doulatpur upazila on Thursday night.

Bangla News

Isn’t possible to revive Buriganga like Thames?

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The Thames is the beauty of London, a jewel in its crown. London’s financial district, information technology industry and many tourist spots such as the iconic London Eye, Sea Life Aquarium and O2 arena are built on the beautiful banks of the river.

Bangla News

‘80pc people satisfied with govt performance’

Desk Report: Eighty percent people of the country are satisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as her government is running the country for the third consecutive term, political research group CallReady on Thursday said releasing a survey.

Bangla News

Missile launch ‘a warning to South Korean warmongers’

International Desk: North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a "solemn warning" against what it described as "South Korean warmongers".

Bangla News

Missile launch ‘a warning to South Korean warmongers’

International Desk: North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a "solemn warning" against what it described as "South Korean warmongers".

Bangla News

Three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starts this afternoon

Sports Desk:  Three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka starts this afternoon (Friday).

Bangla News

US govt orders first federal executions since 2003

International Desk: The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16-year hiatus, the justice department has announced.

Bangla News

Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia

International Desk: Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and Thailand say.

Bangla News

Sheikh Hasina greets new British premier

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended her heartiest congratulations to Boris Johnson on his assumption of office as the prime minister of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

Bangla News

Inzamam confirmed as Pakistan’s new head coach?

Sports Desk: Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that outgoing chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq is determined to become the national team’s head coach.

Bangla News

Police-workers clash leaves OC injured

Senior Correspondent: Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hatirjheel Police Station sustained injuries when garment workers and police locked into clash at the capital’s Rampura Thursday.

Bangla News

BD to be 24th largest economy by 2030

Desk Report: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the national budget in Bangladesh for the year 2034 will reach around a trillion US dollar.

Bangla News

40th BCS preliminary results out

Staff Correspondent: The results of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination has been published.

Bangla News

Five minor girls drown as boat sinks in water body

Jamalpur Correspondent: Five minor girls have drowned as a small boat sank in a flooded water body at Sarishabari in Jamalpur.

Bangla News

Trump was not exonerated by my report, says Mueller

International Desk: US President Donald Trump's claim that he was "totally exonerated" by special counsel Robert Mueller was rejected by Mr Mueller in a hearing on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Decision on 9th wage board after PM’s return

Staff Correspondent: The 9th wage board is being sent to the cabinet for its nod after finalising recommendations. Decision will be taken over the 9th board once she returns home from abroad.

Bangla News

Dengue situation under control: Health Minister

Staff Correspondent: Claiming that the dengue situation remains under control, Health and Family Welfare Minister Jahid Malek has urged media not to publish any news over dengue that spread panic among people.

Bangla News

Badda woman lynching: 5 more arrested

Senior Correspondent: Seeing the video footage, police have arrested five more people in connection with the lynching of a woman in Badda.

Bangla News

‘Govt takes up challenge of preventing dengue, chikungunya’

Senior Correspondent: Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tazul Islam has taken up the challenge in preventing dengue and chikungunya.

Bangla News

Two labourers electrocuted in Jashore

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: Two labourers died from electrocution at Ahad Jute Mills on Thursday morning.

Bangla News

HC wants new medicine to eliminate Aedes mosquitoes

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has directed the authorities to take effective steps and use new medicine within one week to eradicate Aedes mosquitoes from the capital.

Bangla News

3 blasts rock Kabul

International Desk: At least five people have been confirmed dead and 16 others injured as three blasts rocked Afghanistan's Kabul in the morning rush hour on Thursday, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.

Bangla News

North Korea fires new short-range missile into sea

International Desk: North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

Bangla News

Dengue outbreak: Health officials at High Court

Staff Correspondent: The chief health officials of two Dhaka city corporations have appeared before the High Court to inform about the steps taken by the authorities in preventing outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya, and eliminating the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes in the capital.

Bangla News

2 killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in city

Medical Correspondent: Two people were killed in reported gunfights with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Badda and Mirpur areas of the city on Wednesday midnight.

Bangla News

Man hanged at Kashimpur jail

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A death row convicted man has been hanged at Kashimpur high security central jail in Gazipur.

Bangla News

Polls to 295 local govt bodies underway

Staff Correspondent: Elections to some 133 local government bodies including Kanchan municipality in Narayanganj across the country are underway amid tight security.

Bangla News

Global warming ‘unparalleled’ in 2,000 years

Risingbd Desk: The speed and extent of current global warming exceeds any similar event in the past 2,000 years, researchers say.

Bangla News

Boris Johnson overhauls cabinet on first day as PM

International Desk: Boris Johnson has given key cabinet roles to leading Brexiteers after becoming the UK's new prime minister.

Bangla News

PMO issues directives to negate rumours, check dengue

Desk Report: The Prime Minister Office (PMO) today issued a set of directives asking concerned government agencies to launch a social awareness campaign to negate rumours leading to fatal incidents and check spread of dengue fever, a PM office spokesman said here.

Bangla News

RU admission test to be started on Sep 3

RU Correspondent: Online process of admission test for honours programme of Rajshahi University (RU) under 2019-20 academic session will be started from September 3.

Bangla News

Govt to provide security to Priya Saha

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has no plan to arrest Priya Biswas Saha for her recent comments to the US president, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said.

Bangla News

AL takes steps to prevent rumor

SK Reza Parvez: A total of 13 people were killed centering the rumor of child-lifter across the country. The death toll is rising alarmingly.

Bangla News

Money laundering in name of 2nd home: 23 VIPs identified

M A Rahman Masum: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified 23 important persons who were involved in laundering money abroad in the past in the name of ‘The Malaysia My Second Home Programme’.

Bangla News

Water transport strike withdrawn

Senior Correspondent: The workers of Bangladesh Naujan Shramik Federation (BNSF) withdrew their strike on Wednesday noon.

Bangla News

Minni’s father wants probe under PBI

Barguna Correspondent: Mojammel Hossain Kishor, father of Ayesha Siddika Minni demanded that the investigation of Rifat Sharif murder be held under the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

Bangla News

4 get life term imprisonment for killing in Mymensingh

Staff Correspondent: A Mymensingh court has sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in the case filed over the killing of a man named Omar Faruk in 2007.

Bangla News

Myanmar's 'minimal preparations' for Rohingya return

International Desk: Myanmar has made “minimal” preparations for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees sheltering in neighboring Bangladesh, according to an Australian think-tank, despite the country saying it is ready to start repatriation.

Bangla News

‘Govt to take stern action against lynching’

Senior Correspondent:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned stern actions against them who are involved in rumour-led lynching or mass beating.

Bangla News

HC directs WASA to supply pure water

Staff Correspondent: The High Court has directed Dhaka WASA authorities to supply pure water to residents in the capital.

Bangla News

Vested quarters spreading rumours: IGP

Senior Correspondent:  Inspector General of Police Md Javed Patwary has said that vested quarters are spreading rumours over the Padma Bridge in bid to destabilize the country.

Bangla News

AL leader slaughtered in Bandarban

Bandarban Correspondent:  An Awami League leader was slaughtered to death by miscreants at Sarai union of Lama upazila in the district on Tuesday night.

Bangla News

Wasim Akram 'embarrassed, humiliated' in England

Sports Desk: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram was on Tuesday left high and dry at the airport after the authorities humiliated him for carrying insulin, the legendary fast bowler tweeted.

Bangla News

2 killed in Chattogram road accident

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram:  Two people were killed in an accident during a competition of two motorcycles in the port city on Tuesday night.

Bangla News

3 killed in Narayanganj road accident

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: Three persons were killed and eight others were injured in a collision between a pick-up van and a human haulier in the district on Tuesday night.  

Bangla News

Two including Rohingya killed in ‘gunfight’

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila early Wednesday.

Bangla News

Two bombs recovered from Paltan, Khamarbari

Senior Correspondent:  Law enforcers recovered two bombs from Paltan intersection and Khamarbari in the city on Tuesday night.  

Bangla News

Mother, daughter burned alive in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A mother and her daughter were burned alive in a fire that broke out at a colony in Kolshi Dighirpar area of Chattogram on Tuesday night.

Bangla News

Badda woman lynching: Main accused Hridoy arrested

Senior Correspondent: Detectives have arrested Hridoy, who is the mastermind of the capital’s Uttar Badda woman lynching over child-lifting rumour.

Bangla News

Uttar Badda woman lynching: Hridoy still not arrested

Senior Correspondent: Police could not arrest Hridoy yet, who is the mastermind of the capital’s Uttar Badda woman lynching over child-lifting rumour. They are trying to bring him to book, police claimed.

Bangla News

Boris Johnson set to become UK Prime Minister

International Desk: Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.

Bangla News

‘Enamul Basir tried to flee country’

Staff Correspondent: Suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir has sent to jail in a case filed over taking bribery from DIG Mizan.

Bangla News

Ronaldo not to face charges over alleged rape

Sports Desk: Football star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges after being accused of sexual assault, US prosecutors say.

Bangla News

ACC summons Ex-Biman MD, 9 others

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ former managing director Abul Munim Mosaddik Ahmed and nine others for interrogation over the irregularities in recruiting cadet pilots and corruption.

Bangla News

BCL declares VP Nur unwanted

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has declared Ducsu Vice President (VP) Nurul Haque Nur and Social Welfare Secretary Akhter Hossain as unwanted.

Bangla News

Minni’s bail petition accepted

Barguna Correspondent: A court in Barguna has accepted the bail petition of Aysha Siddika Minni in connection with the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Bangla News

Home Boss warns actions against rumour

Staff Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has warned against rumour spreading on social media.

Bangla News

Not mass beating, call on 999

Senior Correspondent: Mass beating has alarmingly been increased over suspicion of child-lifting across the country.

Bangla News

South Korea fires warning shots at Russian aircraft

International Desk: South Korea fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian bomber and scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday after what officials in Seoul described as an “unprecedented” violation of the country’s airspace.

Bangla News

One beaten dead in Narayanganj

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: A man was beaten dead by his neighbours over a land dispute in the district on Tuesday morning.  

Bangla News

Petition seeks Tk1cr compensation for death of traffic sergeant

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition has been filed seeking Tk1 core as compensation for the family of traffic sergeant Golam Kibria, who was killed when a covered van hit him in Barishal.

Bangla News

Outsiders beat up DU students

Staff Correspondent: A student of Dhaka University was allegedly beaten by some miscreants when he went to a coaching center in Nilkhet area in the capital.

Bangla News

Advance Eid train ticket sales start July 29

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidays from July 29.

Bangla News

Affiliation of 7 colleges: DU students continue demo

Staff Correspondent: The Dhaka University (DU) students locked the gates of academic and administrative buildings for the third consecutive day on Tuesday demanding cancellation of affiliation of seven colleges with the university. 

Bangla News

Ireland's visa so easy to get! (Part-III)

Uday Hakim, back from Dublin (Ireland): I thought I would submit visa documents by May 9. I expected to get visa by ten or eleven days. I would manage to attend the presentation ceremony even if I started the journey for Ireland in the morning on May 12. But the paper was yet to be submitted! How could I get the visa? When will I get it? Can I get it at all?

Bangla News

Taslima Nasreen’s Indian residence permit extended

International Desk: The Indian government has again extended the residence permit of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen for one more year, an official said on Sunday.

Bangla News

US expands powers to deport migrants

International Desk: The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts.

Bangla News

Myanmar delegation to visit Cox’s Bazar

International Desk: A Myanmar delegation plans to visit a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Saturday in an effort to advance the repatriation process of displaced people from Rakhine, a senior Foreign Affairs Ministry official said.

Bangla News

Govt warns of stern action against lynching spreading rumours

Risingbd Desk:  The government has issued a strong note of warning against killing of innocent people led by suspicion or rumour, saying perpetrators of such barbaric acts will be exposed to stern punitive actions, amid several recent incidents of lynching calling the victims “child lifters”.

Bangla News

‘Drug peddler’ killed in Meherpur

Meherpur Correspondent: A suspected drug peddler was killed in a gunfight between two groups of drug peddlers in Meherpur district early Tuesday.

Bangla News

2 more held over Taslima murder

Staff Correspondent:  Police have detained two persons more in connection with the lynching of a woman in mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area.

Bangla News

Enamul Bachhir arrested

Staff Correspondent:  Suspended Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Bachhir has been arrested.

Bangla News

Priya Saha expelled

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad has temporarily expelled Priya Saha from the organisation.

Bangla News

BTRC cancels 48 ISP licenses

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) cancelled licenses of 48 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on renewal grounds.

Bangla News

Child-lifting rumour: 4 NGO workers beaten by mob

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Four workers of a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) were beaten by mob on suspicion of being child-kidnapers at Rautha village under Charghat upazila in Rajshahi on Monday noon.

Bangla News

Police HQ issues to notice to stop mob beating

Senior Correspondent: Police Headquarters has asked its all concerned units to take necessary steps for preventing the incidents of mob beating across the country.

Bangla News

Child-lifting rumour: 4 injured in Nilphamari mob beating

Nilphamari Correspondent: Four people including a woman were injured in mob beating on suspicion of being child-lifter at Syedpur upazila in Nilphamari on on Sunday evening and Monday morning.

Bangla News

Woman lynched to death: 3 youths remanded

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed three youths on a four-day remand each in a case filed over lynching a woman to death as a child-lifter in the capital’s Uttar Badda.

Bangla News

HC summons officials of DNCC, DSCC over dengue

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has summoned chief health officials of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to explain why they did not take effective steps to control dengue menace.

Bangla News

AL leader gunned down in Satkhira

Satkhira Correspondent: A local Awami League leader was shot to death by some unidentified miscreants at Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Monday.

Bangla News

Bridge minister predicts traffic jam free Eid

Secretariat Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the condition of highways are better. There will be no traffic jam during Eid journey.

Bangla News

Habiganj Civil Surgeon dies from dengue

Habiganj Correspondent: Habiganj Civil Surgeon doctor Md Shahadat Hossain Hajra died of dengue fever on Sunday night. He was 53.

Bangla News

Malinga to resign from ODI cricket on July 26

Sports Desk: Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga will end his ODI career on July 26 when Sri Lanka play Bangladesh in the first game of a three-match series.

Bangla News

589 attacked with arsenic diseases in Khulna

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: About a 589 people are attacked with Arsenic related disease in 42 unions of nine regions in Khulna district.

Bangla News

32 killed by lightning in India’s Uttar Pradesh

International Desk: As many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning on Sunday, said officials.

Bangla News

Son kills father in Munshiganj

Munshiganj Correspondent: A man was stabbed to death reportedly by his mentally-ill son in Senpara Durgabari area of Sholghor union under Sreenagar upazila in the district on Monday morning.

Bangla News

Students lock gates of DU buildings again

Staff Correspondent: The Dhaka University (DU) students locked the gates of academic and administrative buildings again demanding cancellation of affiliation of seven colleges with the university.

Bangla News

Rescue operation underway

Savar Correspondent: Rescue operation is underway on Monday after a yellow taxi cab fell into the Turag River near Salehpur Bridge of Aminbazar on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.

Bangla News

3 held for murdering woman in Badda

Staff Correspondent: Police detained three people in connection with the lynching of a woman named Taslima Begum Renu in Dhaka’s Badda area on Sunday night.

Bangla News

India set to re-attempt Moon mission

International Desk: India is set to re-attempt the launch of its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag.

Bangla News

DSCC representatives to destroy mosquitos visiting all doors

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has launched a 15-day mosquito eradication crash programme through visiting all doors of the city dwellers.

Bangla News

14 members of ‘juvenile gang’ held

Staff Correspondent: A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 14 members of a “juvenile gang” from Uttara area of Dhaka.

Bangla News

Dhaka, New Delhi meeting Aug 7

Diplomatic Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal will hold a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Amit Sah over security issue. The meeting will be held in Indian Capital New Delhi on August 7.

Bangla News

Charge sheet submitted in Tk 243cr coal embezzlement case

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has submitted charge sheet against former managing director (MD) of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) Habib Uddin Ahmed and 23 other officials of the company in a case filed over coal embezzlement of Tk 243.28 crore.

Bangla News

70 DAGs appointed

Staff Correspondent: The government has appointed 70 lawyers as Deputy Attorney General (DAG) who will discharge their duties in the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court.

Bangla News

HC for drafting master plan to reduce traffic jam

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has directed the authorities concerned to sketch a master plan involving experts in order to reduce traffic congestion of the capital Dhaka.

Bangla News

Woman’s hand severed as truck hit

Senior Correspondent: A woman lost her right hand as a speedy truck hit her with a road-side pole in the capital’s Hajaribag area on Sunday morning.

Bangla News

PM’s directive not to take quick step against Priya Saha

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed not to take any quick step against Priya Saha.

Bangla News

Joy’s Facebook status over Priya Saha comment

Risingbd Desk:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Affairs Adviser and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has given a Facebook status over Priya Saha comment.

Bangla News

HC summons director general of DSHE

Staff Correspondent: The High Court summoned Professor Dr Syed Md Golam Faruk, director general of Secondary and Higher Education Directorate to appear before it to explain contempt of court charges.

Bangla News

Dharmasena admits judgmental error, says no regrets

Sports Desk: Former Sri Lankan test cap Kumar Dharmasena, who officiated as head umpire at the Cricket World Cup’s nail-biting final between England and New Zealand, has admitted that umpires had made a “judgmental error” in signalling six runs off the fourth ball in England’s last over run chase.

Bangla News

Fire at Banani high-rise building

Senior Correspondent: A fire that broke out at a high-rise building in Banani area of the capital city has been brought under control.

Bangla News

DU academic activities halted

Staff Correspondent:  Academic activities at the University of Dhaka have come to a halt as a group of students locked university gates on Sunday morning, demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges.

Bangla News

Case against 400 for killing woman in mass beating

Savar Correspondent: A case has been filed against 400 unknown people with Savar Model Police Station for killing a woman in mass beating.

Bangla News

Case filed against Priya Saha in Jashore

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: A sedition case has been filed against Priya Saha for telling lies to US President Donald Trump in a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC.

Bangla News

Minni denied bail

Barguna Correspondent: A court in Barguna on Sunday rejected the bail petition of Ayesha Siddiqua Minni in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif.  

Bangla News

PM attends envoys conference in London

Diplomatic Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the first-ever Bangladeshi envoys conference in the British capital on Saturday.

Bangla News

Appeal to file sedition case against Priya Saha

Staff Correspondent: An appeal was made to file sedition case against Priya Saha for telling lies to US President Donald Trump in a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC.

Bangla News

Russia alarmed by large fall in bee populations

Risingbd Desk: Large areas of central and southern Russia have seen a major decline in their bee populations in recent months.

Bangla News

Students lock all gates of DU campus

Staff Correspondent: A group of Dhaka University (DU) students locked university gates today demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges.

Bangla News

Child-lifting rumour: Victim was mother of two kids

Staff Correspondent:   A woman, who was beaten to death by angry mobs in capital’s Baddda area on Saturday in suspect of a child-lifter, was a mother of two kids.

Bangla News

DU BCL leader shot

Staff Correspondent: A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader sustained bullet injuries after being shot at Surjashen Hall gate area of Dhaka University (DU) campus yesterday night.

Bangla News

UK urges Iran to release ‘Stena Impero’

International Desk: The foreign secretary of UK has urged Iran to reverse its "illegal" seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf.

Bangla News

Child-lifter: Don’t take law in own hands

Staff Correspondent: Several people have recently been killed on suspicion of child lifting across the across the country.

Bangla News

AL set to go for actions

Senior Correspondent: The ruling Awami League (AL) is set to go for actions from July 28 against the leaders who opposed ‘boat’ (election symbol) in recently concluded upazila polls.

Bangla News

2 injured in Dhaka AC blast

Staff Correspondent: Two persons sustained burn injuries in an air conditioner blast of a fast-food shop in Shonir Akhra of Dhaka on Saturday.

Bangla News

Small fishes involved in corruption mostly

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said that small fishes are involved in corruption in most cases. As a result, about 80 percent of country’s population are affected in somehow due to corruption.

Bangla News

Bangladesh 7th in Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh National Hockey team secured 7th position in Indoor Asia Cup crushing Chinese Taipei by 9-0 goals in the place-deciding match at Chonburi in Thailand on Saturday.

Bangla News

Legal to be taken against Priya Saha: DMP Commissioner

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said that Priya Saha’s allegation to US President Donald Trump is totally false and baseless. The Home Ministry has already started legal procedures in this regard. Legal steps would be taken against her.

Bangla News

Sergio Ramos is the best player I've faced, says Neymar

Sports Desk: The Clasico duels with Sergio Ramos left a mark on Neymar, who thinks the Real Madrid captain is the best opponent he's ever come up against.

Bangla News

JP may lose Ershad’s Rangpur seat

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: The 16 aspirants are active in the vacant seat in Rangpur following the demise of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.

Bangla News

Human chain in front of Priya Saha's residence

Staff Correspondent: A group of youths formed a human chain in front of the residence of Priya Saha at Dhanmondi in the city on Saturday noon.

Bangla News

Algeria wins Africa Cup of Nations

Sports Desk: Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo.

Bangla News

100 lawyers to fight for Minni

Staff Correspondent: Over 100 of lawyers are heading towards Barguna to stand for Aysha Siddika Minni in a much-talked Rifat Sharif murder case.

Bangla News

Nilkhet road blocked again

Staff Correspondent: The students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday blocked the Nilkhet roads again.

Bangla News

‘Action will be taken against Priya’s anti-state speech’

Senior Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that an action will be taken soon against Priya Saha for her anti-state speech.

Bangla News

7 lakh people marooned in Kurigram

Kurigram Correspondent: Around seven lakh people in Kurigram district have been stranded in flooded areas amid heavy downpour and swollen rivers in last 10 days.

Bangla News

'No minority torturing incident happed in Bangladesh'

Senior Correspondent:  Bangladesh is a shining example of religious harmony and no minority torturing incident happed here.

Bangla News

Foreign ministry protests Priya Saha's false allegation

Secretariat Correspondent:  The Foreign Ministry has strongly protested the false allegation made by Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump.

Bangla News

Priya Shaha’s husband is ACC deputy director

Senior Correspondent: Bangladeshi woman Priya Shaha who complained to the US President about alleged communal attack against minorities, is wife of a director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Bangla News

PM to join envoys’ conference

Diplomatic Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a conference of Bangladesh envoys in Europe, the first of its kind, in the British capital of London today (Saturday).

Bangla News

Priya Saha’s allegation purposive: Home minister

Senior Correspondent: Terming Priya Saha’s allegation as purposive and false, Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kalam has strongly condemned the false allegation made by her to US President Donald Trump.  

Bangla News

Youth killed in ‘gunfight’ with police

Kushtia Correspondent: A youth has been killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in the district.

Bangla News

Two labourers killed in Faridpur road accident

Faridpur Correspondent: Two labourers were killed and five other injured as a truck fell into a near ditch on Dhaka-Khulna highway early Saturday.

Bangla News

Tell media about torture: Minni’s father

Barguna Correspondent: Ayesha Siddika Minni’s father Mozammel Hossain has claimed that his daughter was forced to give the confessional statement.

Bangla News

Bangladesh Cricket team leaves for Lanka today

Sports Desk: Bangladesh National Cricket team will leave the city for Sri Lanka today (Saturday) to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against Sri Lanka.

Bangla News

Human chain demands trial of ISKCON

Senior Correspondent: Bangladesh Islami Front has organised a human chain demanding trial of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), an organisation for Hindu community, for its alleged role in destroying communal harmony in Bangladesh.

Bangla News

ICC delegation in Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: A delegation from International Criminal Court (ICC) is staying in Cox’s Bazar to investigating into persecution committed against Rohingya people in Rakhaine state in Myanmar.

Bangla News

Punishment for food adulterators demanded

Staff Correspondent: Nirapad Khaddo Chai (We Demand Safe Foods), an organisation for campaigning food safety, has demanded punishment for food adulterators.

Bangla News

Earthquake jolts Dhaka, other parts of country

Risingbd Desk: A moderate earthquake shook the capital Dhaka and some other parts of the country.

Bangla News

2 lakh people marooned in Sirajganj

Sirajganj Correspondent: Around two lakh people of 36 unions under five upazilas of Sirajganj District have been affected in the recent flood.

Bangla News

DNCC cancels leave of officials

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has cancelled leave of all officials of its waste and health management departments in a bid to control the spread of dengue, chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases.

Bangla News

Man surrenders to cops after killing wife

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: A man has surrendered to the police after killing his wife at Paba upazila in Rajshahi.

Bangla News

Ferry services disrupted on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

Munshiganj Correspondent: Strong current due to rough weather continued disrupting ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route on Friday, inflicting miseries to passengers.

Bangla News

Corruption is corruption: Quader

Senior Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that there is no scope to see a corruption case in another way.

Bangla News

Tendency to share offline-ride put passengers at risk

Ahmed Nur: Mobile app-based ride sharing service has got popularity in the country but the drivers are willing to take passengers without app or offline-ride.

Bangla News

Explosion outside Kabul University kills 6

International Desk: A powerful bomb exploded outside the gates of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding 27, according to police and health officials.

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Lightning kills father, son in Sylhet

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: A man and his teenage son were killed by lightning strike at Pagnar Haor in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Friday morning.

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PM off to London

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for London on Friday morning on an official visit to the United Kingdom.

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Indefinite transport strike continues in Sirajganj

Sirajganj Correspondent:  Transport owners and workers have continued their indefinite strike in the district for the second consecutive day on Friday over a conflict between bus owners of Dhaka and Sirajganj.

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Rifat murder: Rishan put on 5-day remand

Barguna Correspondent: A court in Barguna on Friday placed Rishan Farazi, third accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case, on a five days remand.

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Sachin Tendulkar inducted into ICC Hall Of Fame

Sports Desk: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.

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Illegals in Malaysia can apply for amnesty from Aug 1

International Desk: The Back For Good Programme is expected to be implemented from Aug 1 for foreigners who committed offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 to return home voluntarily.

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Call to count butterflies after mass migration

Risingbd Desk: A potential mass influx of butterflies to the UK has led to calls for volunteers to help count them.

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Electric car models to triple in Europe by 2021

Risingbd Desk: The number of electric car models available to consumers in Europe is expected to triple by 2021, says a European environmental lobby group.

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ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect

Sports Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC), in its Annual Conference meeting held in London on Thursday, decided to suspend Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect.

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Youth electrocuted in Savar

Savar Correspondent: A youth died from electrocution in Baliapur of Savar on Thursday night.

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17 killed as bus overturns in Turkey

International Desk: Seventeen people were killed when a minibus carrying illegal migrants crashed Thursday in the eastern province of Van in the latest tragedy to befall migrants flocking to Turkey to cross into Europe.

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US shot down Iranian drone: Trump

International Desk: The American military downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday in what President Trump called an act of self-defense, just hours after Iran’s chief diplomat offered a modest road map for easing tensions with the United States.

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Tiger taking rest on bed!

International Desk: The photograph of a Royal Bengal tiger lying on a bed at a house near Kaziranga national park in Assam is being widely shared on Twitter. Over 95% area of the park is submerged due to the floods displacing many animals.

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Former Pakistani PM Abbasi arrested

International Desk: Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, drawing a furious response from opposition parties, which accused the government of trying to silence its opponents.

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Rifat murder: Minni found involved in all planning-meeting

Senior Correspondent: Ayesha Siddika Minni was maintaining affairs with both Nayan Bond and Rifat Sharif at a time even after marriage which led creating ligament in Nayan to kill Rifat.

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HC issues 7 directives over rape case

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has issued seven directives, including the disposal of rape or murder cases within 180 days of filing those with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals.

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‘Ban on 4 Myanmar army officers not enough’

International Desk: A US travel ban on Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers for their role in orchestrating a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims does not go far enough, a UN rights investigator said Thursday.

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Will stand by party in evil days: Sohel Taj

Senior Correspondent: Former State Minister for Home Affairs Sohel Taj said that he will stand by Awami League, the ruling party of the country, in evil days.

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Forced mantra recitation after feeding Prasad unfair

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has taken into cognizance an allegation that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), an organisation for Hindu community, is forcing students of schools in Chattogram to recite a mantra ‘Hare Krishna Hare Rama’ and take ‘prasad’.

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Bangladesh-Bhutan goods transport via India transit begins

Diplomatic Correspondent: Goods transport between Bangladesh and Bhutan has begun using India as a transit. For the first time, a stone-laden Indian ship reached Narayanganj on July 16.

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Myanmar filmmaker charged over military comment

International Desk: A Myanmar judge on Thursday charged filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi for Facebook posts he made about the powerful military, meaning he will stand trial despite concern over his health and an outcry from human rights groups.

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23 killed in Japan animation studio fire

International Desk: At least 23 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said.

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GM Quader made Jatiya Party chairman

Senior Correspondent:  GM Quader,  younger brother of late HM Ershad, has been made Jatiya Party chairman.

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HC refuses to interfere into Minni’s remand

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) did not respond to a prayer for cancelling the remand of Aysha Siddika Minni who was shown arrested in a case filed over the sensational murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna.

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Sirajganj train accident: Writ filed seeking compensation

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to give compensation to the Sirajganj train accident victims and their families.

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Guterres assures support for resolving Rohingya crisis

Diplomatic Correspondent: The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has assured its continued support for a durable and peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis.

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Rangamati hanging bridge goes under water

Rangamati Correspondent: The hanging bridge over Kaptai Lake in Rangamati has been inundated with rise of water level in the lake.

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Meghna erosion threatens existence of Charmadhua

Narsingdi Correspondent: Erosion along the banks of the Meghna River has taken an alarming turn with the onset of the monsoon season, causing existence threat to Charmadhua union of Raipura upazila.

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Rishan Farajee arrested over Rifat murder

Barguna Correspondent: Police claimed to have arrested Rishan Farajee who is the number three accused in a case filed over the sensational murder of Rifat Sharif in Barguna on June 26.

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Fire at Gazipur paper godown

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur:  A fire broke out at a paper and carton godown in Ambagh area of Konabari under Gazipur City Corporation on Wednesday midnight.

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Indefinite transport strike in Sirajganj

Sirajganj Correspondent:  Transport owners and workers have enforced an indefinite strike in the district from Thursday morning over a conflict between bus owners of Dhaka and Sirajganj.

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Ananta Jalil’s stolen money recovered, 4 held

Savar Correspondent: Detectives have recovered Tk 57 lakh stolen from actor Ananta Jalil’s business organization, AJI Group, at Savar.

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Century-old building collapses, two bodies recovered

Senior Correspondent: Two bodies have been recovered from the century-old building that collapsed on Wednesday noon at Patuatuli in Old Dhaka.

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Alzheimer's risk 'different in women and men'

Risingbd Desk: Scientists say they may have discovered why more women than men have Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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Elon Musk reveals brain-hacking plans

Risingbd Desk: NeuraLink, a company set up by Elon Musk to explore ways to connect the human brain to a computer interface, has applied to US regulators to start trialling its device on humans.

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NID verification gateway launched

Senior Correspondent: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated a gateway server to verify national identity (NID) card in an easier and faster way.

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2 officers of settlement office held with bribe

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested bench clerk (peshker) Md Shahidul Islam and appeal officer SM Asaduzzaman Ferdous of Settlement Office in Dinajpur while they were taking bribe.

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BTRC withdraws block on bandwidth

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has withdrawn the block on bandwidth.

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PM flags off Benapole Express

Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the ‘Benapole Express’ train, a new intercity train which will ply between Dhaka and Benapole.

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Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz arrested

International Desk: Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has been arrested.

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Minni put on 5-day Remand

Barguna Correspondent: Ayesha Siddique Minni was put on a five-day remand in a case filed in connection to Rifat murder in Barguna.

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Ex-OC Moazzem indicated

Staff Correspondent: Moazzem Hossain, former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Feni’s Sonagazi Police Station, has been indicted in a case filed under Information and Computer Technology (ICT) act over madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder.

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High Court summons Bhola SP

Staff Correspondent: The High Court summoned the superintendent of police of Bhola to appear on August 20 for sending investigation reports without maintaining proper rules.

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US bans Myanmar army chief

International Desk: The United States on Tuesday banned visits by Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers due to their role in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya minority, urging accountability for their brutal campaign.

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No one passes from 41 institutions

Staff Correspondent:  A total of 909 institutions have achieved 100 per cent pass rate whereas, 41 institutions saw zero per cent pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations under 10 education boards.

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DU students block Shahbagh

Staff Correspondent: Students of Dhaka University blocked Shahbag intersection on Wednesday demanding the decision of affiliating seven colleges under the institution to be annulled.

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Pass rate, number of GPA-5 increase

Staff Correspondent: The combined pass rate and number of GPA-5 achievers have increased in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations under 10 education boards.

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How to do exam result review application

Staff Correspondent: The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have been published.

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Hearing on Khaleda’s 11 cases deferred

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has deferred till September 2 the hearing of 11 cases filed with various police stations against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on various charges.

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Decision on resolving bandwidth problem this afternoon

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hold a meeting this (Wednesday) afternoon to resolve the bandwidth problem.

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PM for science, technical education

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the importance of science and technical education.

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2 drug traders killed in gunfight with BGB

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Two suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday.

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Ways to get HSC results

Desk Report: The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have been published.

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Flood hits 13 upazilas in Sylhet

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: A total of 13 upazilas of Sylhet district have been affected by the flood due to incessant rains and onrush of upstream water.

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73.93 pc pass HSC, equivalent exams

Staff Correspondent:  About 73.93 per cent students have passed this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations held under ten education boards of the country.

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Sharing World Cup would be right thing, says Whatmore

Sports Desk: The gut-wrenching final at Lord’s, visceral, brutal, and explosive, was adjudged by a thoughtless, arbitrary number of boundaries rule, that actually overlooked which team had lost less wickets in a tie after 100 captivating tension-filled overs.

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‘Bachhir wanted to return bribe money’

Staff Correspondent: A probe body of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found that its suspended Director Khandaker Enamul Bachhir took Tk 40 lakh as bribe with the promise of exonerating suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman of all charges.

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HSC results today

Staff Correspondent: The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2019 will be published today (Wednesday).

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Minni arrested

Barguna Correspondent: Rifat Sharif’s wife Ayesha Siddika Minni has been arrested over the sensational murder.

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NID verification gateway to be launched Wednesday

Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy will inaugurate a gateway server to verification of national identity (NID) card in an easier and faster way tomorrow (Wednesday).

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