Mobile court to run five more weeks

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the High Court (HC) order for five more weeks that declared mobile courts under executive magistrates as unconstitutional.

Bangla News

SC upholds HC verdict in Khalaf murder case

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that awarded one with death sentence and three to life term imprisonment in the sensational Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali murder case.

Bangla News

Taskin Ahmed ties the knot

Sports Desk: Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has tied the knot with his girl friend Saiyeda Rayeba Naima in Mohammadpur in the capital on Tuesday night.

Bangla News

Eight killed by driving truck in New York

International Desk: At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.

Bangla News

Income Tax Fair begins Nov 1

Economic Correspondent: The weeklong Income Tax Fair is scheduled to begin in Dhaka and seven other divisional cities across the country on Wednesday (November 1).

Bangla News

Third Bangladesh-Japan Economic Dialogue held

Staff Correspondent: The Third Japan-Bangladesh Public Private Joint Economic Dialogue (PPED3) has been held in Tokyo on Tuesday with an aim to strengthen economic relation and cooperation existing between Bangladesh and Japan.

Bangla News

Ousted Catalan leader accepts new election

International Desk: Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday accepted the snap election called by Spain’s central government when it took control of the region to block its push for independence.  

Bangla News

Blast in Afghan capital kills 8

International Desk: A blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday caused numerous casualties, witnesses and Afghan officials said.  

Bangla News

JSC, JDC exams begin Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2017 will begin on Wednesday across the country which will continue till November 18.

Bangla News

Teacher registration preliminary results published

Secretariat Correspondent: The results of the preliminary test of the 14th Teachers’ Registration Examination under the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) were published on Tuesday.

Bangla News

Bangladesh warns Pakistan

Staff Correspondent: The foreign ministry has lodged a strong protest and summoned the Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka over a video shared on the social media regarding the announcement of Bangladesh’s independence.

Bangla News

7 Rohingyas die in boat capsize

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: At least seven Rohingyas have died after in two separate incidents of trawler and boat capsizes.  

Bangla News

BNP chief's convoy comes under fresh attack

Senior Correspondent: The convoy of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia came under attack at Mohipal in Feni while she was returning to Dhaka after wrapping up her four-day visit to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangla News

Education Minister re-elected Vice President of UNESCO

Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has been re-elected as the Vice President of the ongoing 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference at its headquarters in Paris.

Bangla News

Biman pilot among 4 militants held

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held four militants including a co-pilot (first officer) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for allegedly planning to carry out of subversive activities.

Bangla News

'Govt spreading propaganda over Khaleda’s convoy attack'

S K Reza Parvez, From Chittagong: BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government is spreading propaganda over the attack on its chairperson’s convoy in Feni to confuse people.

Bangla News

Unesco recognises Bangabandhu's 7th March Speech

Desk Report: Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has recognised the historic 7th March Speech of Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of the world’s documentary heritage.

Bangla News

No bar to continue Ctg cocaine haul case trial

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared the way to continue the trial proceedings of a case filed over seizure of liquid cocaine from container carrying sunflower oil at Chittagong port in May, 2015.

Bangla News

Refugees refuse to leave Australia centre

International Desk: Refugees held by Australia in Papua New Guinea have launched legal action over the closure of a detention centre.

Bangla News

Russia-linked posts 'reached' 126m Facebook users in US

International Desk: Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were produced before and after the 2016 presidential election.

Bangla News

IGP for ‘zero tolerance’ against drugs

Staff Correspondent: Declaring ‘zero tolerance’ against drugs, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque asked police officials working in the field levels to take stern action against the spread of drugs in society.

Bangla News

Cristiano Ronaldo facing another potential ban

Sports Desk: Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is staring at his second ban of the season following an off-the-ball incident with Girona's Pere Pons during his side's 2-1 defeat on Sunday.

Bangla News

Three doctors land in Dinajpur jail over graft scam

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: A Dinajpur court sent three doctors of M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital to jail in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Bangla News

Carbon dioxide hits record high

International Desk: Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increased at record-breaking speed last year, the UN weather agency has warned.

Bangla News

Saudi authority to renovate Zamzam well

International Desk: The Zamzam well will be spruced up to ensure the steady flow of blessed water, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, chairman of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, has announced.

Bangla News

Puigdemont fled country amid rebellion charges

International Desk: Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has left Spain and travelled to Brussels, Spanish government officials have said.

Bangla News

Govt mulls emergency onion import

Secretariat Correspondent: The government is planning to import onion from alternative source in a bid to reduce its price.

Bangla News

1.4kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Staff Correspondent: Customs intelligence seized 12 gold bars weighing 1.4 kilogrammes from seven passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.

Bangla News

Comilla University recruitment process halted

Staff Correspondent: The education ministry directed the authority concerned to stop recruitment process in Comilla University.

Bangla News

Tripartite MoU inked to strengthen digital payment services

Staff Correspondent: Access to Information (a2i), Bank Asia and Mastercard on Monday inked a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a view to tap the unbanked rural people and make the digital payment services accessible through Union Digital Centers (UDCs).

Bangla News

Rate of cabinet decision execution increases

Secretariat Correspondent: The rate of cabinet decision execution has increased in the third quarter (July-September) this year. The implementation rate is 73.75 percent.

Bangla News

Man held with pistol, bullets in city

Staff Correspondent: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man with a pistol, a magazine and bullets during a raid in Mohammadpur area in the capital.

Bangla News

February 5 now National Library Day

Secretariat Correspondent: The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to observe February 5 as National Library Day.

Bangla News

Kohli back as No. 1 batsman in ODI rankings

Sport Desk: On the back of his 32nd ton and an overall tally of 263 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand, Virat Kohli replaced AB de Villiers as the No. 1 batsman in ICC's ODI rankings.

Bangla News

SC stays HC bail to Minar Chowdhury in Ekram murder case

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) stayed for four months a High Court (HC) order that granted six months interim bail to BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar in Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque killing case.

Bangla News

Section 144 notices imposed in Kishoreganj

Kishoreganj Correspondent: The upazila administration imposed section 144 in the Pakundia municipal and adjacent area to avert any untoward incident centering tension between two groups.

Bangla News

Man held with 5.5kg heroin in Rajshahi

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained man along with 5.5kg heroin from Bhatopara area of Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Monday.

Bangla News

Ctg Navy base attacker arrested in Jhenidah

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Bablur Rahman, charge sheeted accused in the case of Isha Kha's Navy base mosque bomb blas in Chittagong.

Bangla News

Admission test fraudulence: 2 DU students expelled

Staff Correspondent: Two students of Dhaka University (DU) have temporarily been expelled for their alleged involvement in the admission test fraudulence.

Bangla News

176,000 lightning strikes in Australia's Queensland overnight

International Desk: Severe storms have brought heavy rain and a spectacle of lightning to Australia's Queensland, with lightning bolts ripping across the night skies for hours.

Bangla News

Govt failing to send back Rohingyas: Khaleda

SK Reza Parves, from Cox's Bazar: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that the government has been failing to send back Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar.

Bangla News

9 killed in separate road crashes in Narsingdi

Narsingdi Correspondent: At least nine people were killed and 20 others were injured in separate road mishaps at Madhabdi and Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Monday morning.

Bangla News

Khaleda Zia at Ukhia Rohingya camp

SK Reza Parves, from Cox's Bazar: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached the Ukhia Rohingya camp around 12.45pm.  

Bangla News

Paul Newman's watch sells for record $18m at auction

International Desk: A Rolex watch belonging to the late Hollywood star Paul Newman has sold for a record price at auction in New York.  

Bangla News

Ex-MP Wahab jailed for 8 yrs

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: A Jessore court has sentenced former BNP lawmaker M A Wahab of Jhenidah-1, also member of Executive Central Committee of the party, to eight years imprisonment in a graft case.

Bangla News

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani to step down

International Desk: Iraqi Kurdish president Massoud Barzani is to step down as the region wrestles with Baghdad over independence.  

Bangla News

25 injured in Gopalganj clash

Gopalganj Correspondent: At least 25 people were injured in a clash between two groups at Hiron village of the district's Kotaliparha upazila on Sunday night.

Bangla News

Gayle wins defamation case against Fairfox

Sports Desk: Cricketing superstar Chris Gayle has won a defamation case against Fairfax with a jury finding he did not expose his penis to a female masseuse and the publisher was motivated by malice in reporting the false allegation.

Bangla News

Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums

International Desk: Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say.  

Bangla News

Khaleda Zia on way to Rohingya camps

SK Reza Parves, from Cox's Bazar: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia started her journey from Cox’s Bazar Circuit House on Monday morning to visit Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila and distribute relief materials among the Myanmar's displaced nationals.  

Bangla News

Zia Orphanage case trial against Khaleda to be continued: SC

Staff Correspondent: The Zia Orphanage Trust graft trial against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be continued at a lower court as the Supreme Court on Monday cleared way for the continuation of the case.  

Bangla News

Kim Jong-un visits cosmetics factory with wife and sister

International Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong.

Bangla News

Bus-microbus collision kills 4 in Narsingdi

Narsingdi Correspondent: At least four people were killed and 20 other were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in the district on Monday morning.  

Bangla News

Will the world end next month?

Risingbd Desk: Conspiracy theorists are yet again convinced that the mysterious plant Nibiru is set to destroy Earth in the coming weeks.  

Bangla News

One held with drug in capital

Staff Correspondent: Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has held a person named Md Ali Mia with drug from Chhuritola area of the capital’s Bangshal.  

Bangla News

Bangladesh-Canada air connectivity soon

Secretariat Correspondent: The Air Canada will start its operation from Toronto to Dhaka soon via New Delhi as per the Air Service Agreement, recently signed between Bangladesh and Canada.

Bangla News

Khaleda Zia arrives in Cox’s Bazar

SK Reza Parves, from Cox's Bazar: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived in Cox’s Bazar from Chittagong on Sunday night to visit Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila and distribute relief materials among the Myanmar's displaced nationals.

Bangla News

Tigers lose 2nd T20 against Proteas

Sports Desk: Visiting Bangladesh lost the second match of the two T20s against South Africa by 83 runs at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Bangla News

Bangladesh batting against South Africa in 2nd T20

Sports Desk: Visiting Bangladesh are now batting against the host South Africa in the second and last T20 match at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Bangla News

SA set 225-run target for Bangladesh

Sports Desk: South Africa (SA) have set a 225-run target for Bangladesh in the second and last T20 match at Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Bangla News

3m people at risk of starvation in DR Congo

International Desk: The head of the UN food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-wracked DR Congo province of Kasai.

Bangla News

Taliban attack kills 13 police in Afghanistan

International Desk: An Afghan official says the Taliban have killed 13 police in an attack on a checkpoint in the northeastern Kunar province bordering Pakistan.

Bangla News

Bangladesh bowling against South Africa

Sports Desk: Bangladesh won toss and choose to field in the second T20 and last match of South Africa series at Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Bangla News

Traffic jam free capital expected

Long-awaited Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover fully opened to traffic after six years lengthy construction. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the flyover open on October 26.

Bangla News

Emergency services at DMCH resume after 3 hours

Staff Correspondent: The emergency medical services which were suspended following an attack carried out by aggrieved relatives of a patient, who died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday, resumed after three hours.

Bangla News

Emergency medical services at DMCH suspended

Staff Correspondent: The authorities of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) have suspended emergency medical services as aggrieved relatives of a patient, who died while undergoing treatment at the hospital on Sunday, attacked physicians and nurses.

Bangla News

HC summons two secretaries

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) summoned the social welfare secretary and secretary to the drafting division of the law ministry to appear before it on November 12.

Bangla News

E-TIN holders exceed 31 lakh

Economic Correspondent: The number of e-TIN holders has exceeded 31 lakh in the country, according to the statistics of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).  

Bangla News

Nahid leaves for France to join UNESCO conference

Secretariat Correspondent: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid left here for France to join the Leaders' Forum of UNESCO General Conference.

Bangla News

Robber killed in Gazipur gunfight with cops

Staff Correspondent: A suspected robber was killed in a gunfight between his associates and police at Naljani area of Gazipur city corporation on Sunday morning.

Bangla News

Iran will continue to produce missiles, Rouhani says

International Desk: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran will continue to produce missiles for defence purposes and does not believe its missile development programme violates international accords.

Bangla News

Four killed in Pabna road accident

Pabna Correspondent: At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in Bahalbariya area under Santhia Upazila of the district on Sunday noon.

Bangla News

11 get death for plotting to kill Sheikh Hasina

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court sentenced 11 people with 20 years of imprisonment for attempting to kill present Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 1989.  

Bangla News

Russia test fires huge ‘Satan Two’ ballistic missile

International Desk: Russia carried out a successful test of its Satan 2 nuclear missile on Thursday night, the country's defense ministry said.  

Bangla News

China with Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis: Ambassador

Staff Correspondent: Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Ma Ming Chiang has assured Bangladesh of support in a bid to resolve the Rohingya crisis.  

Bangla News

Comilla civil surgeon among 3 summoned

Staff Correspondent: The High Court summoned three people, including the Civil Surgeon of Comilla, to appear before it on November 7 to explain the incident of leaving a baby inside of a woman during a caesarian operation.

Bangla News

Myanmar detains Turkish media reporters

International Desk: Myanmar police have charged two foreign journalists working for Turkish state media -- along with two Burmese locals -- for allegedly breaching import laws after they flew a drone over the country's parliament.  

Bangla News

Myanmar harvests abandoned Rohingya fields

International Desk: Myanmar's government began harvesting rice from farmland abandoned by Rohingya in northern Rakhine on Saturday, officials said, a move likely to raise concerns about the prospect of return for more than half a million refugees who have fled communal violence in the area.  

Bangla News

MP Shawkat’s bank loan scam: HC order stayed

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division has stayed a High Court (HC) order for two weeks, regarding a bank loan scam case of Jatiya Party MP Shawkat Chowdhury.  

Bangla News

3 JMB men held

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested three suspected members of neo JMB (Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh) from Chapainawabganj district.

Bangla News

Sacked Catalan leader urged to participate in polls

International Desk: The Spanish government has said it would welcome the participation of sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont in new elections.  

Bangla News

BCL leader shot dead in Jessore

Staff Correspondent: A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot dead by miscreants on Sunday midnight.

Bangla News

FIFA U-17 WC 2017: England Crowned Champions

Sports Desk: England made a remarkable comeback from two goals down to outclass three-time runners up Spain 5-2 and clinch their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup at a packed Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Saturday.

Bangla News

Rajinikanth charms Dubai at ‘2.0’ audio launch

Entertainment Desk: When Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar declared on Friday that the tag ‘superstar’ should be reserved for South Indian idol Rajinikanth, he wasn’t being diplomatic.

Bangla News

One held with 31 gold bars

Staff Correspondent: The customs authority detained one person with 31 gold bars weighing 3.430gms worth about TK 1.72 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.

Bangla News

Puigdemont calls for opposition to Spanish takeover

International Desk: Catalonia's separatist leader has called on Catalans to peacefully oppose Spain's takeover, in a staged appearance that seemed to convey that he refuses to accept his firing, which was ordered by central authorities.

Bangla News

15 injured in PSTU clash

Pabna Correspondent: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between students and staff at Pabna Science and Technology University (PSTU) on Saturday.

Bangla News

ACC summons 8 businesses over embezzlement

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned owners of eight business firms with documents to investigate into the allegations of misappropriating a huge amount of money from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) through irregularity and corruption.

Bangla News

Sri Lanka, Pakistan teams to depart for Lahore tonight

Sports Desk: Pakistan and Sri Lanka teams will leave for Lahore tonight, where they will play the third and final T20I match of the series on Sunday in a history-making moment for the country.

Bangla News

Fourth woman accuses Bush of groping her

International Desk: A fourth woman accused former President George H.W. Bush of sexual harassment, claiming he touched her inappropriately while she was seeking a seat in Maine’s Senate.

Bangla News

Khaleda's motorcade under attack in Feni

S K Reza Parvez, from Khaleda's motorcade: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade-bound to Cox's Bazaar has been attacked by the ruling party leaders and activists in Feni.

Bangla News

Bangladeshi youth killed by Rohingya, 2 held

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: A Bangladesh national was hacked to death by Rohingya people in Ramu Upazila of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.

Bangla News

Time killing not expected over Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar government showed interest to take back their Rohingya citizens in Rakhine.

Bangla News

‘No arson terrorism in name of politics’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said, “Community police will work together with police to thwart any attempt to carry out arson terrorism in name of politics.”

Bangla News

Youth hacked dead in Khulna

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: A youth was hacked to death by miscreants at Pashchim Tutparha of the city on Friday night.

Bangla News

Marcel Digital Campaign draws huge customers’ attention

Economic Correspondent: The ongoing Marcel Digital Campaign is drawing huge customer’s attention across the country.

Bangla News

Mattis: North Korea nuclear threat accelerating

International Desk: US defence secretary Jim Mattis has said the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating.

Bangla News

'Community policing wins people's heart'

Staff Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzamana Khan Kamal said that community policing has won the heart of people. If the system   can be more advanced, police will get the benefits in working, many crimes will also decrease.

Bangla News

Burundi becomes first nation to leave ICC

International Desk: Burundi on Friday became the first nation ever to leave the international criminal court, set up 15 years ago to prosecute those behind the world’s worst atrocities.

Bangla News

Burundi leaves ICC amid row

International Desk: Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).  

Bangla News

Khaleda leaves Dhaka for Rohingya camp

Senior Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has left Dhaka for Cox's Bazaar to visit Rohingya people who fled to Bangladesh oppressed by Myanmar Army.

Bangla News

Spain strips Catalonia police chiefs of powers

International Desk: The Spanish government has stripped Catalonia's most senior police officials of their powers, hours after direct rule was imposed on the region.  

Bangla News

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in 2nd T20

Sports Desk: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in a sensational last over finish in the second Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Friday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Bangla News

Girl burnt dead over mobile theft allegation

Staff Correspondent: A 15-year-old girl named Aziza Khatun has been burned to death in an allegation of stealing a mobile phone set.

Bangla News

HIV-positive Italian jailed for infecting 30 women

International Desk: An Italian accountant has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV.  

Bangla News

Astronomers spot first ever alien comet

Risingbd Desk: While comets regularly fly through our solar system, scientists believe they may have spotted a comet from another solar system passing by Earth for the first time.  

Bangla News

Spanish Senate approves direct rule in Catalonia

International Desk: The Spanish Senate has approved direct rule in Catalonia after the Catalan regional government's parliament voted to declare for independence.

Bangla News

Myanmar allows UN's food aid in Rakhine

International Desk: Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine state which was suspended for two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Bangla News

Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain

International Desk: The move was backed 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by opposition MPs.

Bangla News

Brand Kohli beats Messi on Forbes top 10

Sports Desk: It has got nothing to do with the celebrity football match he recently played or the football team he owns, but Virat Kohli is now a more valuable brand than Argentina and FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only footballer ahead of Kohli, who is No. 7 on the Forbes list of most valuable brands among sportspersons.

Bangla News

Jhanvi upset with Karan over debut

Entertainment Desk: Jhanvi Kapoor is upset with Karan Johar for not having made an official announcement of her film with Ishan Khattar, which is the remake of Sairat. Jhanvi’s reaction may be knee jerk because she was hoping to hear the announcement soon. 

Bangla News

Australia's Deputy PM disqualified from Parliament

International Desk: Australia's High Court has disqualified the deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce from sitting in Parliament in a ruling that could cost the government its slender majority.

Bangla News

Khaleda lied to court shamelessly: Quader

Noakhali Correspondent: Awami League (AL) Secretary General, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the statement made by Khaleda Zia before the court over Awami League and its president Sheikh Hasina is nothing but a shameless lie. It is not the language of politics. It seems the language of roads.

Bangla News

2,800 JFK assassination files released

International Desk: U.S. President Trump ordered the release of 2,800 records related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy Thursday night, although some redacted records are being withheld.

Bangla News

Shakib-Miraz recreate 111-year-old record in SA

Sports Desk: Not often do we get to see two spinners opening the bowling in from both ends in International cricket in South Africa but Bangladesh decided to go with the two trusted options Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan in the first of the 2-match T20I series at Bloemfontein.  

Bangla News

2 fraud gang members held in city

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained two members of a fraud gang with forged documents in Demra of Dhaka.

Bangla News

Two held over CU admission test forgery

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Police detained two persons for their involvement in forgery during admission test in Chittagong University (CU).

Bangla News

Two killed in Cox's Bazar road accident

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Two people were killed when a speedy truck hit a passenger bus on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road in Khuniapalong area of Ramu upazila on Friday morning.

Bangla News

Trader killed in Bagerhat road accident

Bagerhat Correspondent: A betel nut trader has been killed as a bus run over him in the district’s Fakirhat upazila on Friday morning.  

Bangla News

Youth strangulated in Thakurgaon

Thakurgaon Correspondent: A youth was strangulated to death by miscreants in Shibganj area of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Friday morning.

Bangla News

'Doob' on the big screen

Entertainment Desk: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s much-awaited film ‘Doob’ (No Bed of Roses) is finally released in Dhaka for Bangla movie lovers.

Bangla News

US concerned about atrocities against Rohingyas: Tillerson

International Desk: US secretary of state Rex Tillerson urged Myanmar’s army chief Thursday to help end the violence in Rakhine state that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee.

Bangla News

4 burnt in gas cylinder blast

Staff Correspondent: At least four people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at a tea-stall in the capital’s Merul Badda area on Thursday night.  

Bangla News

One killed in Kumarkhali ‘gunfight’

Kushtia Correspondent: A youth named Anowar Hossain (32) has been killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the police in the district.  

Bangla News

Saudi becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot

International Desk: History has been made in Saudi Arabia as a humanoid robot has been granted citizenship for the first time.  

Bangla News

North Korea to release captured South Korean fishermen

International Desk: North Korea has said it will release a South Korean fishing boat it seized six days ago for "illegally" sailing into its waters, state media report.  

Bangla News

‘Son’ kills father in Tangail

Staff Correspondent, Tangail: A sexagenarian man was hacked to death allegedly by his son in Bhabkhanda village under Mirzapur upazila of the district on Thursday noon.

Bangla News

Kenya election: Voting marred by boycott

International Desk: Kenya's presidential election re-run has been marred by isolated clashes and a boycott by the main opposition.

Bangla News

Walton a pride for country: Polok

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Walton, one of the leading electronics and electrical appliances manufacturers in Bangladesh, is a pride for the country, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Polok said.

Bangla News

Nepal U-19 team to tour Bangladesh Oct 30

Sports Desk: Nepal Under-19 Cricket team will tour Bangladesh to play a three-match one-day series.

Bangla News

Myanmar starts working to receive Rohingyas

Secretary Correspondent: The Myanmar government has started working to receive the Rohgingya people fled to Bangladesh from the country. They will take them back through a process.  

Bangla News

Indonesia fireworks factory blast death toll at 47

International Desk: Two explosions and a fire at a fireworks factory in the western outskirts of Indonesia’s capital killed 47 people and injured dozens on Thursday, police said, and the death toll was expected to rise.

Bangla News

'No rally on roads in name of distributing relief'

Noakhali Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said not to create public sufferings blocking roads in the name of relief distributing to Rohingya people.

Bangla News

Tobacco kills 1 lakh a year

Secretariat Correspondent: Around one lakh people die from incurable diseases including lung cancer and stroke and 3.82 lakh people get crippled every year in Bangladesh due to use of tobacco.

Bangla News

Shah Rukh advises Kapil Sharma

Entertainment Desk: Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma is all set for his new movie, but ahead of it, let's clear the air about the many "rumours."

Bangla News

Ronaldo teaches children the way to become 'No 1'

Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo was named FIFA's No 1 player on Monday and the Portuguese superstar has gone about showing his children exactly how he got there.

Bangla News

Detained 7 DB men sent to jail

Cox's Correspondent: A court in Cox's Bazar on Thursday sent seven members of Detective Branch (DB) of police to jail, rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for kidnapping a businessman.

Bangla News

PM inaugurates flat construction project for slum-dwellers

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the first-ever rental-based flat construction project for slum-dwellers in the capital’s Mirpur.

Bangla News

Indonesia fireworks factory fire leaves 23 killed

International Desk: At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured after an explosion and fire at an Indonesian fireworks factory.

Bangla News

HC bans establishment in Dhaka's water bodies

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has imposed a ban to build any establishment at water bodies grabbed by influential persons and organisations in Dhaka Metropolitan.  

Bangla News

Pakistan court issues arrest warrant against Nawaz Sharif

International Desk: A Pakistani judge has issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear in court to face corruption charges.

Bangla News

Zia was restorer of multiparty democracy: CEC

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has iterated that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) founder and late president Ziaur Rahman restored multiparty democracy in the country.  

Bangla News

57 examiners served show cause notices

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Education Board (DEB) on Monday issued show cause notices to 57 examiners for making mistakes while evaluating scripts of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.

Bangla News

Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover opens to traffic

Desk Report: After six years of construction, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the last section of the Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover in Dhaka.  

Bangla News

Verdict of Khaleda Zia’s appeal Monday

Staff Correspondent: The court will deliver its verdict on the appeal of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, seeking stop of all proceedings of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.  

Bangla News

India beat New Zealand in 2nd ODI

Sports Desk: India produced a clinical performance under pressure to beat New Zealand by six wickets in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 here on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Kurdish authorities push for dialogue with Baghdad

International Desk: Kurdish authorities in Iraq offered on Wednesday to put an independence drive on hold, stepping up efforts to resolve a crisis in relations with Baghdad via dialogue rather than military means.

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Govt issues notification not to marry Rohingya women

Staff Correspondent: The government on Wednesday issued a directive asking marriage registrars to register marriages in Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati and Chittagong district only after being confirmed of the Bangladeshi nationality of the concerned men and women. 

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Bangladesh at 90th in list of most powerful passport

International Desk: The tiny nation of Singapore now has the most powerful passport in the world while Bangladesh is at 90th in the list.

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CEC to hold press conference Thursday

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has called a press conference tomorrow to make public the opinions picked by the Election Commission (EC) from different election participants over the arrangements of the 11th general election.

Bangla News

Govt to store 2.5 lakh ton more rice

KMA Hasnat: The government has decided to store 2.5 lakh tons of rice more as part of increasing the food storage.

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37th BCS written test results published

Staff Correspondent: The results of the written test of 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations have been published on Wednesday afternoon.

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Man arrested with gold bars at Dhaka airport

Staff Correspondent: Customs Intelligence arrested a man with eight gold bars worth about Tk 40 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.

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Rupa rape and murder: Charge sheet accepted

Staff Correspondent, Tangail: A tribunal in Tangail has accepted the charge sheet submitted against five accused in a case filed over the murder of Zakia Sultana Rupa, a law student and multinational company employee, after gang rape in a running bus in the district’s Madhupur area.

Bangla News

Walton brings new 16MP front camera phone

Augustin Sujan: Walton has launched its selfie-centric 4G enabled smartphone Primo S6 which features a 3GB RAM, 16MP front facing camera along with a powerful 4000mAh battery.

Bangla News

Body formed over disjointing aircraft's wheel

Staff Correspondent: A probe body has been formed to investigate into the incident of an aircraft's emergency landing without one of its core rear wheel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) with 66 passengers on board visibly evading a major crash.

Bangla News

Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover to open Thursday

Staff Correspondent: The much-awaited Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover will be opened to traffic simultaneously on Thursday.

Bangla News

Six policemen held with ransom money

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Six members of Detective Branch of police (DB) were held on charge of kidnapping a businessman taking Tk 17 lakh ransom money in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

Khaleda Zia's adviser Mashiur Rahman jailed for 10 yrs

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: A special court in Jhenidah has sentenced Khaleda Zia's adviser, Mashiur Rahman MP, to 10 years imprisonment in a case filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing illegal wealth.

Bangla News

Albert Einstein’s happiness notes sold for $1.5m

International Desk: Two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living have sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m).

Bangla News

JSC, JDC exams from November 1

Senior Correspondent: The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2017 will begin from November 1 across the country.

Bangla News

ISIS threatens World Cup finals

International Desk: A doctored image of Argentina and Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi, where he is seen crying blood, has been released by a propaganda cell of terror group ISIS in a fresh threat to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Bangla News

Myanmar starts work to repatriate Rohingyas: Suu Kyi

Staff Correspondent: The Myanmar government has begun to work on repatriation of Rohingyas who are living in Bangladesh.  

Bangla News

2 killed in Noakhali road crash

Noakhali Correspondent: Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Subarnachar-Sonapur road in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali.

Bangla News

Half of women sexually harassed at work

International Desk: Half of British women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, a BBC survey says.  

Bangla News

'Food ruined by drought could feed more than 80m a day'

International Desk: The food produce destroyed by droughts would be enough to feed a country with a population the size of Germany’s every day for a year, the World Bank has reported.

Bangla News

Myanmar agrees to take back Rohingyas

Desk Report: Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to take back the Rohingya people, forced out of their homes in the Rakhine state of that country and pushed into Bangladesh, side by side with implementing the Kofi Annan report.

Bangla News

Nahid asks JSC examinees to enter exam hall 30 minutes early

Secretariat Correspondent: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said all candidates in the upcoming Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations must enter their respective examination centres 30 minutes before the exam begins.

Bangla News

Hockey Federation Vice-president Khaja Rahmat Ullah no more

Sports Correspondent: Vice-president of Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) Khaja Rahmat Ullah is no more.  

Bangla News

JS, UNDP sign MoU

Staff Correspondent: Jatiya Sangsad (JS) and UNDP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).  

Bangla News

Kohli-Anushka set to tie the knot in December?

Risingbd Desk: Virat Kohli is set to tie the knot with girlfriend Anushka Sharma in December, media reports suggest.  

Bangla News

Long-term steps needed to protect environment

Worldwide pollution is a serious problem. Countries in the world are facing problems due to various pollutions. Air pollution is increasing alarmingly specially in different cities of the world.

Bangla News

Jatiya Sangsad goes into session Nov 12

Staff Correspondent: The 18th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on November 12.

Bangla News

3 Apan Jewellers owners sent to jail

Staff Correspondent: Three owners of Apan Jewellers, Dildar Ahmed and his two brothers Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed, have been sent to jail in five cases filed for laundering money and dodging tax.  

Bangla News

Nine more jails under construction: IG prison

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin said that the government is building nine more jails to develop overall jail management.

Bangla News

HC dissatisfied at ACC

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) expressed discontent at the Anti Corruption Commission as it kept a case pending year after year.

Bangla News

‘Govt officials cannot ensure fair polls’

Staff Correspondent: Former Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdur Rouf has opined that only the government officials cannot ensure a fair election.  

Bangla News

BNP pays last respects to MK Anwar

Senior Correspondent: BNP has paid last respects to its standing committee member MK Anwar, who died at his Elephant Road residence.  

Bangla News

Cyber security great challenge: Tarana

Staff Correspondent: State minister for posts and telecommunication Tarana Halim said ensuing cyber security is great challenge for us now.

Bangla News

ACC finally sues Faridpur SP, his wife

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) finally filed a case against Faridpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Suvash Chandra Saha and his wife Rina Chowdhury under Money Laundering Act.

Bangla News

ECNEC approves 5 development projects worth Tk 34, 567.34cr

Staff Correspondent: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved five crucial development projects involving an estimated cost of Tk 34, 567.34 crore, including Ashulia Elevated Expressway construction project.

Bangla News

Two hurt in Tongi factory fire

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: At least two workers of a mosquito coil factory were injured when a fire broke out in Khapara area of Tongi in Gazipur on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

'Bangladesh first among India’s all neighbours'

Staff Correspondent: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said Bangladesh gets priority among all India’s neighbours as per its neighbourhood policy.

Bangla News

$434m aid for Rohingyas sought

International Desk: The heads of leading United Nations aid agencies have kicked off a special one-day pledging conference to raise $434 million to provide life-saving assistance for 1.2 million people, including all Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.

Bangla News

Police cordon off house in Jessore

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: Police have cordoned off a house at Birampur-Pagladah village in Jessore Sadar upazila, suspecting the house as a militant hideout.

Bangla News

Barrack construction soon to rehabilitate Santals

Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh army will soon initiate the construction work of barracks with an aim to rehabilitate the evicted Santals of Gobindaganj in Gaibandha.

Bangla News

Suicide bombing kills 13 in Nigeria

International Desk: Three female suicide bombers killed 13 people and wounded 16 in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, security sources said.

Bangla News

ANZ to build Iconic Meghna Bhaban in Ctg

Staff Reporter, Chittagong: ANZ Properties Ltd, the prominent Real Estate Company is going to build the iconic 19 storied Meghna Bhaban at the commercial hub of Chittagong.

Bangla News

JnU D-unit admission test result published

JnU Correspondent: The first year admission test results of D-unit of Jagannath University (JnU) under the academic session 2017-18 have been published on Monday.

Bangla News

'Atrocities on Rohingyas world's worst incident'

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Terming the violence against Rohingya people in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar as the world's worst incident, Rania Al-Abdullah, the queen consort of Jordan, urged the world community to be vocal against the genocide committed by the country's army force.

Bangla News

New gas field found in Bhola

Secretariat Correspondent: Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) has found a new reserve of natural gas in Shahbazpur of Bhola district.

Bangla News

President, PM mourns death of Syed Ashraf's wife

Secretariat Correspondent: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock at the death of Shila Islam, wife of Public Administration Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Syed Ashraful Islam.

Bangla News

Typhoon leaves four dead in Japan

International Desk:  A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people, but then headed out to sea after largely sparing the capital, Tokyo.

Bangla News

Go home, Tillerson tells Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

International Desk: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday it was time for Iranian-backed militias and their Iranian advisers who helped Iraq defeat Islamic State to “go home”, after a rare joint meeting with the leaders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Bangla News

Arrest warrants issued against 2 owners of Apan Jewellers

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against Apan Jewellers owners Dildar Ahmed and his brother Azad Ahmed in two cases of money laundering and illegally acquiring wealth.

Bangla News

Arrest warrant issued against Tarique, two others

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and two others in sedition case filed with the Tejgaon police.

Bangla News

3 sisters among 4 die in N'ganj wall collapse

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: Four people, including three siblings were killed after a wall collapsed on them in Pagla Bazar area of Shantinagar village of Narayanganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning.

Bangla News

Syed Ashraf’s wife Shila no more

Staff Correspondent: Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam's wife Shila Islam is no more.  

Bangla News

3-day slow internet speed from today

Staff Correspondent: Internet speed will remain slow for three days across the country due to maintenance work of the first submarine cable (SEA-ME-WE-4).

Bangla News

Japan PM promises to deal with North Korea threat

International Desk: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to "deal firmly" with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's election.  

Bangla News

NGO official killed in Khulna road accident

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: A NGO official named Rafikul Islam (38) has been killed in a road accident in the district.  

Bangla News

'Myanmar must not punish innocent people'

Desk Report: Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said Myanmar must take back their nationals and it must not punish innocent people in clamping down terrorism as she called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangla News

SA complete 3-0 whitewash Bangladesh

Sports Desk: Bangladesh faced a daunting chase of 370 in the second innings and were bundled out for 169, giving South Africa a 3-0 series whitewash.

Bangla News

Sushma-Khaleda meeting held

Senior Correspondent: Visiting India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has held a meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.  

Bangla News

BD seeks New Delhi's sustained pressure on Myanmar

Staff Correspondent: India's External Affairs Minister Sushman Swaraj on Sunday said the solution of Rohingya crisis lied with the return of the "displaced persons" as Bangladesh sought New Delhi's sustained pressure on Myanmar for solution of Rohingya issue that created humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.

Bangla News

Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy

International Desk: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday following an outrage among Western donors and rights groups at the appointment.

Bangla News

Returning Rohingya may lose land, crops under Myanmar plans

International Desk: Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to officials and plans seen by Reuters.

Bangla News

SA set 370 for Bangladesh in final ODI

Sports Desk: The host South Africa, thanks to skipper Faf Du Plessis' 91 runs, have set a target of 370 runs for Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of the three-match series at Buffalo Park of East London in the country on Sunday.

Bangla News

'No waterlogging in capital in next monsoon'

Staff Correspondent: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said that there will be no waterlogging in the capital in next monsoon season.

Bangla News

Be careful to select persons as election observers: CEC

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has urged the polls monitoring organisations not to pick any person affiliated with politics as election observer.

Bangla News

AL men involved in question leak: BNP

Senior Correspondent: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that people of the ruling Awami League (AL) are involved in question leakage of different examinations across the country.

Bangla News

Sushma Swaraj in Dhaka

Staff Correspondent: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Dhaka on Sunday on a two-day official visit.

Bangla News

Bengal Foundation cancels classical music festival 2017

Entertainment Desk: Bengal Foundation has cancelled the Bengal Classical Music Festival 2017 due to the unavailability of its venue.

Bangla News

Bangladesh bowling against SA in final ODI

Sports Desk: South Africa have won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final match of the three-match ODI series at Buffalo Park in East London of South Africa on Sunday.

Bangla News

Vessel services on all routes resumes

Staff Correspondent: The inland water vessel services across the country resumed on Sunday after Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended the operation due to bad weather.

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Dhaka-North Bengal rail link resumes

Pabna Correspondent: Rail communications between Dhaka and northern districts of the country resumed after around three hours on Sunday.

Bangla News

Pakistani sentenced to stand out in the Sun for year

International Desk: A Pakistani man who hit a policeman with his motorcycle has been given an unusual punishment by the court - standing at a traffic signal for two hours every Friday for a whole year holding a placard on speed awareness.

Bangla News

7 villages inundated as dam collapses in Hatiya

Noakhali Correspondent: At least seven villages in Char Ishwar union under isolated island upazila Hatiya of Noakhali were inundated as water entered breaching an embankment at ward no 1 and 2 of the union on Saturday afternoon.

Bangla News

Over 500 passengers escape accident narrowly

Chandpur Correspondent: Barisal-bound Green Line-2 launch fell in an accident while crossing the Meghna estuary on Saturday.

Bangla News

Three remanded over admission test fraudulence

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed three people on a four-day remand in a case filed for question paper leakage of "D" unit of Dhaka University (DU).

Bangla News

15 killed in Kabul military academy attack

International Desk: A suicide bomber killed 15 Afghan army trainees as they were leaving their base in Kabul on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest deadly attack in the capital.

Bangla News

Poet Neruda did not die of cancer!

International Desk: Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said.

Bangla News

Water transports suspended from Barisal

Staff Correspondent, Barisal: Water transports from Barisal to all other parts of the country including Dhaka have been suspended due to bad weather.

Bangla News

Bangladeshi Dr Samir wins UNESCO award for microbiology

International Desk: Dr Samir Saha of Bangladesh and Professor Shahida Hasnain of Pakistan have been named as the two laureates of the 2017 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology.

Bangla News

Sri Lanka name T20 squad against Pakistan

Sports Desk: All-rounder Thisara Perera on Saturday was confirmed as captain of Sri Lanka's T20I side after several senior players including regular captain Upul Tharanga expressed their reluctance to travel to Lahore for the third and final T20 International later this month.

Bangla News

4 injured in Munich knife attack

International Desk: Four people were slightly injured in the southern German city of Munich by a man wielding a knife who fled the scene, said police.

Bangla News

TSC to remain closed after 8pm

Staff Correspondent: The Dhaka University (DU) authority has issued directives to complete all the activities at its Teachers-Students Centre (TSC) before 8:00pm every day.

Bangla News

Hridoy's body recovered

Staff Correspondent: The body of the three-year-old boy named Hridoy, who fell into a drain in Manda area under Mugdapara Police Station in the capital, has been recovered on Saturday noon.

Bangla News

Landslide in northern Malaysia kills 3; 11 more trapped

International Desk: A landslide at a construction site in northern Malaysia on Saturday killed three foreign workers, with rescuers searching for 11 others feared trapped in the mud and rubble, officials said.  

Bangla News

BIWTA shuts down all water transport services

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has ordered a halt to all inland water transport services across the country due to bad weather.

Bangla News

Spain expected to impose direct rule in Catalonia

International Desk: The Spanish government is set to hold a special cabinet meeting to approve measures to take direct control over Catalonia.  

Bangla News

Bengalis’ friend Father Marino Rigon no more

Desk Report: Bangladesh's honorary citizen and freedom fighter Father Marino Rigon has died. He was 92.  

Bangla News

50 security personnel killed in clash in Egypt

International Desk: In Egypt, more than fifty security personnel have been killed during a clash with militants in the Western Desert.  

Bangla News

Dacoit killed in Brahmanbaria gunfight

Brahmanbaria Correspondent: A suspected dacoit was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Tigharia village of Binauti union under Kashba upazila of the district early Saturday.

Bangla News

How long is a piece of string?

Sir Frank Peters: There are at least two questions without answers in the world today: how long is a piece of string and when will hideous corporal punishment to children end?

Bangla News

Somalia truck bomb death toll hits 358

International Desk: Thousands of Somalis gathered Friday to pray at the site of the country’s deadliest bombing. Last Saturday a truck bomb exploded on a busy street in Mogadishu, killing what is now believed to be 358 people.

Bangla News

A sea of plastic

Risingbd Desk: The pictures are unlikely to make it into the glossy tourist brochures that sell the Caribbean as a paradise destination.  

Bangla News

Heavy rain disrupts city life

Desk Report: A heavy rainfall submerged parts of Dhaka in knee-deep water today, causing immense sufferings to the city dwellers.

Bangla News

'Communist party seniors had plotted to overthrow Xi'

International Desk: Several Communist Party of China (CPC) leaders had plotted a coup against President Xi Jinping, a top official has alleged, indicating a power struggle within the ruling party that contradicts the narrative of unity.

Bangla News

Nearly 72 killed in attacks in Afghanistan

Desk Report: Nearly 72 people were killed on Friday in a two suicide attacks on mosques in Afghanistan’s capital and in the western province of Ghor, officials said.

Bangla News

BCL leader expelled over DU question leak

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has expelled its central assistant secretary Mohiuddin Rana for his alleged involvement in the admission question leakage of Dhaka University (DU).

Bangla News

Suicide blast kills 50 in Afghanistan mosque

International Desk: At least 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in western Kabul, an Afghan official at the Interior Ministry said.

Bangla News

Oxford college drops Suu Kyi from common room name

International Desk: Students at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove her name from its junior common room.

Bangla News

12,000 Rohingya children enter Bangladesh every week

International Desk: Desperate living conditions and waterborne diseases are threatening more than 320,000 Rohingya refugee children who have fled to southern Bangladesh since late August, including some 10,000 who crossed from Myanmar over the past few days, UNICEF said on Friday.  

Bangla News

DU student Khalid still missing in Rupsa

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: Dhaka University (DU) student Khalid Hassan, 20, who drowned in the Rupsa river from a trawler, is still missing.

Bangla News

Two youths arrested with Yaba-arms

Narsingdi Correspondent: Detectives arrested two youths with arms, bullets and Yaba tablets conducting a drive in Narsingdi town on Friday.

Bangla News

AL's proposal not conducive to fair polls: BNP

Senior Correspondent: Terming unsupportive the Awami League’s 11-point proposal placed before the Election Commission (EC) for fair polls, BNP thinks those are framed with a trick to control the election and manipulate its results and not conducive to democracy and fair polls.

Bangla News

10-member team to assist AG

Staff Correspondent: A 10-member team has been formed to assist the Attorney General (AG) for the review petition against the SC verdict over the 16th amendment of the constitution.

Bangla News

4 burnt in gas cylinder blast in N'ganj

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: Four workers sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder blasted at a dockyard in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj on Friday morning.

Bangla News

Jacinda Ardern to become New Zealand Prime Minister

International Desk: New Zealand is to get its youngest-ever female Prime Minister after a minority party threw its support behind Labour leader Jacinda Ardern, who took over the left-wing party only three months ago.  

Bangla News

Young girl's slit-throat body found in Jessore

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: Police have recovered a slit-throat body of an unidentified young girl from a field of Potengali village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Friday morning.

Bangla News

DU admission test: 12 held for cheat

Staff Correspondent: The examiners have caught 12 people for cheating in examination halls during the ‘Gha’ unit admission test of Dhaka University.  

Bangla News

Two killed in Sitakunda bus-truck collision

Staff Correspondent: Two people were killed and ten others injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Barobkunda in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.

Bangla News

Messi keeps glucose tablets in his sock!

Sports Desk: Lionel Messi had a secret snack stored away in his sock during Barcelona's Champions League win over Olympiacos.

Bangla News

CJ breaks oath; says AG

Staff Correspondent: Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said that Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha broke his oath as he wrote to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to stop investigation against former Appellate Division judge Joynul Abedin.

Bangla News

Vehicular movement over Kanchan Bridge halted

Staff Correspondent: Vehicular movement over Kanchan Bridge on Dhaka Bypass Road will remain suspended from Friday midnight till Sunday midnight due to emergency repair work.

Bangla News

25 asst attorney generals appointed

Staff Correspondent: The government has appointed 25 lawyers of the Supreme Court (SC) as assistant attorney general for dealing cases on behalf of the state.

Bangla News

Flyover from Uttara to Cherag Ali

Staff Correspondent: Construction of nearly 4.50 kilometer-long flyover from Uttara House Building to Tongi Cherag Ali and a 10-lane Tongi Bridge will begin soon.

Bangla News

Prof Golam Rabbani appointed as DU new proctor

Staff Correspondent: The authority of Dhaka University (DU) has appointed Professor A K M Golam Rabbani of Islamic History & Culture Department as the new proctor of the university on Thursday.

Bangla News

I'm being harassed: Khaleda

Senior Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged that she is being harassed through the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case which is false and motivated.

Bangla News

37th BCS written test results likely in next week

Staff Correspondent: The final results of 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examinations are likely to be published by next week.

Bangla News

HC issues rule over giving birth to child on road

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking the authorities concerned as to why punitive measures should not be taken against those are responsible over the incident of  a female's giving birth to a child on road who died later.

Bangla News

Catalonia crisis: Spain triggers direct rule process

International Desk: The Spanish government is to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy and impose direct rule after the region’s president refused to abandon the push for independence that has led to Spain’s biggest political crisis for 40 years.

Bangla News

PayPal service Xoom launched in Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: PayPal, world's most popular online money transfer service was launched formally in Bangladesh on Thursday.

Bangla News

Fire breaks out at Rajarbagh police hospital

Staff Correspondent: A fire breaks out at Rajarbagh Police Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday noon.

Bangla News

Cautionary signal 3 for maritime ports

Staff Correspondent: The Met office has asked four maritime ports to issue cautionary signal No. 3, fearing stormy weather due to a low-pressure system developing in the northern Bay of Bengal.

Bangla News

Taliban attack kills 40 Afghan soldiers

International Desk: The Taliban launched a major attack on an army base in southern Kandahar province with one lawmaker saying at least 40 Afghan soldiers were killed.  

Bangla News

Six BNP men held in city

Staff Correspondent: Police detained six leaders and activists of BNP from Ramna Thana area in the capital on Thursday.

Bangla News

Tillerson calls for India ties to counter China

International Desk: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the US wants to deepen co-operation with India in the face of growing Chinese influence in Asia.  

Bangla News

Tillerson calls for India ties to counter China

International Desk: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the US wants to deepen co-operation with India in the face of growing Chinese influence in Asia.

Bangla News

10 hurt as bus turns turtle in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: At least ten people were injured as a bus turned turtle in the district’s Anwara upazila on Thursday morning.

Bangla News

15 additional DIGs promoted

Staff Correspondent: Fifteen Additional Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of the police have been promoted to the rank of DIG.

Bangla News

Tehran to 'shred' nuclear deal if US pulls out

International Desk: Iran's supreme leader has threatened to "shred to pieces" the nuclear deal if the US withdraws from the pact, just days after Donald Trump signalled Washington was turning its back on the 2015 agreement.

Bangla News

SA win ODI series against Bangladesh

Sports Correspondent: South Africa (SA) have won the three-match ODI series with remaining a match left as Proteas thrashed Bangladesh in the second ODI by 104 runs at Paarl's Boland Park on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Xi Jinping outlines challenges for China

International Desk: Chinese President Xi Jingping told a Communist Party congress on Wednesday to 'resolutely oppose' any actions that undermine its leadership.

Bangla News

Khaleda to surrender before court Thursday

Staff Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zial will surrender before the court in two cases -- the Zia Orphanage and the Zia Charitable Trust graft-- on Thursday.

Bangla News

Nazrul Islam made PM’s additional press secy of PM

Secretariat Correspondent: Nazrul Islam, the deputy press secretary of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been promoted to the rank of additional press secretary.

Bangla News

Tk 200cr allotted for Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent: Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said that International Organization for Migration (IOM) has allotted Tk 200 crore for Rohingya people fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

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'Walton grips big part of hardware sector'

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said the country's leading brand Walton has clenched a big part of hardware sector which prompted Samsung, LG to open plants in Bangladesh. This is obviously positive for the country's economy.

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9 arrested with drug materials at Chuadanga border

Chuadanga Correspondent: Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) arrested nine people along with drug materials from border area of the district's Damurhuda upazila on Wednesday morning.

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'AL put the country on development highway'

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said that the Awami League has taken the country on a highway towards development and each sector has seen development.

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SA set 354 for Bangladesh in 2nd ODI

Sports Correspondent: South Africa (SA) have set a 354-run target for Bangladesh, thanks to AB de Villiers' 176 runs,  in the second ODI of the three-match series in the allotted 50 overs at Paarl's Boland Park on Wednesday.

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Khaleda Zia returns home

Senior Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned home after over three months of stay in the United Kingdom (UK).

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Powerful explosion outside Sweden police station

International Desk: Swedish authorities say a powerful explosion outside a police station in southern Sweden has caused significant damage to the building.  

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Govt tensed as Khaleda returns: Khasru

Staff Correspondent: BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the government is feeling nervous as BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia decides to return home despite her treatment is unfulfilled. They are now arresting BNP leaders and activists across the country as they are tensed and frightened. 

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DU ‘Ka’, ‘Cha’ unit results published

Staff Correspondent: The result of the Dhaka University admission test of first year honors for the session 2017-18 under KA-unit and CHA-unit has been published.

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George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize

International Desk: The American short story writer George Saunders has won the Man Booker prize for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.

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Trump's latest travel ban blocked by federal judge

International Desk: US President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat.  

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AL places 11-point proposal before EC

Staff Correspondent: The ruling Awami League (AL) has placed its 11-point proposal before the Election Commission.  

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Bangladesh bowling against South Africa in 2nd ODI

Sports Desk: Winning the toss, Bangladesh invited the host South Africa to bat first in the second match of the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series at Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday.

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Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of promoting ‘regime change’

International Desk: Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of trying to engineer "regime change" during its four-month blockade of its Gulf neighbour.

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7 policemen killed in Pakistan bomb blast

International Desk: A bomb targeted a police truck in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday killing at least seven policemen and injuring 22 others, police said.

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Draft of Media Employees Act, 2017 published

Secretariat Correspondent: The draft of the Media Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 was published on the website of Information Ministry www.moi.gov.bd, on Tuesday.

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Islamic State defeated in its Syrian capital Raqqa

International Desk: U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle.  

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Taliban attacks kill at least 71 in Afghanistan

International Desk: Taliban militants struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 71 people, including a senior police commander, and wounding scores of others.  

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Arrest warrant against Khaleda yet to reach thana: IGP

Staff Correspondent: Arrest warrant issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is yet to reach police station, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque said.

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EC to hold dialogue with AL on Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) will hold dialogue with Awami League (AL) on Wednesday as part of its ongoing talks with 40 registered political parties ahead of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election.  

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Prices of essentials should be brought under control

Prices of daily essentials continue to go up. It seems prices will no longer come down. People in fixed income groups have been suffering the brunt of spiralling price of essentials.

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2 youths held with pistol in Tangail

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)- 12 personnel detained two youths from Basakhanpur area under Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.  

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36th BCS final result published

Staff Correspondent: The final results of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations have been published.

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3 killed as train hits microbus in Comilla

Comilla Correspondent: Three people have been killed as a train hit a microbus in Shrinibash area under Bijoypur union of Comilla Sadar Dakkhin (South) upazila on Tuesday noon.

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Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College closed sine die

Kaliganj Correspondent (Gazipur):  Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College in Gazipur has been declared closed for an indefinite period following a clash between the students and employees.  

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Final probe report: Raudha committed suicide

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Maldivian medical student and model Raudha Athif, found dead at a dormitory of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital, committed suicide, according to the final probe report.

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UN calls for global conference to stand by Rohingya

International Conference: Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”  

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Zakir Hossain made acting registrar general of SC

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court appointed Zakir Hossain as its acting registrar general.

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South Africa name squad for Bangladesh T20 series

Sports Desk: All-rounder Robbie Frylinck has been handed a first call-up to South Africa's Twenty20 squad for the two-match series against Bangladesh next week, reports khaleejtimes.com.

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Nuclear war may break out any moment: North Korea

International Desk: North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment."

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Mila files case against her husband's family

Staff Correspondent: Popular pop singer Tasbiha Binte Shahid Mila, commonly known as Mila Islam, has filed a defamation case against her husband Parvez Sanjari's family.  

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BNP's proposal unacceptable: Inu

Senior Correspondent: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that BNP's 20-point proposal to Election Commission (EC) is unacceptable and against constitution.

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EU to review all defence cooperation with Myanmar

International Desk: The EU is to cut back ties with Myanmar's military in response to the brutal security force crackdown on Muslim Rohingya areas of the Southeast Asian state.

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Peru into top 10 as Germany stay at the summit

Sports Desk: Peru have climbed into the top ten of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for the first time in an edition marked by the recent, decisive FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

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Man held with gold worth Tk 75 lakh

Staff Correspondent: Customs officials seized 12 gold bars and 105 grams gold ornaments, worth about Tk 75.25 lakh, from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Monday.

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World Bank suspends loan for Myanmar

Special Correspondent: The World Bank has suspended $200 million loan to Myanmar due to the persecution of Rohingya in the Rakhine state.

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IS Southeast Asia chief killed in Philippines

International Desk: The Philippine military killed the leaders of Islamic State-linked militants in a predawn raid to liberate parts of Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.

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IOM DG Swing visits Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: International Organisation for Migration (IOM) director general William Lacy Swing visited Rohingya camps in Kutupalong, Balukhali and settlements at Gundhum border on Monday.

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Biswa Ijtema to begin on January 12

Secretariat Correspondent: The Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims, will begin on January 12 on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi.

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Singapore-return 2 JMB men put on remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Monday placed two Singapore-returnees on a 5-day remand for their involvement in militant activities.

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JnU 'A' unit admission test result published

JnU Correspondent: The result of the admission test for the first year honours courses of Jagannath University (JnU) A-unit under the academic session 2017-18 was published on Monday.

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HC orders 2 city corporations to remove wastage within 6am

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has ordered the authorities concerned to remove wastages from two city corporations (DSCC, DNCC) within 6am.

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Thousands of new Rohingyas enter Bangladesh

International Desk: Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, fleeing attacks by Buddhist mobs and hunger that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.

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Messi set to welcome new family member

Sports Desk: Three months after getting married, the couple announced on Instagram that they will welcome a new addition to the family.

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Robber killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

Bagerhat Correspondent: The ‘second in command' of a forest robber gang was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in Shailo Khal area of the Sundarbans  on Monday morning.

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HC orders stopping 'Blue Whale' game

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) on Monday has directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately stop links of all types of games provoking suicides including the "Blue Whale" game.

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Minor boy fallen into city drain not recovered yet

Staff Correspondent: Fire service divers are yet to recover the three-year-old boy named Hridoy who fell into a drain in Manda area under Mugdapara Police Station in the capital.

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Charges framed against five in Rupa rape-murder case

Staff Correspondent, Tangail: Police on Sunday framed charges against five accused in a case filed over the murder of Zakia Sultana Rupa, a law student and multinational company employee, after gang rape in a running bus.

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Bangladesh concede shameful 10-wkt defeat against South Africa

Sports Desk: Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla smashed unbeaten centuries as South Africa confirmed a record-breaking 10-wicket victory over visiting Bangladesh in the 1st ODI of the three-match series at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley on Sunday.

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BNP wants election under supportive government

Staff Correspondent: BNP on Sunday placed its 20-point proposal in a dialogue with the Election Commission (EC).

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'Rohingya problem a big threat to Bangladesh economy'

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Rohingya people who have crossed into Bangladesh facing persecution in Myanmar are a major threat to the Bangladesh economy. Army-backed Myanmar government is responsible for this.

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10 killed in Saudi factory fire

International Desk: A fire at a carpentry workshop in the Saudi capital has left 10 people dead and three others injured, the kingdom’s civil defense said Sunday.

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Bangladesh set 279-run target for South Africa

Sports Desk: Mushfiqur's ton helps Bangladesh to set 279-run target for host South Africa in the first of the three-game ODI series at De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberle on Sunday.

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Immediate road repair needed

Several roads and highways in the country are in measurable condition. In many places, roads become unfit to use.

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Transfer order of 10 top SC officials approved

Staff Correspondent: Acting Chief Justice (CJ) Md Abdul Wahhab Miah has approved a proposal for transferring 10 high officials of the Supreme Court (SC) registrar’s office, including SC registrar general, additional registrar of the High Court Division and the chief justice’s personal secretary, to different districts.

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