Awami League expat leader hacked dead

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: An expatriate leader of Awami League was hacked to death by miscreants in Tatipara intersection of Zindabazar in the district town yesterday night.

Bangla News

Waste materials from sacrificial animals earn Tk200cr!

Asad Al Mamun: Waste materials from the slaughtered animals from Eid ul Azha now form the basis of a profitable business. Selling the waste items, traders are getting a huge amount of money.  

Bangla News

Serena showed no mercy to sister Venus

Sports Desk: Serena Williams equalled her most lopsided victory ever in 30 professional meetings with sister Venus, beating her 6-1 6-2 on Saturday in the third round of the US Open.

Bangla News

A family of cancer

International Desk: Lacy Anderson has a rare form of stomach cancer, but she is not alone.  

Bangla News

The engine that could take man to Mars

International Desk: Engineers from NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have revealed a major step forward in a radical ion engine designed to get man to Mars.  

Bangla News

BNP’s 40th founding anniversary today

Senior Reporter: BNP is celebrating its 40th founding anniversary across the country today (Saturday) with various programs.  

Bangla News

US ends aid to Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa

International Desk: The United States is ending all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, the US State Department says.  

Bangla News

Contribution of journalists Sarwar, Moazzem recalled

Staff Correspondent: Senior journalists at a memorial meeting recalled the contribution of the Dainik Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar and the Financial Express Editor AHM Moazzem Hossain.

Bangla News

Fire at Chattogram salt factory

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A salt factory at Majhirghat Narikeltala under Sadarghat Police Station in the city caught fire on Friday afternoon.

Bangla News

Nahid call for participation in edu’ system development

Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged all to work for the development of the country’s education system with the encouragement of Bangabandhu idealism.

Bangla News

Bikers without helmets denied providing fuel

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: Pump owners in Rangpur are refusing to sell fuel to the bikers who do not have helmets.

Bangla News

259 killed in road mishaps during Eid holidays

Staff Correspondent: Some 259 people were killed and 960 others injured in 237 road accidents across the country in 13 days during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, said on Friday.

Bangla News

Asia Cup-2018: Tickets for Pakistan-India match sold out

Sports Desk: Tickets for a highly anticipated Pakistan and India clash for the next month’s Asia Cup have been sold out. The 2018 edition of the tournament will take place at Dubai and Abu Dhabi, from September 15 to 28.

Bangla News

Jamaat ameer among 103 arrested in Rajshahi

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Police arrested 103 suspects including ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Puthia upazila during separate drives in different parts of the district.

Bangla News

Man, granddaughter found dead in Naf River

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: An elderly man and his granddaughter, who went missing on Wednesday, were found dead in a fish enclosure along the Naf River in the district’s Teknaf upazila on Friday.

Bangla News

Akifa murder: Driver among 3 sued

Kushtia Correspondent: A murder case was filed against three people, including a bus driver and its owner, in connection with the death of a baby girl named Akifa in a road accident in Kushtia district.

Bangla News

PM returns home as BIMSTEC summit ends

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday afternoon concluding her two-day official visit to Nepal.

Bangla News

Housewife's throat-silt body found in N'ganj

Staff Correspondent: A man has slit his wife’s throat in Bhulta Pachaikha Uttarapara area of Rupganj upazila in the district.

Bangla News

BIMSTEC adopts Kathmandu Declaration as summit concludes

Desk Report: A multilateral meet between the leaders of seven member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded on Friday.

Bangla News

Rain forces abandonment of St. Lucia Stars /St. Kitts match

Sports Desk: The match between St. Lucia Stars and St. Kitts of the Caribbean Premier League 2018 was declared abandoned due to heavy rain.

Bangla News

PM leaves Kathmandu for home

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left here for home concluding her two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

Bangla News

Vegetable prices fall

Staff Correspondent: Prices of most of the vegetables marked a fall in the city’s kitchen markets following fresh supply.

Bangla News

Myanmar army fakes anti-Rohingya photos

International Desk: The photo appears in a section of the book covering ethnic riots in Myanmar in the 1940s. The text says the image shows Buddhists murdered by Rohingya - members of a Muslim minority the book refers to as "Bengalis" to imply they are illegal immigrants.  

Bangla News

Real Madrid sweep the UEFA awards

Sports Desk: On May 26, Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the third consecutive time and this Thursday a large number of their players were recognised for it.

Bangla News

UN alarmed by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs

International Desk: China has said reports it is holding a million Muslim Uighurs in detention in Xinjiang are "completely untrue".  

Bangla News

Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

Risingbd Desk: Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are having to deal with an air leak from a possible collision.  

Bangla News

Trump threatens to pull US out of WTO

International Desk: President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if the body fails to change the way it treats America.

Bangla News

Gary Kirsten replaces Vettori as RCB coach

Sports Desk: Gary Kirsten has been appointed head coach and mentor of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Bangla News

PM to inaugurate Akash Beena Sept 5

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the maiden flight of the country’s first Dreamliner 787-8 Akash Beena at Hazrat Shahjalah International Airport here on September 5.

Bangla News

Dhaka, Kathmandu agree to boost trade, investment cooperation

Risingbd Desk: Bangladesh and Nepal on Thursday agreed to boost cooperation in power sector alongside trade and investment as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the 4th BIMSTEC Summit here.

Bangla News

Former FIFA official jailed for 9yrs

Sports Desk: The former head of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL, Juan Angel Napout, has been jailed for nine years for his role in the FIFA corruption scandal.

Bangla News

PM for boosting cooperation in BIMSTEC

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid importance on expanding cooperation in BIMSTEC forum through the creation of free trade area, investment and energy collaboration, enhancing people-to-people contact and funding mechanism.

Bangla News

40th BCS circular on Sept 11

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) is going to issue 40th BCS circular on September 11.

Bangla News

Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup named

Sports Desk: Incorporating Shakib Al Hasan in 15-member squad, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the squad for the Asia Cup tournament which is scheduled to start on September 15.

Bangla News

66.5% households are victims of corruption by services sector

Staff Correspondent: Around 66.5% households were found to be victims of corruption by the services sector.

Bangla News

Befitting reply if anarchy created: Quader

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said a befitting reply will be given if anyone tries to create any anarchy in the name of national unity and movement in the country.

Bangla News

BNP warns EC over EVM use plan

Senior Reporter: BNP has warned the Election Commission (EC) over the amendment of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) and the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next polls.

Bangla News

Mahbub Talukder walks out of EC meeting

Staff Correspondent: Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has walked out of a key meeting to amend the charter of Representation of People Order (RPO) to incorporate the use of EVMs in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Bangla News

Suu Kyi should have resigned: UN human rights chief

International Desk: The outgoing UN human rights chief says the Myanmar de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, should have resigned over Myanmar military’s violent campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority last year.  

Bangla News

Khaleda’s bail in Narail case upheld

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division on Thursday upheld a High Court order that granted six months bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case over allegations of disputing the death toll of the 1971 Liberation War.  

Bangla News

Bus-auto-rickshaw collision kills 2 in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: At least two people were killed and three other were injured in a collision between a bus and auto-rickshaw on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway on Thursday morning.

Bangla News

UCB MD resigns

Economic Reporter: United Commercial Bank Ltd Managing Director AE Abdul Muhaimen on Wednesday submitted his resignation just a year after he was appointed for a three-year term.  

Bangla News

Minister Prime in Nepal

Desk Report:  Minister Prime Sheikh Hasina was given a red carpet reception as she reached Katmandu Thursday morning on a two-day official visit to attend the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) at the Nepalese capital.  

Bangla News

Barapukuria coal scam: ACC grilling 9 officials

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started quizzing nine officials of coal mine, in a case filed over a huge amount of coal selling in open market from the Barapukuria.  

Bangla News

76 held in Satkhira police drive

Satkhira Correspondent: Police, in special drives from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, arrested 76 persons, including six activists of Jamaat-Shibir men from eight thanas of the district.  

Bangla News

Argentina asks IMF to release $50bn loan as crisis worsens

International Desk: Argentina's government has unexpectedly asked for the early release of a $50bn (£37.2bn) loan from the IMF amid a growing economic crisis.  

Bangla News

Muhith for contractual government jobs

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said government jobs should be on contractual basis so that anyone can be able to enter government service at any age.

Bangla News

Interim govt likely to be formed in October: Muhith

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday hinted that the interim government may be formed in the middle of October since the next parliamentary polls will be held in December this year.

Bangla News

‘Politics for public welfare, not for vote’

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her party is devoted for welfare of the people out of its political commitment, not only for getting their vote.

Bangla News

BNP gets permission for 40th anniv rally

Senior Correspondent: BNP has got permission from police to hold its 40th founding anniversary rally at Dhaka's Nayapaltan on September 1.

Bangla News

BB heist case probe report submission Oct 2

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has ordered Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police to submit the investigation report of a case filed over Bangladesh Bank reserve heist on October 2.

Bangla News

Trump shows media the red card

Sports Desk: US President Donald Trump gave the assembled White House media their marching orders when he brandished a red card to assembled journalists during a meeting with FIFA boss Gianni Infantino on Tuesday.

Bangla News

ACC quizzes two businessmen on laundering charge

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned two businessmen over an alleged laundering of two million US dollar to Dubai.

Bangla News

25 hurt as bus overturns on Gazipur highway

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur:  At least 25 people were injured as a passenger bus overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Joinabazar area of Sreepur in Gazipur on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

110 held in Satkhira police drive

Satkhira Correspondent: Police, in special drives from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, arrested 110 persons, including 42 activists of Jamaat-Shibir men from eight upazilas of the district.

Bangla News

Myanmar rejects UN probe findings of Rohingya genocide

International Desk: Myanmar rejected the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis.

Bangla News

Federer, Djokovic advance through to US Open 2nd round

Sports Desk: Novak Djokovic engaged “survival mode” as he battled past Marton Fucsovics in brutally hot and humid conditions at the US Open.

Bangla News

Ctg Road Death: Driver, helper sued

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A murder case has been filed over the death of a young man, who died after being pushed from a running bus by its staff in Chittagong.

Bangla News

Disappearance of Coal: ACC grills 8 more accused

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started quizzing eight more accused in a case filed over the disappearance of a vast amount of coal from the Barapukuria Coal Mine in Dinajpur.

Bangla News

Body of missing disabled person found after 8 days

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: Police found the body of a missing disabled person in Brahmaputra River of Narayanganj.

Bangla News

Female journalist hacked to death in Pabna

Pabna Correspondent: A group of mistreatments hacked a female journalist to death Radhanagar in Pabna. The incident took place around 10:30pm yesterday.

Bangla News

Top Indian activists held over caste violence

International Desk: Five prominent Indian activists have been arrested in connection with caste-based violence in the western state of Maharashtra earlier this year.

Bangla News

Russia to launch biggest military manoeuvres

International Desk: Russia plans to hold massive war games involving 300,000 personnel next month - its biggest military manoeuvres since a Cold War drill in 1981.

Bangla News

Record fridge sales of Walton following Qurbani Eid

Economic Reporter: The local electronic giant witnessed a record in its fridge sales following the Eid-ul-Azha or Qurbani Eid, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims performed across the country on August 22, 2018.  

Bangla News

Aug 21 attack staged with BNP-Jamaat patronage: PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused again the then BNP-Jamaat government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that such a heinous act cannot take place in the country without their patronage.  

Bangla News

'Bangladesh will lead in medicine sector'

Senior Correspondent: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim said Bangladesh will play a lead role in medicine sector in near future. Medicines produced here in Bangladesh would be exported abroad meeting the country's demand.

Bangla News

CU VC gets death threat

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram:  Vice-Chancellor of Chattogram University (CU) Professor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury has got a death threat over his cell phone.  

Bangla News

Salam Murshedi set to be elected unopposed

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: Awami League candidate Abdus Salam Murshedi, a former national footballer, is going to be elected unopposed in the by-election to Khulna-4 constituency.

Bangla News

MD’s resignation won’t affect BASIC Bank: Muhith

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that resignation of Muhammad Awal Khan as managing director will not affect BASIC Bank.  

Bangla News

Robber killed in Sundarbans ‘shootout’

Bagerhat Correspondent: A robber was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) reportedly in early hours of Tuesday in the Sundarbans.  

Bangla News

Auto-rickshaw driver beaten to death

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: The driver of a CNG auto-rickshaw has been beaten to death over a drug issue in the district’s Bandar upazila.  

Bangla News

'EVM to 100 seats to be used in next JS polls'

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said the Commission will use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to 100 seats in the upcoming 11th national parliamentary election.

Bangla News

Fake doctor held in Barisal

Staff Correspondent, Barisal: Police arrested an alleged fake doctor from Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal on Tuesday noon.

Bangla News

China paves way to end family planning policy

International Desk: China, the world’s most populous nation, appears to be setting the stage to end its decades-long policy of determining the number of children that couples can have, a social media post by a state-run newspaper suggested.

Bangla News

Bus kills trader in Sylhet

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet: A trader was killed as a bus ran over him at Lalbazar on Dhaka-Sylhet highway of the Dakshin Surma on Tuesday.

Bangla News

Amir Khasru summoned again Sep 10

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a former minister and BNP Standing Committee member, again on September 10 as he could not appear before the anti-graft watchdog.

Bangla News

Police complaint filed against Hrithik Roshan

International Desk: A cheating case has been filed against Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and eight others at Chennai in India.

Bangla News

PM leaves for Nepal Thursday

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Kathmandu on Thursday on a two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

Bangla News

Barapukuria coal scam: ACC grills 8 officials

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started quizzing eight officials of coal mine, in a case filed over a huge amount of coal selling in open market from the Barapukuria mine.

Bangla News

Right and Leftist protesters lock into clash in Germany

International Desk: Hundreds of police officers worked to keep right-wing and left-wing demonstrators apart Monday night in a city in eastern Germany where an Iraqi and a Syrian citizen were arrested in the killing of a German man.

Bangla News

Trader killed in Gazipur road crash

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A vegetable trader was killed when a pick-up hit a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Salna area of Gazipur City Corporation on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

Father-son killed, mother-daughter injured in road crash

Cumilla Correspondent: A man and his son have been killed and his wife and daughter injured in a road crash in Cumilla.

Bangla News

419 hajj pilgrims reach home in 1st return flight

Staff Correspondent: The first return hajj flight has reached Dhaka with 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.

Bangla News

Poet Shahid Qadri’s 2nd death anniversary today

Risingbd Desk: Today is the 2nd death anniversary of leading contemporary Bengali poet Shahid Qadri.

Bangla News

Two siblings hacked to death in Sitakunda

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Two siblings were hacked to death by miscreants in Sitakunda upazila of the district on Monday night.

Bangla News

Afghanistan win first ODI against Ireland by 29 runs

Sports Desk: Afghanistan beat Ireland by 29 runs in the first one-day international of a three-match series in Belfast on Monday.

Bangla News

Bangladesh face Pakistan in Asiad Hockey today

Sports Desk: Bangladesh National Hockey Team is set to take on Pakistan hockey team in their last match of Pool B of Asian Games 2018 today (August 28).

Bangla News

Trump hails 'incredible' deal with Mexico

International Desk: The US and Mexico have reached common ground on key trade terms as pressure mounts to complete renegotiation of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.

Bangla News

Shyam Benegal to make joint-venture movie on Bangabandhu

Desk Report: The government has finally chosen eminent Indian film director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal to make a Bangla film on life and works of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangla News

Committee formed to bring discipline to city transports

Secretariat Correspondent: A committee has been formed to bring discipline to the transport system in capital.

Bangla News

'Latest technologies to be used for border security'

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Major General Shafeenul Islam, director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said latest technologies will be used in borders to remove the gap of manpower for security.

Bangla News

'Pilot Abid was mentally stressed'

Risingbd Desk : The pilot of the US-Bangla plane that crashed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport in March and killed 51 people appears to have lied to the control tower during the landing procedure.

Bangla News

'BNP wants punishment of real culprits of August 21 attack'

Senior Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that his party wants exemplary punishment of real culprits of the August 21 grenade attack.

Bangla News

Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, dozens of pages

International Desk: Social media site Facebook has banned 20 individuals and organisations including Myanmar army chief, generals and military-backed entities, removed 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook pages followed by almost 12 million people to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation on Facebook.

Bangla News

Quota reform leader Luma gets bail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted bail to Quota reform leader Ruma in a case filed against her for allegedly spreading rumours on social media and instigating violence during the recent student movement for safe roads.

Bangla News

4 held with 40,000 Yaba pills in city

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested four alleged drug dealers from a courier service office in capital's Motijheel and recovered 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from them on Monday noon.

Bangla News

UN report calls for genocide charges against Myanmar

International Desk: Myanmar’s top military generals, including Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in the north of Rakhine State, as well as for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, a report by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar today urged.

Bangla News

Raifa’s death: 4 doctors get bail

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A Chattogram court on Monday granted bail to four doctors of Max Hospital in the port city in a case filed over the death of three-year-old Raifa.  

Bangla News

Arrest will continue: ACC chairman

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud has said that the ACC will not become inactive rather than it will continue arrest of corrupts.

Bangla News

Soikat sued over dowry charge

Staff Correspondent, Mymensingh: Bangladesh national team cricketer Mosaddek Hossain Soikat has been sued allegedly for torturing his wife for dowry.  

Bangla News

Pope Francis urged to resign over abuse case

International Desk: A senior Vatican official called on Pope Francis to resign, accusing the pontiff of failing to act sooner on sexual abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.  

Bangla News

Seasonal rawhide traders in trouble

Economic Reporter:  Seasonal traders are in deep trouble due to low prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals.  

Bangla News

Int’l community should take steps

Now more than 10 lakh Rohingyas, including more than seven lakh refugees who came after the August 25 attacks last year, are staying in Cox's Bazar.

Bangla News

3 killed in deadly mass shooting in Florida

International Desk: A mass shooting at a video game tournament has led to "multiple fatalities" in the US state of Florida, according to police.  

Bangla News

Nazrul’s death anniversary today

Desk Report:  The 42nd death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed today (Monday).  

Bangla News

Application for Medical Admission begins

Secretariat Correspondent: The application for admission in the Medical (MBBS course) for the academic session 2018-2019 began on Monday morning.  

Bangla News

Juba Dal remanded for 13 days

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka courts placed Juba Dal leader Sultan Salahuddin Tuku on 13 days of remand in relation to seven separate cases including one under the special act on Sunday.

Bangla News

Elderly couple found dead in city

Staff Correspondent: Police found an elderly couple dead at their own residence of West Boxnagar in the capital’s Sarulia on Sunday evening.

Bangla News

Bangladesh beat Thailand to keep alive hope for semis

Sports Desk: Bangladesh Hokey team have achieved their initial target of finishing 6th in the 12-team 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey beating Thailand by 3-1 goals in their 4th Pool B match at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in Jakarta on Sunday.

Bangla News

ACC officials-employees getting ‘risk allowance’

KMA Hasnat: From now, officials and employees of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will get monthly ‘risk allowance’.

Bangla News

Trader stabbed dead in Jashore

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: A trader was stabbed to death near Golpata mosque at Shankarpur of the district town on Sunday evening.

Bangla News

Four children die of unknown disease in Hathazari

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Four childrent have died of unidentified disease at Tripura Palli under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram.

Bangla News

‘Peaceful Eid celebration due to tight security’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner (DMP) Asaduzzaman Mia said no large scale crime was taken place during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation as police personnel performed their duties with professionalism.

Bangla News

Pakistan bowler Irfan records best T20 figures

Sports Desk: Pakistan seamer Mohammad Irfan recorded the most economical bowling figures in Twenty20 history - but still finished on the losing side.

Bangla News

Mymensingh road crash kills 3

Staff Correspondent, Mymensingh: At least three people were killed in separate road accidents in Kakani area of Tarakanda upazila and Kajir Shimla of Trishal upazila of the district on Sunday.

Bangla News

Khulna-4 by-polls: Salam Murshedy submits nomination paper

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: The ruling Awami League (AL) nominated businessman, also former footballer of Bangladesh National Team, Abdus Salam Murshedy has submitted nomination paper.

Bangla News

Mike decries 'abhorrent ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar on anniv

International Desk: The United States will continue to hold accountable those responsible for what he described as the “abhorrent ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday.

Bangla News

Four more medical colleges get PM's approval

Secretariat Correspondent: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved four new medical colleges and hospitals.

Bangla News

'Attackers of journalists to be brought to judgement'

Secretariat Correspondent: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that the attackers the criminals who attacked newsmen covering the recent students' movement for road safety will be brought to judgement.  

Bangla News

‘National election to be held in December-January’

Secretariat Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said that the next general elections will be held in last of December or first of January.  

Bangla News

Smart NID card distribution begins in Bhola

Bhola Correspondent: The authority has start distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards among the citizens of Bhola district.

Bangla News

Zebra Crossing on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A voluntary organization of Dohazari municipality has taken an initiative to make zebra crossing and set up road signs on the Chattogram -Cox's Bazar highway.  

Bangla News

Return hajj flights start Monday

Senior Correspondent: The return hajj flight to bring back the Bangladeshi pilgrims will begin on Monday. The return hajj flight operations will continue till September 26.

Bangla News

The place where 1980s computers still rule

Feature Desk: The return of scrunchies and shoulder pads and the popularity of throwback shows such as "Stranger Things" left you pining for the 1980s?

Bangla News

China says Trump criticism is ‘irresponsible’

International Desk: China has said it is "irresponsible" of President Trump to suggest it was not putting enough pressure on North Korea over its nuclear programme.  

Bangla News

Banks open after Eid holidays

Staff Correspondent: Government and non-government offices and banks resumed operations on Sunday after holiday marking Eid-ul-Azha.  

Bangla News

Boalkhali Thana OC Himangshu withdrawn

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boalkhali Thana Himangshu Das Rana has been withdrawn and he has been transferred to Chattogram Police Lines for filing a false case against a person.  

Bangla News

5.9-magnitude earthquake rattles western Iran

International Desk: At least two people were killed and at least 100 were injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in western Iran's Kermanshah province early Sunday, said the general directorate of Kermanshah Province, as reported by Iran's government news agency IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency).  

Bangla News

US Senator John McCain dies aged 81

International Desk: Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81.  

Bangla News

Khaleda Zia mentally very strong: Fakhrul

Staff Correspondent: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that although the party chairperson Khaleda Zia is physically sick, she is mentally very strong.

Bangla News

Pakistan bans 1st class air travel for MP-Ministers

International Desk: Pakistan's new government has banned the discretionary use of state funds and first-class air travel by officials and leaders, including the president and the prime minister, as part of its austerity drive, reports NDTV.

Bangla News

Man arrested for allegedly student abduction

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly abducting his one of students.

Bangla News

FIFA bans Palestine football chief over Messi comments

Sports Desk: The president of the Palestinian Football Association has been banned by FIFA after he urged fans to burn Lionel Messi shirts and pictures earlier this year.

Bangla News

10 killed as bus rams Leguna in Natore

Natore Correspondent: At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus rammed a human-hauler, popularly known as Leguna, at Click-Intersection on Natore-Pabna highway of the district’s Baraigram upazila on Saturday afternoon.

Bangla News

Trump has love child with ex-housekeeper

International Desk: Details of a lurid "rumour" claiming Donald Trump has a love child with his former housekeeper have been revealed after a contract preventing its publication emerged last night.

Bangla News

‘Misleading info being spread over rawhide price’

Economic Correspondent: Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) alleged that media are spreading misleading information over the price of sacrificial animal rawhide.

Bangla News

Aug 21 verdict likely to be prescribed: Rizvi

Senior Reporter:  BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that a politically prescribed verdict will be given in the August 21 grenade attack case.  

Bangla News

Extremist leader found dead in Chuadanga

Chuadanga Correspondent: Police have found the bullet-riddled body of a man in Chalavora field area under Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

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Man, grandson killed in Rajshahi road crash

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: A man and his grandson were killed and two others were injured as an auto-rickshaw overturned in Katakhali area of the city on Saturday morning.  

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Fire kills 18 at resort hotel in China

International Desk: At least 18 people were killed in a fire at a resort hotel in China's northeastern city of Harbin early Saturday, the local government said.  

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No alcohol safe to drink, global study confirms

Risingbd Desk: Bad news for those who enjoy what they think is a healthy glass of wine a day.  

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US to cut $200m aid to Gaza and West Bank

International Desk: US President Donald Trump has ordered more than $200m (£155m) in economic aid which was to be allocated to Gaza and the West Bank be redirected elsewhere.  

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Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route halted

Staff Correspondent: Ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari river route has been suspended due to lack of navigability.

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People returning to Dhaka after Eid vacation

Staff Correspondent: Holidaymakers have started returning back to the Dhaka after celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha with their families at village homes.

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Two killed in Cumilla road crash

Cumilla Correspondent: At least two people were killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Jinglatoli and Raypur areas of Daudkandi upazila of the district on Saturday morning.

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Ireland's match against Afghanistan abandoned

Sports Desk: The third Twenty20 international between Ireland and Afghanistan at Bready has been abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch.

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One year on, Rohingyas remain trapped in dire conditions

Desk Report: One year since more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees were forced to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh, the denial of their legal status coupled with unacceptable living conditions in makeshift camps trap refugees in a cycle of suffering.

Bangla News

Trump calls off Pompeo's North Korea trip

International Desk: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be travelling to North Korea in the immediate future after Donald Trump asked him to call off a planned trip.

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Asian Games Football: North Korea beat Bangladesh

Sports Desk: North Korea beat Bangladesh by 3-1 goals in the Round of 16 of the Asian Games football at Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Bekasi, West Java in Indonesia on Friday.

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6 killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw

Feni Correspondent: At least six people including two women were killed and two others injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Lemua area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni on Friday afternoon.  

Bangla News

Why does Cristiano Ronaldo wear the No.7 shirt?

Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo has become synonymous with the iconic No.7 shirt, first wearing the number in his Manchester United days and continuing the tradition during his time at Real Madrid and, now, Juventus.

Bangla News

‘Nothing to do if BNP skips election’

Noakhali Correspondent: Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said, “The government want an election with participation of all political parties. What we (government) have to do if BNP itself does not participate?”

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‘Democracy does not match with BNP’

Kushtia Correspondent: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said BNP is a party that does not adopt democracy.

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Housewife beaten to death in N’ganj, husband arrested

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her addicted husband at Chowdhurybari Shantinagar under Siddhirganj upazila in Narayanganj on Friday morning.

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Holidaymakers start returning to Dhaka

Staff Correspondent: The city's bus, train and launch terminals looked busy on Friday as Eid holidaymakers started returning to Dhaka from their village homes.

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Price of green chilli falls as supply improves

Staff Correspondent: Price of green chili has come down because of steady supply at the city's kitchen markets.

Bangla News

Zidane wants to replace Jose Mourinho at Man Utd

Sports Desk: Zinedine Zidane has told friends that he expects to be offered the Manchester United job if Jose Mourinho is sacked.

Bangla News

Drug trader killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in front of Power Development Board (PDB) office in Teknaf early Friday.

Bangla News

2 more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi

Staff Correspondent: Two more Bangladeshi pilgrims, who went to perform holy hajj in Saudi Arabia, died on Thursday.

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9 Jamaat-Shibir men among 64 held

Bagerhat Correspondent: Police in a special drive detained 64 people, including nine leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, across Bagerhat on Thursday night.

Bangla News

Scott Morrison to replace Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull

International Desk: Former treasurer Scott Morrison looks set to become Australia's sixth prime minister in just over ten years, following a leadership vote on Friday which ended a week of chaos in the country's capital.

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Woman hangs herself to death after stabbing woman

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A woman committed suicide after stabbing her house-owner’s wife in Baluchora area under Bayazid Bostami thana in Chattogram on Thursday night.

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US attorney general hits back at Trump

International Desk: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has responded to Donald Trump's latest attack on him by insisting that the justice department he heads will not bend to political pressure.

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War-wounded, martyred FF family to get tax-free facility of car

KMA Hasnat: The government has taken a decision to provide families of war-wounded and martyred freedom fighters' tax exemption facility for car.

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Stock market would 'crash' if I'm impeached: Trump

International Desk: In the wake of the jury conviction of Paul Manafort and the guilty plea by Michael Cohen, there has been increasing chatter about the possibility of President Trump’s impeachment.

Bangla News

BNP vows to resist lopsided election

Senior Correspondent: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has vowed to resist one-sided election.

Bangla News

Kohli regains top spot in ICC Test rankings

Sports Desk: Following a superlative show with the bat in the third Test against England, Virat Kohli has reclaimed the No.1 spot on the ICC rankings charts that he lost to Steve Smith after India's defeat at Lord's in the second Test.

Bangla News

Two killed in Paris knife attack

International Desk: Two people were killed and one seriously wounded in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the French capital.

Bangla News

Hurricane Lane heading for Hawaii in US

International Desk: Hawaii Gov. David Ige urged residents Wednesday to prepare weeks' worth of supplies ahead of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could make landfall in the islands in the coming days.

Bangla News

Priyanka’s wedding bells were predicted 13 years ago?

Entertainment Desk: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas confirmed their engagement after their roka ceremony took place at her Mumbai bungalow in the presence of their families. Nick Jonas’ parents had also come to India for the puja and roka ceremony.

Bangla News

‘DNCC removes waste on declared time’

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Jamal Mostafa said that waste of sacrificial animals was removed from his city the scheduled time of 24 hours.”

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90pc waste of sacrificial animals removed in DSCC

Staff Correspondent: About 90 percent waste of sacrificial animals has been removed from Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area, claimed Mayor Sayeed Khokon.  

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Trump insists hush money payments were legal

International Desk: US President Donald Trump has insisted that payments to two women who say he had affairs with them did not break election campaign rules.

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69 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi

Staff Correspondent: Some 69 Bangladeshi pilgrims, who went to Saudi Arabia for performing hajj this year, have so far died in Saudi Arabia.

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Traders reluctant to buy rawhide in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: People in Chattagram town and district could not sell the rawhide of their sacrificial animals.

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Ronaldo 'dreams' of son becoming a footballer

Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he 'dreams' of seeing his son, Cristiano Jnr, become a football player when he's older but has insisted that he won't pressure him to do so.

Bangla News

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passes away

International Desk: Veteran Indian journalist and author Kuldeep Nayar died at a hospital in New Delhi. He was 95, his family confirmed on Thursday.

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India name teenager Prithvi Shaw in squad

Sports Desk: Teenage batting prodigy Prithvi Shaw has been added to India's squad for the final two Tests against England.

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Two killed in Cumilla road crash

Cumilla Correspondent: Two people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Nazirabazar area under Burichang upazila of the district on Wednesday night.

Bangla News

Animal sacrifice continues on 2nd day of Eid

Staff Correspondent: The sacrifice of animals is continuing on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha in city on Thursday.

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Zazai, spinners rout Ireland to claim T20I series

Sports Desk: Hazratullah Zazai scored a second successive half-century and then Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman ran riot as Afghanistan inflicted an 81-run defeat on Ireland in the second T20I and sealed the series with a game to spare.

Bangla News

Xiaomi phone threatens a price war

Desk Report: Xiaomi has unveiled a smartphone with high-end features and a budget price, under a new brand.

Bangla News

Australian Muslims pray for rain at Eid

International Desk: About 30,000 Australian Muslims gathered in Sydney on Tuesday to pray for an end to what's been called the worst drought in living memory.

Bangla News

Govt. steps made Eid journey hazardless, says PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken all necessary measures so that people can travel to their village home to celebrate holy Eid-ul-Azha with their kith and kin.

Bangla News

People still leaving capital

Senior Correspondent: Home-bound people are still leaving Dhaka on Wednesday, one day after Eid, to enjoy vacation with their nearest and dearest ones.

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6 relatives meet Khaleda at jail

Staff Correspondent: Six members of Khaleda Zia met her at Old Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road of old parts of the capital city on Eid day Wednesday.

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Tough vigilance in Jashore border to prevent rawhide smuggling

Staff Correspondent, Jashore: Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) heightened security measures in order to prevent smuggling of rawhide of sacrificial animals to India through Benapole border area in Jessore.

Bangla News

BNP leaders couldn’t meet Khaleda on Eid day

Senior Correspondent: BNP leaders could not meet their party chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the Eid day on Wednesday.

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Taliban to attend Afghan peace talks in Moscow

International Desk: Representatives of the Afghan Taliban plan to take part in peace talks in Moscow next month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Bangla News

DNCC starts removing waste of sacrificial animals

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) authority has started removing waste of sacrificial animals at 2:00pm on Wednesday to implement their pre-announced programme to remove the wastage.

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Israel, U.S. will be targeted if Washington attacks: Iran

International Desk: A senior Iranian cleric warned Washington on Wednesday that if it attacked Iran, the United States and allied Israel would be targeted, as a war of words escalated after the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran.

Bangla News

PM exchanges Eid greetings at Ganobhaban

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday exchanged greetings with people from different walks of life, including party leaders and workers, judges and foreign diplomats, at her official residence Ganobhaban on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangla News

Bangladesh beat Kazakhstan in Asian Games

Sports Desk: Bangladesh men’s hockey team secured their consecutive second win against Kazakhastan by 6-1 following the first win against Oman in the Pool-B match at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey Ground in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Bangla News

4 killed in Mumbai highrise fire

International Desk: Four people were killed and 16 injured in a major fire at the Crystal Tower residential apartments near Hindmata Cinema in Mumbai’s Parel area on Wednesday, an official at the KEM hospital said.

Bangla News

Eid greetings of US Ambassador, British High Commissioner

Staff Correspondent: US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake conveyed greetings to the countrymen for Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims.

Bangla News

Five Eid jamaats held at Baitul Mukarram

Staff Correspondent: A total of five Eid jamaat (congregation) were held at the national mosque Baitul Mukarram on Wednesday.

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Hotline 09611000999 introduced for waste management

Desk Report: The Dhaka south and north city corporations have jointly introduced hotline 09611000999 aimed at cleaning waste of sacrificial animals within 24 hours.

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Eid jamaat held at Sholakia with unprecedented security

Kishoreganj Correspondent: The largest Eid-ul-Azha jamaat (congregation) of the country has been held on the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan peacefully with unprecedented security. It was 191th Eid jamaat at the Eidgah.

Bangla News

President offers Eid-ul-Azha prayers at National Eidgah

Desk Report: President M Abdul Hamid offered his Eid-ul-Azha prayers along with hundreds of people from all walks of life at the National Eidgah in the capital on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

Easy-bike driver killed in Gopalganj

Gopalganj Correspondent: A driver of battery-run three-wheelers, popularly known as easy-bike, has been killed by muggers as he was fell in water after tying up his hands-legs and mouth at Muksudpur in the district.

Bangla News

Tank blast burns 9 at Pallabi in capital

Staff Correspondent: Nine people were burnt in a fire triggered by an ‘explosion’ at a water reserve tank in the capital's Pallabi on Tuesday night.  

Bangla News

Main jamaat held at National Eidgah

Senior Correspondent: The main Eid-ul-Azha jamaat (congregation) was held at National Eidgah in the capital at 8:00am on Wednesday.

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Eid-ul-Azha being celebrated with festivity, religious fervour

Desk Report: Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, is being celebrated across the country today (Wednesday) with due solemnity and religious fervour.

Bangla News

Muslims set to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha

Desk Report: Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Actress Nawshaba freed from jail

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed has been freed from Gazipur’s Kashimpur jail after she had secured bail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangla News

UP chairman dies after Juba League leader punches

Cumilla Correspondent: A Union Parishad (UP) Chairman has died after a local Juba League leader allegedly punched him over distributing Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice at Daudkandi Upazila in Cumilla.

Bangla News

Rockets fired at Afghan presidential palace

International Desk: The Taliban have fired a pair of rockets towards the presidential palace in Kabul during a live broadcast by Ashraf Ghani to mark the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, police have said.

Bangla News

Actress Nawshaba secures bail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted bail to actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.

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Ten quota-reform activists released from jail

Staff Correspondent: Ten leaders and activists of the quota reform movement, all accused in cases filed with Shahbagh Police Station, have been released from jail.

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Tk 23 lakh looted from bank at gun point

Staff Correspondent: A ring leader allegedly looted nearly Tk 23 lakh at gun point from a branch of Premier Bank at Link Road of the capital’s Badda area on Monday afternoon.

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Timing of Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh: Suu Kyi

International Desk: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it is difficult to put a time frame on the return to Rakhine state of ethnic Muslim Rohingya because her nation needs the cooperation of the country to where they fled, Bangladesh.

Bangla News

11 killed by flash flood in Italy

International Desk: A flash flood in a gorge in the southern Italian region of Calabria has killed at least 11 hikers, rescue workers said.

Bangla News

3 killed as bus plunges into Gopalganj ditch

Gopalganj Correspondent: Three people were killed and 35 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Chagolchira area under Muksudpur upazila of the district on Tuesday noon.

Bangla News

Khaleda, Tarique directly involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today accused again the then BNP government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that there is no doubt that Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were directly involved in the carnage.

Bangla News

Eid being celebrated in several districts

Risingbd Desk: The people of Laksmipur, Khulna, Chattogram and some other districts are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha on Tuesday in line with the “schedule of Saudi Arabia”.

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Rain likely on Eid day

Staff Correspondent: Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at country's different places in the morning on the day of Eid-ul-Azha tomorrow while it may intensify in the afternoon.

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ISIL claims attacks on security forces in Russia

International Desk: A series of coordinated attacks against security forces hit Russia's volatile autonomous republic of Chechnya on Monday with authorities claiming to have killed at least five assailants - all of them children.

Bangla News

Mother, daughter found dead in Bogura

Staff Correspondent, Bogura: A woman and her daughter were found dead at their residence in Tinpotti area of Borogola in the district town Tuesday morning.

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Eid jamaat timings in capital

Staff Correspondent: Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest Muslim religious festival, will be observed on Wednesday in most places across Bangladesh. Devotees will attend Eid prayers in the morning before setting off the day's celebrations.  

Bangla News

President to exchange greetings on Eid day

Risingbd Desk: President M Abdul Hamid will exchange greetings with a cross section of people at Bangabhaban on Wednesday, on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims.

Bangla News

Two brothers killed in Gopalganj road crash

Gopalganj Correspondent: Two brothers were killed as a private car plunged into roadside ditch in Sharifpara of Gopinathpur under Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

Mani to take over as PCB boss after Sethi resigns

Sports Desk: Ehsan Mani, a former President of the International Cricket Council (ICC), was on Monday nominated to the post Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) just hours after Najam Sethi stepped down from the coveted position.

Bangla News

August 21 Grenade Attack: 14th anniversary today

Risingbd Desk: The 14th anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally is being observed with various programmes in a somber mood today.

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Banks near cattle markets to remain open today

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank asked all banks to remain open its branches adjoining to cattle markets in the Dhaka city area on Tuesday to ensure smooth transactions.

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PM presents sacrificial cow to Jamalpur hijra community

Desk Report: The hijra (transgender) community of Jamalpur has gotten a sacrificial cow of Taka one lakh after they sent a short message service (SMS) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangla News

Eight killed in bus-laguna collision

Narsingdi Correspondent: Eight people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human-hauler at Darikandi village on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Belabo upazila on Monday night.  

Bangla News

Quota, safe road movement: 34 get bail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted bail to 34 students who were arrested in cases filed over quota reformation and safe road movements.

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Nawshaba denied bail, sent to jail

Staff Correspondent: Rejecting her bail petition, a Dhaka court on Monday sent actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.

Bangla News

Huge rush at Sadarghat launch terminal

Staff Correspondent: The Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, is set to celebrate across the country on Wednesday, a day just to reach.

Bangla News

Cabinet secretary hints for age extension of govt job entry

Senior Correspondent: Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam on Monday hinted for extension of age limit for government job entry.

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Law and order situation satisfactory: Home Minister

Staff Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has expressed his satisfaction over the law and order situation prevails across the country.

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Truck-microbus collision kills 5 of a family among 6

Laxmipur Correspondent: Six people including five of a family were killed and seven others were injured in a head-on collision between a cattle-laden truck and a microbus in front of Sultana Fueling Station on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Muhuriganj in Feni early Monday.

Bangla News

PM receives two UNICEF awards

Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage.

Bangla News

Covered van runs over 2 girls

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Two girls were killed and three others were injured as a covered van ran over them at Konabari on Dhaka-Tangail highway under Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) area on Monday noon.

Bangla News

Tanners getting Tk 600cr loan for rawhide purchase

Economic Correspondent: Four state-owned banks are giving 42 leather traders Tk 600 crore loan to purchase rawhides of sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha.

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CNG stations to remain open 24 hrs 8 days

Secretariat Correspondent: CNG filling stations across the country will remain open round-the-clock for four days each before and after the Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangla News

2 killed in Khulna oil depot fire

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: At least two were burnt to death and 20 others injured in a fire at Meghna oil depot in Khalishpur area on Monday.

Bangla News

2 drug traders killed in Feni ‘gunfight’

Feni Correspondent:  Two suspected drug traders were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB in Feni Sadar upazila’s BSCIC area on Sunday midnight.  

Bangla News

6 killed in truck-microbus collision in Feni

Feni Correspondent: At least six people, including two minors, were killed and six others sustained critical injuries in a head-on collision between a truck carrying cows and a microbus on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Muhuriganj in Chhagalnaiya upazila early monday.

Bangla News

Bale scores as Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-0

Sports Desk: Gareth Bale scored as Real Madrid started La Liga life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with a comfortable win over Getafe.

Bangla News

Hajj begins, slaughtering tomorrow in Saudi Arabia

Risingbd Desk: More than two million Muslims from around the globe on Monday will climb Mount Arafat for the climax of the hajj, praying and reading the Koran.

Bangla News

Only prayer mats allowed at Eidgah: Police

Staff Correspondent: Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary, Inspector General of Police has asked the city dwellers to bring only the prayer mats (Janamaz) at the Eid jamaat to be held in city’s different places on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangla News

Holidaymakers leaving city, pressure on launch increases

Staff Correspondent: Launch terminals in the capital witnessed a huge rush of home-goers on Sunday as thousands of people set out for their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangla News

Bangladesh makes new history in Asian Games

Sports Desk: Bangladesh Under-23 football team beat Qatar by 1-0 goal in the Asian Games making a new history at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in West Java, Indonesia on Sunday.

Bangla News

JS goes into its 22nd session on Sep 9

Secretariat Correspondent: The 22nd session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on Sunday afternoon (September 9).

Bangla News

Khulna hawker gets new car after buying Marcel fridge

Economic Reporter: A door-to-door salesman of vegetables in Khulna got a brand-new car after buying a Marcel brand refrigerator and registering it under the ongoing ‘Eid Mega Digital Campaign’. Iqramul Sarder, the hawker, is the second lucky customer who received new car after Roksana Khatun, a housewife in Meherpur, earlier this month.

Bangla News

Biman’s first Dreamliner ‘Akashbina’ arrives today

Staff Correspondent: Akashbina, a brand new Boeing Dreamliner 777-8s aircraft joined the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today.

Bangla News

Johnson retires from all forms of cricket

Sports Desk: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has confirmed he is retiring from all forms of cricket with his body "starting to shut down" and will not continue on the T20 circuit.

Bangla News

Eid journey to be comfortable this time: Quader

Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the conditions of roads are better now than past time.

Bangla News

5 to die for killing man in Natore

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: A court in Natore sentenced five people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Singra upazila in 2004.

Bangla News

Priyanka invited only Ranveer not Deepika

Entertainment Desk: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s engagement party was a celeb-spotting extravaganza, Alia Bhatt and the Ambanis made it. Ranveer Singh was invited too but not Deepika Padukone, say reports.

Bangla News

16 pvt varsity students secure bail

Staff Correspondent: Separate courts in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to 16 private university students accused in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding safe road.

Bangla News

Multi-storey buildings to replace city slums: PM

Risingbd Desk: The existing slums in the city would be replaced by multi-storey buildings to allow the inhabitants to live in a healthy and better condition.  

Bangla News

Gigantic work begins at Rooppur for security of environment

Pabna Correspondent: Gigantic work has commenced to install the “core catcher”, a key component of nuclear power plants, for one of the two units being built for Bangladesh at Rooppur.

Bangla News

National Eidgah ready for Eid congregation

Staff Correspondent: Only two days is left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals for Muslims.  

Bangla News

All eyes on Mina as Hajj begins today

International Desk: Around 2 million pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land from outside and inside the Kingdom in preparation to set out from Makkah for Mina.

Bangla News

Rise in type 2 diabetes in young people

Risingbd Desk: The number of children and young people being treated for type 2 diabetes in England and Wales has gone up from 507 to 715 in four years, new figures show.  

Bangla News

Magnitude 8.2 quake strikes in the Pacific

International Desk: A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it was not expected to cause any damage, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.  

Bangla News

Ecuador tightens entry rules for Venezuelan migrants

International Desk: Ecuador has brought in new rules to stop Venezuelan migrants entering the country without a passport, leaving many stranded in neighbouring Colombia.  

Bangla News

Child passive smoking 'increases chronic lung risk'

International Desk: Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research.  

Bangla News

Imran Khan stumbles over Urdu words while taking oath

International Desk: Imran Khan today stumbled over some of the Urdu words and wrongly pronounced them while taking oath as Pakistan's Prime Minister.

Bangla News

India beat Bangladesh to clinch maiden title

Sports Desk: A solitary second half strike by Sunita Munda helped the Indian U-15 women's national team down Bangladesh in the final of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship at the floodlit Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, on Saturday evening.  

Bangla News

Passenger pressure on the rise at bus counters

Staff Correspondent: Bus counters are witnessing a huge pressure of passengers bound for Chattogram, Cumilla, Feni, Noakhali from Dhaka on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha. Employees working at the bus counters at Sayedabad bus terminal said passenger pressure is likely to mount at the counters from tomorrow.

Bangla News

Biman getting much-coveted Dreamliner

Staff Correspondent: National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to enter a new era as its first Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 is set to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday afternoon.

Bangla News

Priyanka-Nick announce engagement

Entertainment Desk: Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas officially announced their engagement after a pooja ceremony held at the actor's residence here, ending months of speculation about their relationship. Both Priyanka and her beau declared their love for each other on their Instagram pages after the ceremony.

Bangla News

Griezmann has powerful case to win Ballon d'Or

Sports Desk: Winning the European Super Cup was an indication that Antoine Griezmann took the right decision in believing that he is on the right road withAtletico Madrid to winning the Ballon d'Or.

Bangla News

Bomb that killed 40 kids in Yemen made in US

International Desk: The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in an attack on a school bus that killed 40 children in Yemen last week was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

Bangla News

Bangladesh enters LNG era

Secretariat Correspondent: Bangladesh is set to entre liquified natural gas (LNG) era through supplying imported LNG to the national grid on Saturday.

Bangla News

RAB to ensure special security for Eid

Staff Correspondent: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken a two-week special security measures for peaceful celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

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Kofi Annan dies aged 80

International Desk: Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, has died aged 80, international diplomats say.

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Eid special launch service from Sunday

Staff Correspondent: Special launch service will begin on Sunday (August 19) on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslim community.

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Worker killed in Tejgaon road crash

Staff Correspondent: A construction worker was killed and another injured as a microbus crashed into a road divider in Tejgaon area in the capital on Saturday morning.

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Century’s worst flood leaves 324 people dead in Kerala

International Desk: The century’s worst rains and flood left 324 people dead in the last nine days with 106 being killed yesterday in India's southern state of Kerala, the office of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday.  

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BRAC university student drowns in Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: A student of BRAC University drowned while taking sea-bath with friends in Laboni Point of Bay near Cox’s Bazar Beach Saturday.

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RAB detains DB SI with huge yaba in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a drive, detained a Sub-Inspector (SI) of detective branch police with 30,000 pieces of yaba on Saturday morning.

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Gold worth Tk30 lakh seized in Dhaka Airport

Staff Correspondent: Customs officials detained a passenger along with six gold bars, worth Tk30 lakh, from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday afternoon.

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6 killed in Khagrachari factional clash

Staff Correspondent: At least six people were killed in a clash between two groups in Khagrachari sadar upazila on Saturday morning.  

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Imran Khan sworn in as Pakistan PM

International Desk: Former cricketer Imran Khan has been sworn-in as the new prime minister of Pakistan, more than two decades after he entered politics.

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5-km tailback on Cumilla highway

Cumilla Correspondent: Hundreds of passengers were suffering as a 5-kilometre long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Saturday morning due to heavy pressure of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.  

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Bangladesh A get T20s victory against Ireland

Sports Desk:  Bangladesh A settled the three-match unofficial Twenty20 series victory 2-1 against host Ireland A after having a six-wicket win in the third game at Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin on Friday.    

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Student stabbed dead in Chattogram

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram: A schoolboy named Imteaz Hasan Mahin, 14 was stabbed to death by a shop worker in the port city.  

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US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military

International Desk: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units for involvement in what it called "ethnic cleansing" and other human rights abuses against the country's Rohingya Muslims, the treasury department said.  

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PMO issues a set of directives to ensure road safety

Desk Report: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a set of directives asking the authorities concerned to take up different measures including keeping doors of the running buses always closed and stopping getting in and down of passengers without stoppage to ensure road safety in the capital.

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Scarlett tops list of highest-paid female film stars

Entertainment Desk: Scarlett Johansson has been named as the world’s highest-paid female actor after earning $40.5m (£31.2m) in the year to June 2018.

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Imran Khan confirmed as Pakistan PM

International Desk: Former cricket star Imran Khan has been elected prime minister of Pakistan in a vote at the country's National Assembly.

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Best services are being provided: Railways Minister

Staff Correspondent: Railways Minister Mujibul Haque said the best services are being provided to the passengers to ensure smooth and secured Eid journey.

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Gazipur blockade called off, vehicular movement resumes

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway has resumed as garment workers ended their blockade at Hotapara in the district after getting assurances from the authorities.

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Woman found dead, husband bloodstained, children unconscious

Staff Correspondent: A woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at the capital’s Golapbag area on Friday.

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Faria remanded in rumour case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court placed small entrepreneur Faria Mahjabin on a three-day remand in a case filed for inciting recent student protests through rumour on Facebook.

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Why govt not quit power, Fakhrul questions

Senior Correspondent: Referring to Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s comment on a conspiracy like 1/11, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the ruling party is the most beneficiary of the 1/11 political changeover.

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Forester officials, villagers clash kills 1 in Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: A man was killed and six forest officials were injured in a clash in Chander Ghona area under Meherghona range of Eidgao union in Cox's Bazar upazila on Friday noon.

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AG to give opinion over FF quota

Staff Correspondent: The committee formed over the quota system has asked Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam for his opinion on obligation of the existing 30 percent quota for the Freedom Fighters (FF) in the civil service.

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Garment workers block highway in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Agitating garment workers in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Friday demanding their salaries ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

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4 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Staff Correspondent: Four Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims, including a woman, have so far died during their hajj in Saudi Arabia.

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Pak batsman banned for 10 years over spot-fixing

Sports Desk: Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for ten years after an independent anti-corruption tribunal found him guilty of five of the seven breaches of the PCB's anti-corruption code he had been charged on.

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6-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

Cumilla Correspondent: A 6-km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway from Daudkandi Meghna-Gumti Bridge toll plaza of Cumilla on Friday, causing immense sufferings to the people.

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Eid journey: Take steps to ensure safe return

Eid-ul-Azha is knocking at the door. Thousands of people are leaving the capital to celebrate the Eid with their nearest and dearest ones.

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Woman held for ‘spreading rumour on Facebook’

Staff Correspondent: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a woman for spreading rumour on social networking site Facebook to instigate the recent student movement for road safety.  

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Passengers suffer for bus schedule collapse

Staff Correspondent:  Eid holidaymakers are facing sufferings as bus schedules have collapsed because of heavy traffic congestion on the highways.  

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9 planes grounded by bomb threats in South America

International Desk: Nine planes were forced to make emergency changes to their routes within Chilean, Argentine and Peruvian airspace on Thursday because of bomb threats issued to Chile’s civil aviation authority, its director general told journalists.

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Aug 17 series blast: 334 militants get punishment

Staff Correspondent: At least 334 militants of banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have got punishment in the cases filed for August 17 bomb blasts incidents across the country 13 years ago.

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Earliest galaxies found ‘on our cosmic doorstep’

International Desk: Some of the earliest galaxies to form in the Universe are sitting on our cosmic doorstep, according to a study.  

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US military parade ordered by Trump postponed 'to 2019'

International Desk: US defence officials have postponed a planned Veterans Day weekend military parade through the streets of Washington DC until at least 2019.  

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Bangladesh won’t see killers reign again: PM

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed her firm optimism against the return of killers reign saying the people of Bangladesh would not let the nation plunged into their grasp ever in future.

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Bangladesh girls reach SAFF final beating Bhutan 5-0

Sports Desk: Defending champions Bangladesh reached the final of the six-nation 2nd SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship beating hosts Bhutan 5-0 in the semifinals at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu of Bhutan on Thursday evening.

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2936 spots fixed for slaughtering sacrificial animals

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has fixed 2,936 spots in 11 city corporations of the country for slaughtering sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha to expedite the disposal of waste, blood and leftovers after the slaughters.

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Golam Sarwar laid to eternal rest

Staff Correspondent: Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar, also the prominent journalist of the country, was laid to eternal rest in the city on Thursday.

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Quota movement: Luma on 3-day remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday granted a three-day remand of an Eden College student in a case filed under Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) Act.

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Court rejects bail of 12 pvt varsity students

Staff Correspondent: A court in Dhaka rejected bail petitions of 12 private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the countrywide student movement demanding road safety.

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Former Indian PM Vajpayee no more

International Desk: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India and the ruling BJP stalwart, passed away on Thursday. He was 93.

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LGED engineer arrested while taking bribe

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested an LGED engineer while taking bribe.

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France top new-style FIFA rankings, Croatia 4th

Sports Desk: France have climbed to the summit of a much-changed FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking in the first edition of the global ladder since a new ranking formula took effect and Les Bleus became world champions.

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BRTC to buy 500 trucks, 100 buses

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will buy 500 trucks and 100 buses under the Second Indian Line of Credit (LOC-2). For this, a deal was signed among BRTC, TATA and VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

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80pc preparation for national polls completed: EC

Staff Correspondent: Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said 80 percent preparations for the 11th national parliamentary elections have been completed.

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PM pays tributes to Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar

Risingbd Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to veteran journalist and Daily Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee on life support

International Desk: Indian Prime Mnister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah has rushed back to the bedside of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is on life support system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi.  

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Janata Bank recruitment test cancelled

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) cancelled the written examination, held on April 21 last year, for the recruitment of executive officer of Janata Bank following the allegation of question paper leak.

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Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3

Risingbd Desk: Maritime ports in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three as the low over north bay and adjoining area has intensified into a well-marked low over Northwest Bay and adjoining West Bengal-Odisha Coast.

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Quota reform leader Sakhawat denied bail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of Sakhawat Hossain alias Roni alias Ratul, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, in a case.

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10 km tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway

Cumilla Correspondent: A 10-kilometre-long tailback was created from Meghna-Gomati Bridge toll plaza to Haripur area in Cumilla Thursday.

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We have to build exploitation-free, democratic Bangladesh

August 15 is the National Mourning Day for Bangladesh. The day is the most heartbreaking and pathetic for Bangladesh and Bengali nation.

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Rawhide traders get ready for Eid

Staff Correspondent:  Bangladesh will celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha on August 22.   Eid-ul-Azha, translated as the 'festival of sacrifice' is one of the most auspicious festivals in the Islamic calendar. It is the time when almost half of the raw animal hides processed throughout the year, is collected.  

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Eid journey: Passengers complain of high fares

Staff Correspondent: Bus operators are charging extra from passengers on their way to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in different districts, alleged passengers.

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Libyan court sentences 45 to death over 2011 killings

International Desk: A Libyan criminal court has sentenced 45 militiamen to death by firing squad for killing demonstrators in Tripoli in 2011, the justice ministry says.  

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Hundreds of shops gutted in Ctg fire

Staff Correspondent: Over hundreds shops and some jute warehouses were gutted in fire that broke out in EPZ rail gate and Cinema Palace areas of Chattogram early Thursday.  

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Body of Golam Sarwar taken at Central Shaheed Minar

Staff Correspondent: The body of eminent journalist and Dainik Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar has been kept at the Central Shaheed Minar so that people of all strata can pay last  tributes to him.

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Late goals give Atletico victory over Real

Sports Desk: Real Madrid began life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with defeat in the first ever Uefa Super Cup derby as Atletico Madrid scored twice in extra time.

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Death toll in devastating Kerala floods jumps to 67

International Desk: The death toll brought on by floods, landslides and bridge collapses in India's monsoon-hit state of Kerala has jumped to 67, according to officials.

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Three killed as bus rams CNG auto-rickshaw

Kishoreganj Correspondent: Three people were killed and three others were injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Konapara area of the district’s Kuliarchar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

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Kabul suicide bomber kills 48 in tuition centre attack

International Desk: Forty-eight people have been killed and 67 injured in a bomb explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the country's health ministry says.

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