War with Iran is not inevitable

Now that the U.S. has taken out Qassem Soleimani, arguably the most important military figure in the 40-year history of the Islamic Republic, conventional wisdom holds that Tehran must respond with extreme prejudice. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has promised “severe retaliation,” and his regime is putting out videos of thousands of Iranian mourners demanding vengeance...

US Soccer postpones Qatar training camp

The teens develop friendship with girls to rape

Eight members of a juvenile gang, who allegedly gang raped a teenage girl in Jashore, develop friendship with adolescents through different platforms, including Facebook, to rape, police found in investigation...

Prices of onion near Tk 200

Prices of onion has again skyrocketed at the outset of year 2020, with increase by Tk 70-80 per kilogram last three days. The key cooking ingredient's price neared double century per kg after a brief respite...

Thousands in Baghdad attend Qassem Soleimani funeral

Thousands of mourners have joined the formal funeral processions for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and six others killed in a US air strike in Iraq's capital, Baghdad...

Britain warns nationals against travel to Iraq and Iran

Britain warned its nationals to avoid all travel to Iraq, outside the Kurdistan region, and to avoid all but essential travel to Iran following the death of Qassem Soleimani...

5227 killed in road accidents in 2019: Nischa

As many as 5227 people were killed and 6953 others injured in 4702 road accidents across the country last year, Nirapad Sarak Chai said today. Besides, 198 people were killed and 347 others injured in 162 train accidents. 64 people were killed and 157 others injured in 30 waterway accidents...

State-owned jute mill workers resume work

State-owned jute mill workers in Khulna returned to factories on Saturday after five days of continuous protests halting protest that cost the government millions of taka. They resumed work following assurance of implementation of the national wage commission-2015 by January 16...

BCL celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary through different programmes today...

Trump says Soleimani responsible for terrorist plots in Delhi

US President Donald Trump has accused the slain Iranian military leader Qassam Soleimani of being responsible for terrorist plots in New Delhi...

Bangladeshis in Iraq asked to maintain caution

The Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad has requested Bangladeshi expatriates in Iraq to stay alert and maintain caution considering the current security situation in the Middle-Eastern country. In a statement on Friday, the embassy also requested Bangladeshis not to attend any gathering, rallies, and meetings...

New US air raid on Hashd commander in Iraq kills 6: Report

A fresh US air raid targeting a commander of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces killed at least six people early on Saturday, according to news reports, a day after an American drone attack killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani...

Soleimani killing: US deploying 3,000 more troops to Middle East

The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region, US officials have said...

SI sent to jail for raping teenager, video-recording acts

A court in Dhaka has ordered to send a sub-inspector of police to jail in connection with raping a woman and video-recording the act on mobile phone promising her to marry....

Iran promises to avenge US killing of Soleimani

Iran promised harsh revenge after a US air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds force and architect of its growing military influence in the Middle East...

Women directed 11% of major films in 2019

India's Muslims tell of wave of police brutality

A well-organised party a great strength for govt: PM

"A government can work successfully when there’ll be a well-organised party behind it…a well-organised party is a great strength for a government…this strength works most in developing a country, and I feel that," she said...

Sand-laden vessel capsize claims 4 lives

Four workers lost their lives as a sand-laden vessel, known as a bulkhead, sank in the Buriganga river in Fatulla of Sadar upazila of Narayanganj. Divers of Fire Service and Civil Defense also rescued two, including master of the bulkhead...

Top Iranian general killed by US in Iraq

General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, has been killed by US forces in Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president"...