Royals continue winning-streak in BBPL

61 killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast

At least 61 people were killed and dozens were wounded in an explosion at a bustling checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an ambulance service official said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks...

VP Nur sued for religious incitement

A case has been filed against Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president Nurul Haque Nur on allegation of religious incitement and propaganda...

Follow security rules at airports: PM to VIPs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked VIPs of the country to follow the security rules at airports and warned that anyone flouting the regulations will face air travel restrictions in future...

Indonesian Muslims protest China’s treatment of Uighurs

More than a thousand Muslims marched to the heavily guarded Chinese Embassy in Indonesia’s capital on Friday to protest China’s treatment of its Uighur Muslims...

Quader, Ranga elected chairman, secy gen of Jatiya Party

GM Quader and Mashiur Rahman Ranga were elected as chairman and secretary general of Jatiya Party (JaPa) respectively for next three years on Saturday. They were elected in the party’s ninth national council held at the Engineers’ Institution Bangladesh in the capital...

6 bodies found after Hawaii helicopter crash

Rescuers have found the remains of six people after a helicopter crashed at the top of a mountain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, authorities said...

PM opens HSIA’s 3rd terminal project work

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the much-awaited construction work of Taka 21,300 crore ‘Third Terminal’ of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital aimed at increasing carrying passenger and cargo capacity manifolds...

Newly-elected AL committee pays tributes to Bangabandhu

The newly-elected Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

2 killed in Sitakunda road crash

Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Faujdarhat Bypass area in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...

Resolution on Myanmar adopted at UNGA with overwhelming majority

A resolution on ‘Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’ has been adopted at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming majority of votes...

Philippines bans 2 US senators, mulls new visa rules for Americans

The Philippines has banned two U.S. lawmakers from visiting and will introduce tighter entry restrictions for U.S. citizens should Washington enforce sanctions over the detention of a top government critic, the president’s spokesman said on Friday...

AL won’t pick controversial candidates for Dhaka city polls: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that no controversial candidates will get the ruling party’s nomination in the upcoming Dhaka City elections...

Dhaka, Hanoi to work to double bilateral trade volume by 2021

Bangladesh and Vietnam want to work closely to enhance the bilateral trade volume from around $1 billion to $2 billion by 2021...

Imrul Kayes propels Challengers to thrash Dhaka

Imrul Kayes guided Chattogram Challeners with his unbeaten 54 runs to secure victory easily over Dhaka Platoon in the 21st match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL...

One dies, 10 go missing in trawler capsize

Challengers get easy target to win

Chattogram Challengers held Dhaka Platoon at 124 for 9 wickets in the 21st match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL. Dhaka Platoon played stipulated 20 overs to score 124 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Friday...

HuJI leaders plotted subversive acts in city

Six members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B), who were detained from city's Badda area, had plan to carry out destructiveness in any important establishment and major subversive acts...

Chattogram send Dhaka to bat first

Netanyahu wins landslide in primary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday scored a landslide victory in a primary race for leadership of the ruling Likud party, giving the embattled leader an important boost ahead of the country's third election in less than a year...