Khaleda’s bail hearing deferred until Dec 12

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday deferred until December 12 the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust Graft Case. The court also asked the medical board formed to treat Khaleda Zia to submit a report on her health condition before within December 12...

58 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania

At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday. It said 83 people swam to shore...

1.37 lakh Bangladeshis to perform hajj next year

A total of 1.37 lakh Bangladeshis will perform hajj next year as an agreement was signed with Saudi Arabia in this regard on Wednesday. According to the agreement, all Bangladeshi pilgrims will complete their immigration process in Dhaka thanks to the Makkah Route Initiative...

Argentine central bank chief to resign

S Korean pop star and actor Cha In Ha found dead

South Korean pop star and actor Cha In Ha has been found dead at the age of 27, the third young Korean star to die in the space of two months...

PM to inaugurate Bangabandhu birth centenary countdown Jan 10

The countdown for the observance of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary will begin across the country on January 10. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the countdown centrally...

JU academic activities to resume Sunday

Academic activities at Jahangirnagar University (JU) will resume on Sunday after a closure for a month in the face of student protests demanding the removal of its vice-chancellor...

BNP leader Kaisar taken into police custody

Barrister Kaisar Kamal, Law affairs secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was taken into police custody on Wednesday evening. He was detained by police from Square Hospital area in the capital and taken to Kolabagan Police Station for interrogation...

ACC clears charge sheet against SK Sinha

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday approved a charge sheet against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, for their reported embezzlement of Tk 4 crore...

BUET students call off protest, decide to return classes

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have called off their protest demanding justice for the killing of their fellow student Abrar Fahad. The students on Wednesday afternoon ended their protest programme formally after around two months...

BAF replaces contingents in DR Congo

Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is going to replace its three contingents consisting of 320 members at United Nations Peacekeeping Mission deployed in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)...

Indian cabinet clears Citizenship Bill

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan was cleared by the Union Cabinet Wednesday morning. The Bill is expected to be taken up in Parliament next week...

Producing vermicompost makes Fatema self-reliant

One upon a time, extreme poverty forced her to steal date palm juice from others' tree to eat as she could not bear appetite. To feed children, she had to beg to collect food. Now she is self-reliant but the solvency came through her relentless fighting with poverty for long.

BCL dissolves Satkhira committee

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League, has dissolved its Satkhira district unit committee. Alongside, the unit BCL general secretary Syed Sadiqur Rahman has been expelled temporarily in connection with anti-organogram activities...

Alphabet CEO Larry Page resigns

Google’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are stepping down from their positions at the parent company Alphabet, leaving Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, to manage both Alphabet and Google under one role...

Corporal punishment on pupils: Bangladeshi Imam expelled in Italy

Kamala Haris ends bid for US presidency

PM returns home after joining COP25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home early Wednesday after joining the “Heads of State and Government Summit” of the 25th Annual Conference of Parties (COP25) at Madrid wrapping up her three-day official visit to Spain...

Old woman, housemaid found dead at Mirpur house

A 70 years old woman and a 14 years old housemaid were found dead at a house on Road 2 at Mirpur 2 in the capital on Tuesday night...

Rifat murder: HC denies bail to two accused

The High Court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of two accused in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif in Barguna...