Azad, Riaz elected president, gen secy of DRU

Rafiqul Islam Azad and Riaz Chowdhury were elected as president and general secretary of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) for 2020 in an election held on Saturday...

AL’s Dhaka north, south get new committees

Sheikh Bazlur Rahman and SA Mannan Kachi have been elected as president and general secretary of Dhaka north unit of Awami League (AL) respectively for the next three years. Besides, Abu Ahammad Mannafi and Humayan Kabir have been elected as president and general secretary of Dhaka south unit...

Onion price dropping gradually in city markets

Onion price is gradually reducing both at wholesale and retail levels with a ‘steady’ drop in the local onion price compared to the price of non-local variety in the city markets. The imported onion price was found rapidly declining over the week in the city markets compared to the price of the local onion as most people prefer local onion...

None will be allowed to lead lavish life with illegal money: PM

Terming making money illegally ‘a disease’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today warned that her government will not allow anybody to lead a lavish life with stolen money. Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), reaffirmed to continue her government’s ongoing drive against corruption...

Ensure transparency in public, private sectors: President to CAs

President Abdul Hamid urged Charted Accountants to play a responsible role in ensuring transparency and accountability in public and private sectors. He made the call while speaking at 'South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) International Conference 2019' in Dhaka...

Ansar member shot dead in broad daylight

Unidentified miscreants shot an Ansar member to death in broad daylight in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Saturday morning. It was primarily known that former member of extremist group Hossain Ali surrendered to then Home Minister Mohammad Nasim in 1999 and joined Ansar force...

Warner becames 7th Australian in triple-ton club

'Leonardo DiCaprio paid for Amazon fires'

PM opens AL Dhaka city units' council

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated triennial council of Dhaka North and South City units of Awami League (AL) by hoisting the national flag as well as releasing pigeons and balloons at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan...

Death of Diya, Rajib: Accused to know their fate Sunday

A Dhaka court is set to determine on Sunday fate of the accused in Diya and Rajib killing case. Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, first year students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, were killed as a bus of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' ploughed through some students on Airport Road in Dhaka on July 29 in 2018...

Two BCL activists killed in 'shootout'

Two local activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were killed in a reported gunfight with police in By-pass area of Satkhira district town early Saturday. Deceased Dwip, 22, was a resident of Munjitpur area of the town and Saiful Islam, 28, of Saihati village in Kaliganj upazila. They lived in a rented house in Munjitpur area. Police claimed the deceased were snatchers...

Water transport workers' strike on

The indefinite strike enforced by water transport workers began across the country on the wee hours of Saturday to press home their 11-point demand. Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation called the strike on Friday, reports UNB. The workers’ demand include hiking wages, providing risk allowance, stopping extortion, and ensuring clean water and food...

London Bridge attacker had terror conviction

The man who carried out Friday's stabbing attack at London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on licence at the time of the attack, in which a man and a woman were killed and three others were injured. Khan was shot dead by officers after members of the public restrained him...

3 BNP leaders held from Jatiya Press Club

Police have arrested three BNP leaders while going out from Jatiya Press Club after a programme. They arrested around 12:30pm, confirmed Shahbagh Police Station officer in-charge Abul Hasan. The leaders are BNP training affairs secretary ABM Mosharraf Hossain, advocate Alam and advocate Touhid...

Vegetable prices decline; onion still high

Prices of some winter vegetables have started declining in the capital's kitchen markets because of increase in supply. Supply of cauliflower, cabbage, radish, turnip, bean, spinach etc. marked a sharp rise. Prices of bean has dropped by about half while ripe tomatoes decreased by Tk 30 per kilogram...

PM flies to Madrid Sunday morning

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Madrid, Spain on Sunday morning to attend the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) to be held from December 2-13 under the UN framework convention on climate change...

Iraqi forces kill 45 protesters after Iranian consulate torched

Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the Tehran-backed authorities...

Trump makes first Afghan

President Donald Trump has made an unannounced visit to American troops in Afghanistan and said the US and the Taliban have been engaged in talks. "The Taliban wants to make a deal," Mr Trump told troops at Bagram airbase on his first trip to the country, where he also met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani...

Maldives ex-president sentenced to 5 years for money laundering

Former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering on Thursday - as dozens of his supporters gathered outside the courtroom saying his was innocent...

Instagram and Facebook are down

Instagram and Facebook both appear to be suffering major outages, with thousands of app users claiming they are unable to refresh their feeds or upload photos or videos...