Publishing collaborators' list starts Sunday

A day before the 49th Victory Day, the government will publish list of the people, who collaborated Pakistani occupation force during Liberation War, 1971, from Sunday. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq will reveal first phase of the list at a press conference at the ministry at 11:30am...

Zia was Moshtaque’s most trusted man: PM

“Moshtaque promoted Ziaur Rahman as the army chief as Zia was the most trusted person of Moshtaque. If Zia was not involved in the killing of Bangabandhu, why Khandaker Moshtaque made him army chief?” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said...

First volcano victim formally named by NZ police

Jute mills back into production

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore on Saturday postponed their ongoing unto-death hunger strike for three days upon assurance of fulfilling their demands. “The unto-death fast was postponed at 1:15am for three days,” said Shahana Pervin, CBA president of Platinum Jute Mills...

Rumpa’s Death: Doctors say no rape evidence found

Doctors at the Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday said they found no evidence of rape after the postmortem on the body of Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, a private university student...

Sangram editor placed on 3-day remand

Abul Asad, editor of the Jamaat-e-Islami mouthpiece ‘Daily Sangram’, has been placed on three-day remand in a case lodged under the Digital Security Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrare Mainul Islam on Saturday passed the order after police produced Abul Asad before the court seeking five-day remand against him...

Rangers concede defeat to Challengers

Rangpur Rangers conceded their second defeat in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL. In their second and 7th of the tournament, the Rangers was defeated by Chattogram Challengers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday...

Sangram editor sued under Digital Security Act

Abul Asad, editor of the Jamaat-e-Islami mouthpiece ‘Daily Sangram’, has been sued under the Digital Security Act. The case was lodged against the editor with Hatirjheel Police Station. Later, he was shown arrested in the case on Saturday and sent to court...

India’s NRC threat to Bangladesh: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India’s Assam is a threat to Bangladesh’s independence and sovereignty. “We’ve been saying from the beginning that we’re very worried over India’s NRC. We think the NRC is a threat to our independence and sovereignty,” he said...

N Korea conducts 'crucial test'

Rangers post 158-run target for Challengers

With his 78 runs off 54 balls, Mohammad Naim propeled Rangpur Rangers to place a challenging score before Chattograme Challengers in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL....

Chattogram Challengers win toss, opt to bowl

Chattogram Challengers have won the toss and elected to field first in their third match in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL. The 7th match of the tournament starts at 1:30pm (Bangladesh Time) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday...

President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. First the President and then the Prime Minister placed wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur...

Daily Sangram office vandalised; editor arrested

Leaders of Muktijuddho Mancha on Friday vandalised the office of Jamaat-e-Islami mouthpiece ‘Daily Sangram’ which described executed war criminal Abdul Quader Molla as a ‘martyr’. They gathered in front of the office around 5pm and attacked it about an hour later...

Bangladesh lauds accountability efforts at ICJ

Bangladesh has appreciated the accountability efforts at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) lodged by Gambia on crimes committed on Rohingyas allegedly with genocidal intent by Myanmar. Dhaka underscored complementarities between accountability and creation of an atmosphere conducive to sustainable repatriation...

Curfew in Meghalaya: Immigration through Tamabil border suspended

Immigration through Tamabil customs station in Gowainghat upazila here came to a sudden halt on Friday morning after a curfew was imposed in India’s Meghalaya state following escalation of tension there over the Indian National Citizenship Bil...

Telugu actor Gollapudi Maruthi Rao dies

Rajshahi Royals crush Sylhet Thunder by 8 wickets

Japan PM's Assam visit deferred amid protests over Citizenship Bill

Hasina 29th most powerful women

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ranked 29th in the World's 100 most power women listed by Forbes Magazine. The magazine said Sheikh Hasina Wajed, fourth term Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been contiuing her struggle to establish a firm democracy in the country...