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...

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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...

9 BUET students expelled from halls for lifetime

The authorities of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have expelled nine students for lifetime from its dormitories for ragging their juniors. BUET’s Directorate of Students’ Welfare director and Board of Residence and Discipline member secretary Mizanur Rahman said this...

Onion prices still beyond control: Minister

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Thursday said onion prices still remain beyond control due to inadequate import and lack of stock. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after attending the annual research review workshop at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute here...

PM opens four development schemes

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated four development projects including installation of solar panels in the remote areas of Parbatya Chattogram, five new ships, one mobile research vessel and four-tier national data centre...

BNP leaders Hafiz, Khokon among 3 get bail

BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon and former general secretary of Hawkers’ Dal Maqbul Hossain have secured bail in a case filed over attack on police and vandalising vehicles...

Ex-OC Moazzem jailed for 8 years

A Dhaka court has sentenced former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain to eight years in jail for spreading a video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal Judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain on Thursday passed the order...