500 BNP men sued over clash in front of SC

A case has been lodged against unidentified around 500 leaders and activists of BNP over vandalizing vehicles and attacking police in front of the High Court demanding the party chief Begum Khaleda Zia. Police filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on Tuesday night, confirmed officer in-charge (OC) Abul Hasan...

Formulate policy to curb air pollution: HC

The High Court (HC) today ordered formation a high-powered committee led by the environment secretary to formulate policy for curbing air pollution in the capital. The court asked for including chief executive officers of the two Dhaka city corporations, managing director of Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (WASA)...

‘My father came from Bangladesh’: Tripura CM Biplab on NRC

A video clip of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has gone viral on social media, where he is purportedly seen saying the National Register of Citizens (NRC) revision in his state would cost him his Chief Ministership...

Uber aims to decongest Dhaka with UberPOOL launch

Uber, the world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, marked 3 years of operations in Bangladesh by launching the much awaited ‘UberPOOL’ in Dhaka. With millions of trips completed in the past 3 years...

Padma Bridge’s 17th span installed

The 17th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Tuesday afternoon, making 2.55 km of the bridge out of 6.15-km visible. The installation work of the 17th span (4-D) started at 10 am and was successfully installed on pillar number 28 and 29 around 2:15 pm...

BNP, police chase, counter-chase in front of SC

A chase and counter-chase have occurred among BNP leaders and activists and police in front of the Supreme Court (SC). The incident took place around 2:00pm. Earlier around 1:30pm, BNP leaders and activists took position there demanding release of the party chairman Khaleda Zia from jail...

Climate literacy in Bangladesh: In search of an impeccable framework

Climate literacy in school level should be the utmost priority of education system of a State. Not because the STEM skills’ ruling demand in job sectors (science, technology, engineering, math) but today’s generation will be suffering and managing futuristic climatic hazards...

Myanmar may have chemical weapons stockpile: US

Myanmar is in breach of a global convention banning chemical weapons and may have a stockpile left over from the 1980s, the United States said on Monday...

Holey Artisan attack: State seeks death against 8 accused

Golam Sarwar Khan Zakir, lawyer for prosecution, said they hope death penalty against eight accused in the heinous Holey Artisan Cafe attack case as the accused's guilt has been proved. Lawyer Mohammad Delwar Hossain for defese, however, said they hope justice to their clients as they could prove them not guilty...

Architect-poet Rabiul no more

Renowned poet and architect Rabiul Husain died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Tuesday morning. He was 76. He was suffering from blood-related ailment. He was taken to Coronary Care unit of the hospital on Monday after his health condition deteriorated...

82-year-old female bodybuilder beats up burglar

Bus-pickup collision claims 3 lives

Bhanga Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Ataur Rahman said a bus of Madaripur bound 'Chandra Paribahan' collided head-on with a pickup van came from opposite direction in East Shadardi area on the Dhaka-Barishal highway around 8:30am, leaving two dead on the spot and 11 injured...

Rape, murder cases made Delhi 'Crime Capital'

The national capital in one year has witnessed an around five per cent rise in the incidents of murder and rape till November 15, the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data suggested. According to the data, the city police recorded 459 cases of murder till November 15 this year which were 439 in 2018 during the same period...

Fire guts 35 shops in Khulna

Uber loses licence to operate in London

Uber has been stripped of its licence to operate in London over safety breaches, Transport for London has confirmed. TfL said the company had not been granted a new licence to operate in the capital after ‘several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk’ were identified...

ACC prosecutes 7 for embezzling Tk 9.15cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against four doctors and three businessmen over the embezzlement of Tk 9.15 crore from Chittagong 250-Bed General Hospital...

Over 9.67-lakh tonnes onion yield expected in Rajshahi Div

Farmers and agriculturists expect production of more than 9.67 lakh tonnes of onion from 79,985 hectares of land in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current rabi season. They also hoped that the advanced variety of onion, cultivated on around 4,060 hectares of land...

The man behind China’s detention of 1 million Muslims

After bloody race riots rocked China’s far west a decade ago, the ruling Communist Party turned to a rare figure in their ranks to restore order: a Han Chinese official fluent in Uighur, the language of the local Turkic Muslim minority...

K-Pop artist Goo Hara found dead at home

South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara has been found dead at her home in Seoul, police say. The 28-year-old is best known as a former member of the K-Pop group Kara, which she joined in 2008...

Dhaka again ranks worst in Air Quality Index

Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. Dhaka had a score of 242 at 8am, which means the air quality was ‘very unhealthy’. India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar occupied the next three slots with scores of 211, 198 and 198 respectively...