PM greets freedom fighters on Victory Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday greeted all valiant freedom fighters of the country on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Fijians told to seek shelter as super cyclone bears down

Fijians living in the path of an approaching super cyclone were told to hunker down at home or head to emergency shelters immediately yesterday, as authorities warned of the storm’s potential to uproot buildings and cause mass destruction.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Priceless’ haul of over 27,000 artefacts seized in France

French authorities have seized a “priceless” haul of over 27,000 archaeological artefacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to Roman coins that had been secretly amassed by a single person in the east of the country, customs said yesterday.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Passenger held with 130 gold bars at HSIA

Customs officials arrested a passenger with 130 gold bars weighing 15kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Tuesday night.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Europe tightens pre-Christmas lockdowns

Several European countries tightened restrictions yesterday, as Germany set a record for daily deaths and the United States broke its own daily high for infection numbers.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Biden joins Senate battle

President-elect Joe Biden threw his weight behind the Democratic battle for control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as his White House win was finally acknowledged by top Republicans and holdout foreign leaders.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Chilahati-Holdibari Rail Link: Opens after 55 yrs with promises of prosperity

After 55 years, rail communications between Bangladesh and India through Chilahati-Haldibari route is going to resume today.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Release cartoonist Kishore from jail

UN human rights experts yesterday called on Bangladesh to immediately release cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore from jail due to his deteriorating health.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

5,000-yr-old pyramid artefact found in Scotland

One of only three artefacts ever recovered from inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid has been found in a misplaced cigar tin in a Scottish university collection, academics revealed yesterday.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

New cabinet sworn in

The ministers of Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s cabinet, who are sworn in today under the constitution, would retain the same portfolios as they were holding before.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

1st in Bangladesh: Full-body scanner to step up security check at Dhaka airport

The Civil Aviation Authorities of Bangladesh (Caab) have for the first time placed four full-body x-ray scanners at the pre-boarding security checkpoints at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bride, 6 others drown in trawler capsize

At least seven people, including a bride, died after a trawler carrying members of a wedding party capsized in the Meghna river in Noakhali’s Hatia yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Take Bangladesh-South Korea relationship to new heights’

Bangladesh and South Korea want to take their bilateral relationship to new heights – going beyond textile to ICT, energy, blue economy, climate change and infrastructure development, said diplomats and academicians, as the two countries celebrate 47th year of diplomatic relationship on December 18.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh hands another list of secret yaba labs to Myanmar

The Department of Narcotics Control handed over a list of 49 clandestine labs in Myanmar to that country’s Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), hoping that they would take stern actions to stop yaba smuggling into Bangladesh.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Trafficking Network: They sell dreams, deliver violence

Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world’s biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Gang-rape in Noakhali: PBI charges Delwar, 13 others

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday submitted charge sheet before court against 14 persons in a case filed over gang-rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Recruitment Suspension: RU will want to know why

Rajshahi University authorities would want to know from the education ministry the reasons for postponing all kinds of appointments to the university until further notice.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Journo Kajol Probe: HC unhappy with cyber tribunal, IO over delays

The High Court yesterday expressed grave dissatisfaction that neither the investigation officer nor the cyber tribunal has explained the delay in concluding investigations into two cases filed against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol under the Digital Security Act.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Democracy prevailed’

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after winning the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the US presidency.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu Killers: Suspend their gallantry awards

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to suspend the state gallantry awards for four convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM