Attacks Against Journalists: Cross-border media cooperation launched

The International Press Institute (IPI) and five South Asian media organisations on Thursday launched a cross-border cooperation to highlight attacks on journalists and create public awareness and influence policymakers to end impunity for crimes against journalists in the region.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Divers find Nazis’ Enigma code machine in Baltic Sea

German divers who recently fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, handed their rare find over to a museum for restoration on Friday.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

US House backs decriminalizing cannabis in historic vote

US House legislators voted for the first time Friday to decriminalize cannabis, a key step towards bringing federal laws in line with states and other countries that have freed up use of the drug.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccines no magic bullet

The World Health Organization warned that vaccines were no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers yesterday and other countries geared up for similar programmes.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

BGB seizes 60 gold bars in Jashore

Border Guard Bangladesh officers seized 60 gold bars on Shahajatpur border in Chaugachha, Jashore early yesterday.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Anti-sculpture protesters clash with cops in city

A clash broke out between police and a group of protesters seeking demolition of sculptures yesterday after the demonstrators broke a police barricade in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and tried to bring out a procession.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Attacks against lawmakers rising worldwide

Threats and attacks targeting lawmakers worldwide are rising, an international watchdog has said , warning that some governments were using the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on opposition MPs.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Freedom fighter Prafulla Ranjan cremated

The funeral of freedom fighter Prafulla Ranjan Singha was held with state honour in Raozan, Chattogram yesterday.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting individual, entity

The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions, blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during US President Donald Trump’s final months in office.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Two killed in train accidents

Two people were killed after being run over by a train on two unmanned level crossings in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila yesterday.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Poor could be ‘trampled’ in vaccine push

Britain has become the first Western nation to approve a vaccine for Covid-19, with the United States and other countries expected to follow soon and begin mass immunization drives.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Pennsylvania: Trump allies move SC to block Biden’s election win

Allies of President Donald Trump have sought an emergency order from the US Supreme Court blocking the certification of election results in Pennsylvania, a key state won by President-elect Joe Biden.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Man gets death for raping and killing girl

A Barishal court on Thursday afternoon sentenced a man to death for killing a school girl after rape.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Wait for Covid vaccine to get a bit longer

As the world awaits a Covid-19 vaccine, a US public health expert says the vast majority of people in Bangladesh and other parts of the world will have to wait a bit longer than expected due to limited global capacity of vaccine production.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

First year of Bangladesh Bangabandhu’s nation-building challenges

Bangladesh, a nation freed from the occupation of Pakistan rule, pays warm and rich tribute to the memory of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, whose contributions to democracy are deeply cherished by the people of this country. Today his ninth dearth anniversary is observed.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Turning a lofty idea into reality

Entrepreneur sets up apple orchard on a Sirajganj shoal after bringing saplings from India’s Himachal Pradesh.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Cyclone hits Sri Lanka as southern India hunkers down

Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but leaving it relatively unscathed on its way to southern India, officials said yesterday.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Two sent to jail for rape

Two local courts in Sirajganj and Gazipur yesterday sent two arrestees to jail over the rape of a schoolgirl and a woman respectively.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Georgia official says Trump rhetoric fueling threats

A senior Republican official in the US state of Georgia said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud were fueling threats against poll workers.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

They’re also opposing constitution

Workers Party yesterday at a virtual press briefing called upon all patriotic and democratic forces to get united to resist the “evil powers” who are opposing the construction of Bangabandhu’s sculpture and misusing religion for their personal gain.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM