Today is the 45th death anniversary of Majr Gen (retd) MA Rab, Bir Uttam, chief of staff of Liberation Forces and first honorary managing director of “Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust”, says a press release.

Bars and restaurants in America’s biggest city closed yesterday as the coronavirus outbreak surged across the United States and Europe, where Greece was being forced into a nighttime curfew.

Police yesterday arrested the muezzin of Burimari Central Mosque in connection to the beating and burning to death of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on October 29.

A huge gilded statue of a dog has been unveiled on a busy traffic circle in the capital of Turkmenistan by the country’s longtime leader, who has also written an ode to the local breed and gifted one to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A Bangladeshi garment company urged the government to help relocate its 104 expatriate workers stranded in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn northern Tigray region.

US President-elect Joe Biden was pressing ahead with building his governing team yesterday, ignoring President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat and the present administration’s efforts to block a smooth power transmission.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today asks Works Minister Matiur Rahman to visit Katabari in Rayerbazar area to select a site for a memorial plaque bearing the names of the intellectuals who had been brutally murdered there by the Pakistan Army and their collaborators Al Badr on the eve of the surrender by the enemy in December, 1971.

Jagannath University student Tithy Sarkar faked her own abduction to divert attention from the allegations that she had hurt religious sentiment, Criminal Investigation Department officials said yesterday.

Lawmakers yesterday told parliament that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was one of the few statesmen in the world who made the supreme sacrifice for the people of his country.

Police yesterday arrested another director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-addiction Hospital in connection with a case filed over senior ASP Anisul Karim’s death on Monday.

Libyans at UN-led talks were to discuss the powers of a proposed transitional government yesterday, the UN said, as it steps up efforts to end years of conflict in the country.

Small, portable laser pointers could be used to guide lightning strikes, with a study suggesting the technology may prevent bolts from sparking wildfires, a researcher told AFP Thursday.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday filed a defamation case of Tk 100 crore against a female employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to protect the society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drugs and to utilise the talent and strength of the young generation for the development of the country.

At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.

Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, yesterday said it has made 40 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine, and would soon begin making Novavax’s rival shot, as a drive for vaccine around the globe gathered steam raising hope amid a raging pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would lay the foundation stone of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna on November 29.

The Holy Quran was not demeaned before Shahidunnabi Jewel was beaten and burnt to death in Burimari of Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on October 29, an investigation by the district administration has found.

Police in Teknaf are looking for a 27-year-old man accused of raping a sixth-grader.

Bangladesh will continue to enjoy duty free benefits for the export of its products to the United Kingdom after the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK government has said.