4 of a family killed in road crash

Five passengers, including four of a family, of an ambulance met a tragic end to their lives when it collided head-on with a truck in Kushtia Sadar upazila yesterday.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bhasan Char: 4-layer protection for key island

Just about the size of Cumilla town, the island of Bhasan Char in Nokhali’s Hatiya sub-district has four layers of protection from natural disasters like cyclone.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

6 more held over Jewel murder

The committee, formed by the Lalmonirhat district administration to investigate the brutal killing of Shahidunnabi Jewel in Patgram’s Burimari, did not find any proof of desecrating the Holy Quran.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Second Wave Lockdowns: Austria, Greece, Portugal to join most of Europe

Austria and Greece were set to become the latest European nations yesterday to impose spirit-crushing curbs to combat the coronavirus surge, with a deadly terrorist attack in Vienna ahead of a partial lockdown compounding the misery.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Austria mourns after terror attack

Austria yesterday said the only known gunman in a shooting rampage across Vienna that left four people dead was an Islamic State group supporter, as a manhunt was under way for other possible suspects.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Muradnagar mayhem: Escalation is all they wanted

The attackers who vandalised and torched four Hindu houses and a family temple in Korbanpur village of Cumilla’s Muradnagar on Sunday, did so even as the issue that inflamed them -- a Facebook post that they said hurt religious sentiments -- was being resolved.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt mulling quarantining all coming from abroad

The government is mulling over quarantining all passengers from abroad as it prepares to fight a possible spike in novel coronavirus cases in the coming winter.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Constitution enacted

Speaking at the Gono Parishad during the third reading of the Constitution Bill today the Leader of the House Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman says this is the first time in history that Bangalees as a nation made a constitution to hold aloft the banner of their sovereignty.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Mr Brexit’ Nigel Farage launches anti-lockdown party

Nigel Farage, the driving force behind Brexit, was yesterday set to relaunch his political party as “Reform UK”, with a main focus to oppose the government’s coronavirus lockdowns.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Biman official sued for rape

A rape case was filed against Mohammad Ali, deputy general manager of Biman Poultry Complex (BPC), a subsidiary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, in Savar’s Ganakbari.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Virus curbs fuel anger in Europe

Germany yesterday led a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered anger and frustration across the continent, while the Covid-19 crisis in the United States deepened.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Coordinated efforts to deal with 2nd wave

The possible second wave of coronavirus outbreak will be dealt with through a cooperative effort, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Pregnant woman killed for dowry

A pregnant woman was killed in Pabna’s Atghoria upazila early yesterday.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Marital Rape Law : Exception clause in law challenged

Four rights organisations filed a writ petition on Sunday challenging the legality of the marital rape exception clause in section 375 of the penal code.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Glasgow artist launches plastic bag museum

Katrina Cobain unwraps a parcel and removes its precious contents, slowly and delicately as if she were handling an ancient scroll of papyrus.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Shake off age-old systems: Bangabandhu

The Gono Parishad adopts all 153 Articles with some amendments. The House also adopts the first, second, third and fourth schedules with a
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Staring at uncertainty

Around 25,000 Malaysia returnees now face an uncertain future with Kuala Lumpur still sticking to its decision not to take in any foreign worker till December 31 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

5 more held over Jewel’s murder

Five more people were arrested yesterday over the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat five days ago.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

US elections could see record turnout

The US presidential election is expected to see a record turnout, with polls analysts attributing this to the Americans’ bid for a change.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

China starts once-a-decade census of world’s largest population

Millions of census-takers yesterday began knocking on doors across China for a once-a-decade head count of the world’s largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM