Step up controls now to save lives

Imposing tighter controls to curb Covid-19 contagion could save hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe before February as the continent battles an exponential surge in infections already forcing curfews and lockdowns, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

IP Tv, Youtube Channels: They won’t be allowed to air news

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said YouTube channels and IP TVs would not be allowed to present news.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Shakespeare First Folio sold for record $10m

A copy of the first collection of plays by William Shakespeare was sold Wednesday for $9.97 million at auction in New York, setting a new record for a work of literature.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

4 of a family murdered at Satkhira home

A family of four, including two children, was killed during a robbery in their house in Satkhira’s Kalaroa upazila early yesterday.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Chhatra Adhikar Parishad splits

A faction of Chhatra Adhikar Parishad yesterday left the organisation and formed a new one declaring the parishad’s joint conveners Nurul Haque Nur, also former Ducsu vice-president, and Muhammad Rashed Khan personae non gratae.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

KL agrees to reopen labour market for Bangladeshis

Malaysia has agreed to reopen its labour market for Bangladeshi migrant workers soon, according to a press release of expatriates’ welfare ministry.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Thais defy protest ban, emergency

Tens of thousands of Thai protesters cheered and chanted into the night in central Bangkok yesterday in a show of mass defiance to a ban on demonstrations designed to end more than three months of anti-government action.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Problems of every area will be tackled: Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today provides assurance that all possible measures would be taken to remove the difficulties confronting people of the northern districts.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Rape Case in Khulna: HC upholds life term based on circumstances

The High Court has upheld the life sentence handed to a convict in a rape case in Khulna, considering the circumstances and statement of the victim although her medical report was not available.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Libellous FB Comment: Former Ducsu VP Nur sued under Digital Security Act

A Dhaka University student yesterday sued former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur under the Digital Security Act over making insulting and defamatory comments about her during a Facebook Live broadcast.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Myanmar military intensifies attacks on Arakan Army

The Myanmar military has intensified its attacks, involving its ground, air and naval forces, against the Arakan Army, reported The Irrawady, amid concerns that civilians in Rakhine are becoming victims of the conflicts.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Fahim Saleh Murder: Accused pleads ‘not guilty’ before US court

The former executive assistant of Fahim Saleh, co-founder of Pathao, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of first-degree murder for allegedly decapitating and dismembering the tech entrepreneur in his luxury New York condo in July.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid Vaccines: Bangladesh to get top priority: Indian envoy

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday said Bangladesh would get top priority in trial, distribution, delivery, and partial co-production of the potential Indian Covid-19 vaccine.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Panic grips locals after Rangamati gunfight

Panic gripped Rangamati’s Naniarchar after a gunfight took place in the area on Tuesday evening.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Ninth-grader gang-raped in Cox’s Bazar

A grade-IX student has allegedly been gang-raped in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

All those involved to be brought to justice

People involved in the death of Rayhan Uddin, who died in police custody at Bandarbazar Police Outpost in Sylhet, will be brought to book, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump, Biden set to face off on TV

President Donald Trump will feature in a televised town hall on NBC News today, the network said, setting up a direct scheduling clash with rival Joe Biden who had already planned his own version.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Peru opens Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist

Peru’s best-known tourist site Machu Picchu has opened after months of coronavirus closure, but for just a single visitor -- a Japanese man stranded in the country by the pandemic.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Rural Indigenous Women: Their hard labour goes unrecognised

Mayadebi Tanchangya, of Bilaichhari upazila, toils away every morning till night to make ends meet for her seven-member family.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Amphetamine Smuggling: Bangladesh being used as a route

A transnational syndicate is allegedly using Bangladesh as a route to smuggle amphetamine powder to other countries after smuggling it into the country from neighbouring India.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM