Man held for raping minor in Dinajpur

Police yesterday arrested a man for raping a minor girl in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

160 migrants return from war-torn Libya

One hundred and sixty Bangladeshi migrant workers, including a woman, returned home yesterday from war-torn Libya under a repatriation programme arranged by the Bangladesh mission there.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Sundarbans fires still burning

Forest fires are still burning in Sarankhola Range of the Sundarbans.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Public University Admission Tests: VCs’ panel delays them

Admission tests of public universities would be delayed due to the country’s coronavirus situation.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

US Senate unit asks Pakistan arms cutoff

A heavy fight broke out today at Teliapara, Sylhet. Pakistani Army in the guise of Indian BSF breached the defences of Bangladesh force and were in firing position.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Hefajat’s 2013 Mayhem: Took 8yrs to find evidence as it was ‘big incident’

Detectives took around eight years just to analyse footage and collect evidence of the mayhem Hefajat carried in 2013 as it was a “big incident”, said AKM Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Padma Rail Link: Line laying to start in July

Authorities of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) are likely to start installation of rail track on the Mawa-Bhanga section from July in a major development for the fast-track project being implemented by Bangladesh Railway.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

College Girl’s Death: DMCH team completes primary post-mortem

Doctors at Dhaka Medical College’s forensic medicine department have completed the primary post-mortem on the body of female college student, which was recovered from her Gulshan flat on April 26.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mayhem Over Modi’s Visit: Hefajat demands release of detained leaders, activists

Hefajat-e-Islam last night demanded release of “Ulema and religious-minded general people” who were arrested over violence by the Islamist organisation in March during demonstrations protesting Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi shot dead inside Indian territory

A Bangladeshi was shot dead allegedly by a group of villagers inside Indian territory near Kendribil in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila yesterday morning.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

India’s Covid cases top 20m

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 20 million yesterday as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the country’s hospitals and the opposition leader said a nationwide lockdown was now the only way out.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Sundarbans Fire: Fire doused after 30 hours

After 30 hours of frantic efforts, the fire at the Sundarban’s (East Forest Range) Sharankhola Range was extinguished around 5:00pm yesterday.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

HC directs S Alam to pay Tk 5 lakh each to victims’ families

The High Court yesterday directed S Alam Group, one of the owners of SS Power I Plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila, to immediately give Tk 5 lakh to each of the families of the seven victims who were killed after police opened fire during a demonstration by workers on April 17.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Man shot dead in broad daylight

A man was shot dead by unidentified criminals in broad daylight in Bogura’s Shajahanpur upazila yesterday.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

2 held under DSA for gambling on IPL

Two people in Lalmonirhat were arrested on Monday night in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on charges of gambling.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

War with India possible, says Pakistani general

The Pakistani government said today that news of slaughter carried out by Awami League members in East Pakistan before March 25 “has been kept strictly secret for fear of reprisals in West Pakistan”.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

The Gates split after 27 years

Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM

UGC mulls online exams for public universities

The University Grants Commission is considering allowing public universities to hold exams online keeping in mind that it would benefit students and also reduce session jams.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Four Hefajat leaders on police remand

Four Hefajat-e-Islam leaders were placed on remand yesterday in seven cases filed with police stations in the capital and Chattogram over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka and Chattogram.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Genocide issue will be referred to UN body

The Bangladesh government decided to refer to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations the question of genocide in the newborn republic.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM