Money Embezzlers: Posthumous trials should be held

The High Court yesterday expressed disappointment and anger over incidents of corruption and money laundering, saying those who die after embezzling state money, committing corruption and money laundering should be tried posthumously.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Himalaya flood disaster hits Delhi water supply

Fallout from a devastating flash flood in a remote north Indian valley hit the capital New Delhi more than 500 kilometres downstream yesterday, when water supplies were cut to tens of thousands of residents.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Relocation: ‘I moved hearing about facilities’

Sixty-year-old Mohammed Hossen, a Rohingya from Kutupalong camp, who never thought that he would ever move to Bhasan Char about which he used to hear various negative things.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Sued Under DSA: Journo Kajol’s case moved to cyber tribunal

A case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was yesterday transferred to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal for trial.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Israel-UAE Oil Deal: Red Sea coral reefs ‘under threat’

Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to “the next ecological disaster”.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Haitians protest, alleging new dictatorship

Several thousand people demonstrated Sunday in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, saying the government was trying to establish a new dictatorship and denouncing international support for President Jovenel Moise.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Councilor- elect held for murder

Police in Patiya yesterday arrested newly elected councillor Sarwar Kamal Mosleh Uddin Rajib over the killing of a man in front of a polling centre on Sunday.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Afghanistan Mission: Nato will not leave before ‘time is right’

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday the alliance will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan “before the time is right”, ahead of a discussion by defence ministers on the deployment.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

11 more die, 446 infected with Covid

Covid-19 claimed 11 more lives and another 446 got infected in Bangladesh in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Stone Lifting: Freedom fighter sues OC, 8 others

A freedom fighter has sued nine people, including two policemen, for illegally lifting stones from his property in Jaflong of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Avijit Murder: Verdict to be delivered at noon today

The judgement in the case filed over blogger Avijit Roy’s murder against six members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam is set to be delivered today.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM

4 held over gang rape in Ashulia

Police yesterday arrested four people on charge of gang rape of a RMG worker in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

People of Rakhine Community: Their numbers shrinking in Teknaf

Ma Ching Rakhine, along with her family members, was forced to leave their ancestral home in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar around 10 years ago in the face of threats from Rohingya criminals.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Closure of schools extended to Feb 28

The government has extended the closure of all educational institutions till February 28.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

UAE’s probe sends home first image of Mars

The UAE’s “Hope” probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said yesterday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Clash Near Press Club: 29 BNP men placed on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court placed 29 BNP men each on a two-day remand yesterday in connection with two cases filed over Saturday’s clash between BNP activists and police in front of the capital’s Jatiya Press Club.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Relocation: 3,500 to move to Bhasan Char today

The government is all set to relocate the fourth batch comprising around 3,500 Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar to Noakhali’s Bhasan Char today.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Graft, Money Laundering: People’s help needed to eradicate them

A High Court bench yesterday observed that it is not possible to eradicate corruption and money laundering without cooperation from all.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Fire ‘catastrophe’ destroys 100 fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border

At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a “catastrophe” at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said yesterday.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM