AL leader, 2 aides sued for raping teenager

Police in Dinajpur are looking for a 50-year-old local Awami League leader accused of raping a teenage girl several times and filming the acts to blackmail her and her parents.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Astrazeneca Vaccine: WHO okays it for people over 65, Covid variants

The AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine can be used for people aged over 65, and also where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating, WHO experts has said , soothing fears about the jab.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Stop hotel construction on Mro land

Fifty-nine eminent civil society members yesterday sent letters to the Chattogram Hill Tracts affairs minister and the ministry secretary, army chief, and defence and environment ministries demanding the authorities stop the construction of a five-star hotel on Mro land in Bandarban.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Earliest shell horn played for first time in 17,000 years

After more than 17,000 years of silence and decades forgotten in a French museum, a shell fashioned into a horn by our prehistoric ancestors has been played again as a result of new research published Wednesday.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Graft blights safety scheme for disabled

Persons with disabilities have to pay between Tk 1,000 and Tk 3,000 extra to be included in the government’s disability allowance scheme, said a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM

10 more die, 388 new Covid cases detected

Bangladesh recorded 10 novel coronavirus deaths and 388 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

UNSC fails to agree on joint Syria declaration

The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to agree on a joint declaration on war-torn Syria, capping a day of negotiations in which the organization’s special envoy to the country called to jump-start the deadlocked peace process.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh stands by Maldives: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh would extend its highest possible support to the Maldives in fighting the adverse impacts of global warming.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Martyred Intellectuals: Govt finalises definition

Intellectuals who lost their lives at the hands of Pakistani army and their collaborators in the Liberation War will be defined as martyred intellectuals, according to a committee formed by the government.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Writ on Al Jazeera Ban: HC seeks six legal experts’ opinions

Questioning the acceptability of a writ petition seeking a ban on the broadcast of Al Jazeera and the removal of its report “Al the Prime Minister’s Men” from digital platforms, the High Court yesterday wanted to hear opinions from six legal experts as amici curiae (friends of court).
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Trump Impeachment: Senate votes to proceed with trial

A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but Republican senators made clear how difficult it will be to win a conviction.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Tigers seek turnaround in decider

Changes in attitude are imperative for Bangladesh as they try to salvage a drawn series with a win in the last of two Tests against the West Indies, starting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Court orders further probe in DSA case

Just days after police cleared Swedish-Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil, Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan and six others of all charges in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) last year, a Dhaka tribunal yesterday ordered further investigation into them.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Bus-truck collision takes 10 lives

At least 10 people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Jhenaidah, while six others died in separate road accidents in three other districts yesterday.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

AL leader’s lesson on how to stop voters

A Chuadanga Awami League leader has taught his fellow party leaders and activists a “trick” of winning the Alamdanga Municipality mayoral polls.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

UAE’s Hope Probe enters orbit in first Arab Mars mission

The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars reached the red planet and entered orbit on Tuesday after a seven-month, 494 million-km (307 million-mile) journey, allowing it to start sending data about the Martian atmosphere and climate.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

New EC Guideline: Controversial posts stay, pay rises too

The Election Commission has drafted a guideline for imparting training to polls-related officials, keeping in it controversial positions like “special speakers” and “course advisers” amid allegations of financial corruption through such posts.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Sagar-Runi Killing: No headway in nine years

Another year of hopelessness passes for the families of journalist-couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. Nine years on, justice still remains a far cry.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Fix errors in textbook regarding Jamaat

Twenty-one eminent citizens yesterday called upon the authorities concerned to rectify some errors in a chapter on political parties in the “Civics and Citizenship” textbook of grades IX and X.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Maldives to recruit from Bangladesh

The Maldives will recruit workers from Bangladesh by creating a solid framework under an agreement, said visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid yesterday.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM