Gold looted from shop at Dhaka mall

Burglars made away with around 500 tolas of gold ornaments of a jewellery shop and took around Tk 5 lakh from the shop and three others at Rapa Plaza in the capital’s Dhanmondi early yesterday.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Mayhem in Kalkini

An independent mayoral candidate of Madaripur’s Kalkini municipality was picked up by police and then sent to Dhaka to meet a top leader of the ruling Awami League, the candidate alleged.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Glacier Bursts in India: Over 125 missing in flash flooding

More than 125 people were missing in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam yesterday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Justice must be ensured quickly: HC

The High Court yesterday said that the people of the country want the trial of the gang-rape at Sylhet’s MC College to be finished and justice be ensured quickly.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Myanmar ‘explains’ reasons for coup

Myanmar’s new government has written to Bangladesh, explaining why the military has taken power, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Murder of Sunamganj Fisherman: Family fears unfair probe

The family of Shyamacharan Barman, a fisherman brutally murdered in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila last month, fear they will not get justice as they say a local lawmaker is influencing the case.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Playing with fire’

Twitter Inc’s refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

4-yr-old raped in Jashore

A four-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped by one of her neighbours in Jashore’s Chaugachha upazila yesterday afternoon.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Dhaka-Siliguri train service: Talk on launch this month

A delegation of Bangladesh Railway (BR) will visit India this month to discuss preparations for introducing a passenger train service between Dhaka and Siliguri, officials said.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

China’s space probe sends back its first image of Mars

China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Libya embarks on new transition phase

Libya yesterday embarked on a new phase of its post-Kadhafi transition after a unity government was selected to lead the country until December elections following a decade of chaos.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh preparing to sue Al Jazeera

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh was preparing to sue Al Jazeera channel over airing the report “All the Prime Minister’s Men” with inaccurate information.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Tragedy during family dinner

A father and his daughter were crushed to death by a truck after it ploughed into their roadside house in Pabna on Friday night.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Health secy’s village home attacked

A group of people allegedly attacked the assistant commissioner (land) when they surrounded the village home of Health Secretary Abdul Mannan at Chandpur village in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj yesterday afternoon.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid Vaccination: 130 countries still to start

The World Health Organization has called on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production, as US president Joe Biden warned the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic was pushing the United States towards “breaking point”.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Tigers seven scalps away

Bangladesh need seven more wickets on the fifth and final day to win the first Test against the West Indies, who will resume at a precarious 110 for three at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Liberation War Heroes Bangladesh honours 2 journos in Kolkata

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday unveiled a memorial plaque in Kolkata for West Bengal journalists Dipak Bandopadhyay and Surajit Ghoshal who sacrificed their lives during Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

World’s tiniest reptile found in Madagascar

Scientists have identified Earth’s smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Al Jazeera report ill-intended, fabricated

Bangladesh Police Service Association yesterday slammed and trashed the news report, titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men”, broadcast by Qatar-based international TV channel AL Jazeera on February 2.
5 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Allegations should be investigated

The United Nations is aware of the reporting done by Al Jazeera investigations concerning allegations of corruption against senior officials in Bangladesh and the press release issued by the Ministry of Defence in Bangladesh,
5 February 2021, 18:00 PM