Global foreign direct investment falls 49%, outlook remains negative

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fell 49 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to 2019, due to the economic fallout from Covid-19, reveals the latest Global Investment Trends Monitor released today by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
27 October 2020, 10:38 AM

Rifat murder: 6 juvenile accused get 10 years in jail, 4 get 5 years

A Barguna court today sentenced six out of the 14 juvenile accused to 10 years’ imprisonment in the much-talked-about Rifat Sharif murder case.
27 October 2020, 10:06 AM

Freight train collision: Rail links to Khulna restored after 10 hours

Rail communication of Khulna with other parts of the country has been restored after around 10 hours of suspension following a collision between two freight trains in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenidah.
27 October 2020, 09:03 AM

Counter programmes by rival BCL groups: Section 144 imposed in Narail’s Kalia area

Local administration has imposed Section 144 in Kalia municipality area of Narail after two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League announced to hold processions and rallies in the area at the same time today.
27 October 2020, 09:00 AM

Blogger Oyasiqur murder: court withdraws decision of delivering verdict

A Dhaka court today withdrew its decision of pronouncing the judgment of the case filed against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.
27 October 2020, 07:42 AM

Collision between two freight trains halts rail services with Khulna

Rail communications of Khulna with the other parts of the country remained suspended since early today, following a collision between two freight trains in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenidah.
27 October 2020, 05:38 AM

4 killed in Cox’s Bazar road crash

Four people were killed and two others injured after a truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Nandirpara Station in Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua upazila today.
26 October 2020, 18:12 PM

Trader found dead

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a trader from Bhairab river near Churamankathi area of Jashore on Sunday.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Local fish aplenty in Chalanbeel

Azim Uddin from Handial village has been catching fish at Chalanbeel in the village, under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, over the last one decade.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Damaged bridge passes a year without repair

Thanks to the indifference of the authorities, a bridge in Jhenidah Sadar upazila has been causing sufferings to thousands of locals for a year now.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Thousands of haor people under erosion threat

Some 50 villages in Netrakona’s Khaliajury upazila are under threat of erosion due to heavy rain accompanied by gusty wind and high waves in the haor waters.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

3 teenagers held

Police arrested three teenage boys for their alleged involvement in attempting to snatch money from a pedestrian in Sadar upazila early Sunday.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Police official suspended for alleged involvement in gang-rape of ninth-grader

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police in Rangpur was suspended today for his alleged involvement in gang-raping a ninth-grader in Rangpur.
26 October 2020, 16:41 PM

Durga Puja ends with immersion of goddess on Bijoya Dashami

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended today with immersion of idols of goddess Durga and her children on the fifth day of celebration.
26 October 2020, 15:46 PM

Bangladeshi worker in Qatar felicitated for showing civic responsibility

Md Yasin, a Bangladeshi migrant worker in Qatar, was felicitated by the Bangladesh Embassy in the gulf country today for his “exemplary good deed”.
26 October 2020, 14:30 PM

Mother, daughter die in Natore road accident

A woman and her daughter died and ten other people were injured after a bus plunged into a ditch beside the Natore-Pabna highway in Natore’s Baraigram upazila today.
26 October 2020, 14:00 PM

Illegal entry: India’s BSF hands over eight Bangladeshis to BGB

Eight Bangladeshis, who had entered India illegally earlier this month, were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by India’s Border Security Force, a statement by the Indian paramilitary force said today.
26 October 2020, 13:13 PM

7 sued over speedboat capsize in Patuakhali’s Agunmukha river

Another case has been filed in connection with the speedboat capsize in Agunmukha river in Patuakhali’s Ragabali upazila.
26 October 2020, 11:14 AM

Alleged criminal killed at Bogura temple premises

A man was killed in the premises of a temple in Bogura Sadar upazila early today.
26 October 2020, 08:11 AM

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services halted again after resuming for 4 hours

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route was halted again this morning after it resumed for four hours only.
26 October 2020, 07:29 AM