Air India plane crash-lands in Kerala

At least two people died and more than 20 others were seriously injured yesterday when an Indian passenger jet skidded off the runway in heavy rain, media reports and officials said.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshis in Strife-Torn Lebanon: Beirut explosion throws them into a deeper crisis

Mahin Mia was serving guests in a Lebanese restaurant, which is a seven minutes’ walk from the warehouse that exploded on Tuesday evening, rocking entire Beirut.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM

GK Shamim has Tk 337cr in 180 bank accounts!

Construction mogul GK Shamim has Tk 337.30 crore in 180 fixed deposit accounts with different banks, two houses in the capital and 52 kathas of land worth Tk 41 crore, according to charges pressed before a Dhaka court on Wednesday.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM

EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS, DEATHS IN CUSTODY: No case, probe in most cases

More than two years have gone by but Ayesha Begum, wife of slain Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque, still does not know whether there has been any investigation into her husband’s killing.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Ex-Major Sinha Murder Case: 7 policemen sent to jail

In a rare instance, law enforcers involved in a “shootout” or “gunfight” have been sent to jail. Seven policemen were sent to jail and three of them placed on remand yesterday in the ex-Major Sinha murder case.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Lebanon struggles to come to terms with devastation

Bangladesh has decided to send emergency food, medical supplies and a medical team to Lebanon after the massive destruction caused by the twin explosions at Beirut Port on Tuesday evening.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Make investment climate more attractive: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to work for making the country’s investment climate more attractive overcoming the problems caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

No more work from home for all govt staffers

Amid the pandemic, the government has directed all public servants to attend offices in full swing from next week, lifting restrictions on their attendance in person.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh passes Italy

Over 23 people on average have died every day since March 18, the day the country recorded its first Covid-19 death.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

No decision yet on major exams

More than 8.5 million students are facing uncertainty over the holding of their public exams as the government is yet to make a final decision in this regard.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

As crooked as a cop can get

In November 2015, a police probe found the then officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das of Bayezid Bostami Police Station guilty of filing a false case against an oil company high-ups to harass them.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

ACC summons ex-DGHS boss over corruption allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former director general of the DGHS Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad for quizzing over allegations of corruption.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Fun trip turns into tragedy

At least 17 people drowned as a boat capsized in Gobindasree Haor in Madan upazila of Netrokona yesterday.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Several cities, large towns see spike in Covid cases

Some large towns and cities have been witnessing a spike in Covid-19 cases.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Teknaf, the valley of ‘gunfight’

At least 87 people have been killed in 48 incidents of “gunfights” involving Teknaf police alone between August 1, 2018 and August 1, 2020.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Death of ex-major ‘isolated incident’

The killing of ex-major Sinha Md Rashed Khan is an isolated incident and it will not cause a rift in the relationship between the army and police, said Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed and Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

HC can’t ask JS to enact or amend law

The High Court does not have the jurisdiction to ask parliament to enact or amend any law, said the Supreme Court in the full text of a verdict regarding river grabbing and pollution.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Beirut Explosion: Four Bangladeshis among the dead

At least four Bangladeshis have been killed and around 100 others, including Bangladesh Navy officials, have been injured in a deadly warehouse explosion in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Hasina seeks more Japanese investment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought more investment from Japan to further bolster economic ties as well as put emphasis on further strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two friendly nations.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM

A murder in cold blood

Around 9:25pm on Friday, Inspector Liaqat Ali of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre and Sub-inspector Nandadulal Raxit of Teknaf Police Station stopped Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan’s car at Shamlapur police checkpost on Marine Drive in Teknaf.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM