Telenor serves legal notice on the president

Grameenphone’s parent company Telenor recently sent a legal notice to President Abdul Hamid, demanding international arbitration to resolve the telecom regulator’s “disputed” audit claim of Tk 12,580 crore, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said yesterday.
19 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump impeached

Donald Trump became the third US president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America.
19 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mild cold wave grips the country

A mild cold wave is sweeping through the country, especially the north-western regions, since yesterday, forcing people to limit their outdoor activities in many districts.
19 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Musical chair at BTCL

Nineteen managing directors have adorned the top position at the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd in its life of 11 years.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Guards killed Chinese man to loot money

Two security guards strangled Chinese national Jianhui Gao to death in his Banani flat and looted Tk 3.49 lakh. To cover up the murder, the two buried the body behind the building, police said at a press conference in the DMP media centre yesterday.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Govt suspends Razakars’ list

Amid nationwide outrage and angry protests, the Liberation War affairs ministry yesterday suspended the controversial and flawed Razakars’ list three days after its publication.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

It can’t be a Razakars’ list

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said no freedom fighter would ever be labelled as a Razakar during her tenure.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

5 killed as two buses collide

At least five people were killed and 29 injured as two buses collided head-on in Rajbari’s Kalukhali upazila yesterday.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Is this man top terror Joy?

One phone call from him would send shivers down the spine of businessmen in Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi and Hazaribagh areas.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Run-fest in Chattogram

The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram lived up to its billing as the most batting-friendly venue in the country as Chattogram Challengers racked up the highest total of this season’s Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League during a 16-run win over Dhaka Platoons yesterday.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump Impeachment: House begins historic debate

The House of Representatives yesterday began debate ahead of a historic vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump charging him with abusing his office and obstructing Congress that would make him the third US president to be impeached.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mushfiqur kicks off Ctg leg in style

While the opening match of the Chattogram leg of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League was a run fest at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday, the following match between Sylhet Thunder and Chattogram Challengers was a rather low-scoring one under the lights at the same venue.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

JRC meeting postponed

The Bangladesh India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) talks scheduled to start from today was postponed at the last minute, delaying the exchange of data on six common rivers, which was last updated 34 years ago.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Outrageous BLUNDER

With more names of freedom fighters cropping up on the Razakars’ list, the home and the Liberation War affairs ministers have traded blame over preparation of the list that has caused nationwide outrage.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

‘No CAB, no NRC’

Police fired tear gas at protesters in India’s capital yesterday as tens of thousands rallied around the country against a new citizenship law they say is anti-Muslim, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained defiant.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

High Treason Case: Musharraf gets death penalty

A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia on treason charges stemming from his imposition of a state of emergency in 2007.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Accused killed in ‘shootout’ with police

A man, accused of rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, was killed in a “shootout” with law enforcers at Faridpur town early yesterday.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Partner Company of BPC: Tk 100cr swindled

Two top officials of the partner company of state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation have allegedly embezzled over Tk 100 crore by transferring the money to three companies they have shares in.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Trapped in flames; help never came

“We are trapped by the flames. We can’t go downstairs. Please help!” These were the words of Uttam Kumar Das as he called his cousin Ranajit after the fire broke out at an electric fan factory in Gazipur Sunday afternoon.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Divisive Citizenship Law: Protests spread all over India

Protests against the amended citizenship legislation slammed as anti-Muslim spread to new areas of India and escalated in several other regions, with about 120 reported injured in New Delhi and Aligarh.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM