Campaign going on to make police force free of corruption: IGP Benazir Ahmed

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed said that a campaign is going on to make the police force free of corruption.
8 January 2021, 13:46 PM

In 2020, more than 5,000 killed in road, waterway accidents: report

At least 5,431 people were killed and 7,379 people injured in 4,735 road accidents across the country in the last year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said today.
8 January 2021, 13:13 PM

One arrested in connection with rape of 10-year-old in Feni

Police arrested a 22-year-old in connection with the rape of a ten-year-old girl in Feni’s Daganbhuiyan upazila yesterday evening.
8 January 2021, 13:05 PM

Rape and murder of O-level student: Fardin gives confessional statement, sent to jail

Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, the lone accused arrested in connection with a case filed over the rape and murder of an English medium school student, today gave his confessional statement to a Dhaka magistrate.
8 January 2021, 12:29 PM

Interpol issues red notice against PK Halder

Interpol today issued a red notice against Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, at the request of National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police.
8 January 2021, 11:49 AM

O-level student rape, murder: Police to seek 10-day remand for Fardin

Police will seek a 10-day remand for Fardin Iftekhar Dihan in connection with the case filed over the murder of a 17-year-old after rape at a flat in Dhaka's Kalabagan area yesterday.
8 January 2021, 11:19 AM

Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf: state media

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location today, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States.
8 January 2021, 11:16 AM

Covid-19: 16 die, 785 infected, 833 recover in 24 hours

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
8 January 2021, 11:03 AM

Teenager’s body found in Munshiganj after ‘going missing’ for 18 days

Police recovered the body of a teenage boy from a pond near his house in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj this morning.
8 January 2021, 10:16 AM

SC administration directs lower court judges to properly utilise court hours

The Supreme Court administration has issued a notification directing the lower court judges across the country to discharge their judicial functions for the whole working hours of court so that their office time is not misused.
8 January 2021, 09:04 AM

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the US Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.
8 January 2021, 08:55 AM

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants: study

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the US drugmaker.
8 January 2021, 08:40 AM

Trump returns to Twitter as Facebook's Zuckerberg bans him for 'fanning the flames'

US President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday with a video acknowledging that Joe Biden would be the next US president as other social media services including Facebook Inc blocked his accounts over concerns that his messages might spark further violent protests.
8 January 2021, 08:28 AM

2 women killed, 2 injured in Sirajganj road accident

At least two elderly women were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Parkola area of Bogura-Nagarbari highway in Sirajgaj’s Shahzadpur upazila yesterday night.
8 January 2021, 08:11 AM

Kuala Lumpur urged to bring back stranded Bangladeshis to their workplaces

Dhaka has urged Kuala Lumpur to do the needful for bringing back the stranded Bangladeshi workers to their old and new places of work in Malaysia on humanitarian grounds.
8 January 2021, 07:11 AM

A&E Talk with Elita: Shunno | Powered by Hoichoi

From empowering and motivational tracks like Shoto Asha to Shono Mohajon and to moving ballads like Rajahin Rajjo and Sritir Chera Patay, Shunno has given fans many timeless tunes over the years. Catch them on this exclusive episode of A&E live with Elita!
8 January 2021, 06:54 AM

Facebook partners with Bangladeshi organizations on mental health

Facebook has said it is making it easier for users in Bangladesh to connect with helplines by partnering with local organisations in an effort to support and raise awareness on mental health.
8 January 2021, 06:51 AM

Fardin took her to hospital to deflect blame after rape: victim’s father in case statement

A case was filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old after rape, at a flat in Dhaka's Kalabagan area yesterday.
8 January 2021, 05:44 AM

The day my ‘second home,’ the Capitol, was overtaken by mob

The US Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from the Senate gallery.
8 January 2021, 05:11 AM

Power division to get Tk 8,556.63 crore arrears from govt, non-govt consumers

The power division will get Tk 8,556.63 crore from various government and non-government consumers as arrears, the power and energy ministry said at a meeting of a parliamentary watchdog.
7 January 2021, 21:15 PM