Body of university student found on the street in Dhaka’s Darussalam area

Police recovered body of a university student from the street in Dhaka’s Darussalam area early today.
5 January 2021, 09:22 AM

Erfan Salim secures bail in 2 cases

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, in two cases filed for possessing walkie-talkies and foreign liquor.
5 January 2021, 09:11 AM

NCB requests Interpol to issue red alert on PK Halder

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police has requested Interpol to issue a red alert on Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, who allegedly laundered over Tk 10,000 crore of four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) abroad.
5 January 2021, 07:59 AM

Erfan Salim sued based on what we found during drives: Rab DG

Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun today said they filed the cases against Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, based on evidence they found during drives at his house in October last year.
5 January 2021, 07:50 AM

'Used as illegal route': Assam police probe culvert at India-Bangladesh border

While investigating an abduction case, India's Assam police have stumbled upon a culvert in Karimganj district -- which borders Bangladesh -- that might have been used as a secret and illegal route between the two countries.
5 January 2021, 07:35 AM

Brac university to continue assistance fund for students

Brac University is going to continue Student Assistance Fund for another semester (Spring 2021).
5 January 2021, 06:52 AM

Idol at Thakurgaon Kali temple vandalised

An idol of Hindu goddess Kali was vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Thakurgaon’s Pirganj upazila on Sunday night.
5 January 2021, 06:22 AM

England goes into new lockdown as Covid-19 variant rampages

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine programme reaches a critical mass.
5 January 2021, 05:44 AM

Man 'kills wife, 5-month-old daughter' in Rajshahi

A man has allegedly killed his wife and five-month-old daughter in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila last night.
5 January 2021, 05:32 AM

Mexico approves AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use

Mexico approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Monday, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82percent of the doses the country has received.
5 January 2021, 04:55 AM

Assange 'free to return home' once legal challenges over, Australia PM says

Julian Assange is “free to return home” to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after a UK court denied a request to extradite the Wikileaks founder to the United States.
5 January 2021, 03:53 AM

Saudi Arabia to open airspace, borders to Qatar

Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, US and Kuwaiti officials said Monday, a major step towards ending a diplomatic rift that has seen Riyadh lead an alliance isolating Doha.
5 January 2021, 03:13 AM

Breakthrough reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar: senior Trump administration official

A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement to end their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia, a senior Trump administration official said.
4 January 2021, 19:44 PM

GD filed over fake Facebook IDs of law minister

A general diary was lodged with Gulshan Police Station saying that several fake Facebook IDs have been opened in the name of Law Minister Anisul Huq in order to socially malign him.
4 January 2021, 19:00 PM

Attacks on Santals in Gaibandha: No Confidence petition submitted against CID charge sheet

A naraji (no confidence) petition has been submitted against a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) charge sheet in the case over the attacks on Santals in Gaibandha.
4 January 2021, 17:00 PM

Google employees form workers’ union in United States

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece.
4 January 2021, 16:37 PM

Bangladesh Armed Forces contingent to participate in India’s Republic Day parade

A 122-member triservice contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces will participate in the Republic Day parade of India this year, reported Indian newspaper The Hindu.
4 January 2021, 16:10 PM

Biman turns 49

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, has turned 49.
4 January 2021, 15:54 PM

Google employees form workers' union in US

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday.
4 January 2021, 15:26 PM

Md Abdus Sabur made chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department

Md Abdus Sabur, an additional chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has been made the chief engineer of RHD.
4 January 2021, 15:13 PM