At least 25 killed by rebels in eastern Congo; some beheaded

At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory, local officials said Friday.
1 January 2021, 15:46 PM

At least 25 killed by rebels in eastern Congo; some beheaded

At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory, local officials said Friday.
1 January 2021, 15:46 PM

Drugs, arms and gold worth Tk 120cr seized along Benapole border in 2020

The members Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized drugs, arms and ammunition, gold and foreign currency worth Tk 120 crore in the last one year from smugglers at different areas along the Benapole border.
1 January 2021, 15:36 PM

With little ado, a divided United Kingdom casts off into the Brexit unknown

The United Kingdom began the New Year outside the European Union’s orbit after ending a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project, its most significant geopolitical shift since the loss of empire.
1 January 2021, 15:23 PM

With little ado, a divided United Kingdom casts off into the Brexit unknown

The United Kingdom began the New Year outside the European Union’s orbit after ending a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project, its most significant geopolitical shift since the loss of empire.
1 January 2021, 15:23 PM

4 staffers sustain burn injuries in gas blast at Narayanganj restaurant

Four staffers of a restaurant in Narayanganj’s Araihajar upazila sustained burn injuries in an explosion resulting from gas trapped inside the eatery.
1 January 2021, 14:43 PM

Bus-private car collision kills 4 in Narsingdi

Four people were killed and one person was injured in a collision between a bus and a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Narsingdi’s Belabo upazila this afternoon.
1 January 2021, 14:30 PM

2 members of banned militant group JMB arrested in Brahmanbaria

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested two members of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila.
1 January 2021, 14:30 PM

Man arrested on charge of raping 16-year-old in Feni

Police have arrested a man in a case filed in connection with the rape of a sixteen-year-old in Feni’s Daganbhuiyan upazila.
1 January 2021, 13:58 PM

WHO grants ‘emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution.
1 January 2021, 13:17 PM

18 Kuakata fishermen missing in the Bay for 22 days

Eighteen fishermen have been missing for 22 days in the Bay of Bengal after they went fishing with their trawler from Kuakata of Patuakhali on December 9.
1 January 2021, 12:56 PM

Four held with phensidyl, cannabis in Feni

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people along with 97 bottles of phensidyl and 950 grams of cannabis from Sadar upazila of Feni last night.
1 January 2021, 12:49 PM

Law ministry plans to clear 6 lakh cases from existing backlog in 2021

The law ministry has planned to clear at least six lakh cases from the existing 38 lakh pending cases in the courts across the country in 2021.
1 January 2021, 11:41 AM

25 years of Ganga Water-sharing Treaty: Bangladesh-India joint water measurement to start tomorrow

The measurement of water level at different points of Padma River is going to kick off tomorrow (Saturday), jointly by Bangladesh and India under the Ganga Water-sharing Treaty-1996, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
1 January 2021, 10:44 AM

Our children die in our hands: Floods ravage South Sudan

On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to rise.
1 January 2021, 10:24 AM

Number of Covid-19 cases stands at 5,14,500 on January 1, 2021

Seventeen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 January 2021, 10:04 AM

3 killed in accident on Ctg-Cox’s Bazar highway

At least three people were killed and four were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up van on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway this morning.
1 January 2021, 09:25 AM

Local BCL leader shot dead in Teknaf

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was shot dead in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early today.
1 January 2021, 08:09 AM

Online lottery for govt school admissions on January 11

Lottery for admissions to 683 government schools across the country from class 1 to 9 will take place on January 11.
1 January 2021, 07:14 AM

3 Jamuna Bank officials in Bogura held for embezzlement of over Tk 15.85cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested three Jamuna Bank officials in Bogura and sent them to jail through a court in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 15.86 crore by producing fake documents.
31 December 2020, 16:52 PM