Three held over gang rape of housewife in Narayanganj
Police arrested three people for the alleged gang rape of a housewife in Muslimnagar, a locale of Fatullah in Narayanganj on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Nurul Islam,…
IUJA gets new committee
Humayun Kabir Jibon of United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and Irfan Mahmud Rana of NTV have been elected as president and general secretary respectively of Islamic University Journalists’ Association (IUJA).…
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 1289 new cases, 13 deaths
Bangladesh on Saturday reported 1289 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 418,764. Meanwhile, 13 more patients died from Covid-19, taking the fatalities to 6,049.…
Oikya Parishad stages protests against ‘attacks on minority communities’
Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Oikya Parishad on Saturday staged demonstrations in Shahbagh area of the capital, protesting what it said recent ‘communal attacks on minority communities’ in different parts of…
15 new dengue cases in 24 hours: DGHS
Fifteen more people were diagnosed with dengue fever in the past 24 hours until early Saturday. All of the new patients were from Dhaka, and the 52 people who are…
Mashrafe to miss out on upcoming T20 league
Bangladesh’s former captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who never formally retired from cricket, will miss out on the upcoming five-team T20 league starting later this month. A total of 113 cricketers…
Cooperatives can remove rural poverty: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said there will be no poverty in Bangladesh if multidimensional rural cooperatives can be established. "It’s proven…if we can build multidimensional rural cooperatives, there’ll…
Trash to power Dhaka homes?
In two years, the city's increasing demand for electricity could be met by the waste it generates. Yes, a waste-to-energy project has been finalised by the government to generate electricity…