Panchagarh shivers as cold spell continues
Residents of Panchagarh woke up to one of the coldest mornings ever on Saturday, with the minimum temperature dropping to 8.3 degrees Celsius in Tetulia. The district has been experiencing…
Upazila vice-chairman, 9 others held over ‘govt job question paper leak’ in Dhaka
Detectives have arrested 10 members of a gang, including a female upazila vice chairman, for their suspected involvement in leaking government job recruitment test question paper. A team of Detective…
Transgender beauty vlogger held captive, tortured in Dhaka
Transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua has claimed that she was held captive and tortured by a man and a woman she met at a restaurant in the city's Bashundhara residential…
Serajul Islam Chy, Afsan Chy, 4 others get BRAC Bank-Samakal Lit Award
Six individuals including Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury and researcher and UNB Editor -at-large Afsan Chowdhury were awarded with BRAC Bank-Samakal Literary Award for their illustrious contributions in Bangla literature. The…
EVMs to be dumped in Bay of Bengal: Gayeshwar
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday threatened that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be dumped in the Bay of Bengal before the next general election. “Even animals…
Negligence of officials, owners behind MV Abhijan-10 fire: Citizens’ probe body
A 16-member Citizens’ Investigation Committee has found the negligence of four government officials, four launch owners and four others in the Jhalakathi MV Abhijan-10 fire incident that claimed the lives…
DiCaprio lauds Bangladesh for protecting biodiversity around Saint Martin’s Island
Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has congratulated the Government of Bangladesh and other relevant stakeholders for establishing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around Saint Martin’s Island. Taking to his verified…
FM Momen mourns Malaysian envoy’s mother’s death
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep shock over the death of Midah Binti Omar, mother of Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim. In a condolence…