Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained seven people from Bashundhara residential area and Dakshin Khan area in the city on charges of blackmailing and extortion.They detainees are ring leader Md Al Mahmud, Mamun ,26, Mastura Akhtar Priya 21, Md. Ak…
Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chattogram highway remained suspended for five hours since Tuesday noon as several hundred residents of Jangal Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram blocked the highway protesting an eviction drive by the local adminis…
The Election Commission (EC) has decided to use electronic voting machines instead of traditional ballot papers in the maximum 150 constituencies out of 300 ones in the next general election likely to be held late next year.The decision came from a mee…
After remaining ‘unhealthy’ a day before, Dhaka’s air quality became ‘moderate’ on Tuesday morning –thanks to intermittent monsoon showers.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 91 at 10.30am, the metropolis ranked 16th in the list of world cities w…
Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life.The elegant Olympic Stadium has staged the biggest European soccer …
BNP on Tuesday planned a two-day programme, including rally and discussion, to celebrate its 44th founding anniversary on September 1.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press briefing at the party’s Nayap…
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Parshuram upazila of Feni on Tuesday in view of the Awami League’s and opposition BNP’s political programmes at the same place.Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer Syeda Shamsad Begum issued a notice in this regard on Mo…
Stating that their party has initiated a fresh movement across the country, including at the rural level, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will not let the sacrifices of its slain leaders and the tears of th…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the media of distorting the speech of Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.In a media release on Monday, the ministry said today (Monday, 22, August 2022) after a meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat, journalists sur…
The much-talked-about Ananta Jalil-starrer film “Din – The Day” director and Iranian filmmaker Morteza Atashzamzam on Monday revealed the actual budget of the movie, as opposed to Ananta Jalil’s previously mentioned budget of more than 100 crore tk – a…
Bangladeshi-born American illustrator and author Fahmida Azim has been named as part of the 2022 Pulitzer-winning team for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for their work in the American online media company Insider.Fahmida, alongside her winning t…
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has suspended one of its leaders from Thakurgaon for allegedly making defamatory remarks on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the National Mourning Day programme.The suspended leader has been identified as Arif Khan J…
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