Metro rail is pride of Bangladesh: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said through metro rail the Awami League government added another feather of pride to the crown of Bangladesh’s people. “We have added another…
UN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. The Security Council “reiterated its deep…
JaPa’s Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa elected as RCC mayor for second consecutive time
Jatiya Party-backed mayoral candidate Md Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa on Tuesday unofficially won the high-voltage Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election for the second consecutive time. Mostafa bagged 1, 46,798 votes…
Joy greets new era of Metrorail
On the eve of launching of country’s first elevated metro rail service, Sajeeb Wazed, ICT affairs advisor to Sheikh Hasina, took to his Twitter, announcing a new era into country’s…
Minister: Ukraine aims to develop air-to-air combat drones
Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used during its invasion of the country,…
Bangladesh reports 67 more dengue cases
Sixty-seven more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 281 as no death was…
Madrasa teacher arrested for rape in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested a madrasa teacher in a rape case from Ramna area in the capital. The accused was Md. Alamgir Mollah, 28, a teacher…
New political alliance “Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote” launched
A new political platform, “Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote” comprising 11 parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance was formally launched on Wednesday to strengthen the simultaneous anti-government movement. Fariduzzaman Farhad, chairman…