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February 7, 2023

Another DU BCL activist accused of abusing girls

Fahim Tajwar Joy, a prominent activist of the ruling party student front Bangladesh Chhatra League Masterda Surja Sen Hall Chhatra League of Dhaka University has been accused of molesting a woman and her husband and looting money from them in front of …

Survivors scream as desperate rescuers work in Turkey, Syria

Rescuers called out, “Slowly, slowly,” as they lifted a man inch by inch from between slabs of collapsed concrete Monday in the Turkish province that was the epicenter of a devastating earthquake.His neck in a brace, the barefoot man was carried on a s…

Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing

Months after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has “frightening” nightmares.But, he said during his first interview since the attack, he still has a fe…

Fire Service team going to Turkey to be part of rescue effort

A 12-member rescue team from the Fire Service and Civil Defense (DSCD) is being sent to Turkey to conduct search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Monday’s horrific earthquake.The 12-member rescue team of the FSCD has been prepared to be sent a…

20 ‘teen gang members’ held in Dhaka, RAB says

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 20 members of a “teen gang” along with sharp weapons from different areas of Dhaka on Monday.Tipped off, a team of RAB-2 conducted drives in the capital’s Mohammadpur, Adabar, Hazaribagh, Bosila and Kawr…

‘Chandika not as strict as we think’: Khaled Mahmud

Chandika Hathurusingha has been named coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team for a second time. He will begin his new role during the upcoming England series in Bangladesh. Khaled Mahmud, former Bangladesh coach and director of the Bangladesh Cr…

ALPP decides to let Hasina decide

Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) on Tuesday authorised the party president, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to nominate the party’s candidate for the presidential election.Awami League General Secretary and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader gave thi…

UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life

A former London police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period.Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, admitted last month he was a se…

Bangladeshi student in Turkey missing after earthquake

A Bangladeshi student named Md Golam Syed Rinku has been reported missing in the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Türkiye and Syria along their borders early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,800 people.Rinku is …

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