February 11, 2023

The fire that broke out at the Bhashantek slum earlier in the evening has been brought under control.The fire originated around 8:15 pm and soon started spreading to the adjacent areas, said Shahjahan Sikder, DAD (media cell) of the Fire Service and Ci…

Denmark and Greenland must address the negative impact of a colonial legacy that has led to structural and systemic racial discrimination against the indigenous Inuit community, an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said Friday…

Police arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and their student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from a procession on charge of attempting to carry out subversive activities in the district town on Saturday morning.The detainees are district…

Six months after the formation of the Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum (BTBF), the founders have decided to set up a formal organisation to better serve the objectives of the forum.With the support of the Turkish Embassy, the Forum was formalised as a…

BNP leaders and activists have alleged that some of their activists were injured in attacks by Awami League (AL) men during the ongoing union-level march in different upazilas of Natore on Saturday.Shahidul Islam Bachhu, convener of Naldanga upazila un…

Lt. Col. (retd) Niranjan Bhattacharya and Bijay Krishna Bhattacharya have been re-elected as President and General Secretary of the BangladeshBrahman Sangsad through a national Brahman delegates conference at the Bangladesh Railway Puja Mandir in the c…

Twelve BNP activists were injured in a clash between police and BNP during their ongoing union-level march at Panchrukhi in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district on Saturday.Lutfur Rahman, former joint secretary of district unit BNP, said they brou…

Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan, director general of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday visited Tin Bigha Corridor, Angarpota-Dahagram and Panbari border areas in Patgram of Lalmonirhat.He visited BGB’s Rangpur Region headquarters and Rangpur …

The Election Commission will purchase paper from the state-owned Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) ahead of the upcoming national parliamentary election.AKM Anisuzzaman, managing director of KMP, said EC collected paper from the mill for use as ballot paper…

Members of Legal Aid Committees have been urged to increase the capacity of legal aid offices, and raise public awareness from grassroot and coordination among the members of the committee to ensure government legal aid.They also advocated for the expa…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly vandalized the office of Barguna’s Patharghata upazila unit BNP on Saturday morning.A total of eight BNP activists were injured in this attack, said Chowduhry MD Faruk, convenor of Patharghata upazila…

The mayor of Canada’s largest city has stepped down after acknowledging he had an affair with a former staffer.Toronto Mayor John Tory said at a late Friday night news conference that he developed a relationship with an employee in his office.The 68-ye…