Madaripur: A shopkeeper was killed and two others were injured in an accident in the Somaddar Bridge area on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Sadar upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Ilias Sarder, 40, son of Monnat Sarder of No…
Dhaka: The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated through a series of programmes on November 21, marking the establishment of the army, navy, and air force during the 1971 Liberation War. The celebrations will commence with special prayers at all mosques…
Dhaka: Mushfiqur Rahim stood on the brink of joining an elite list of batters who have scored a century in their 100th Test, finishing Day 1 of the second and final Test against Ireland unbeaten on 99 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. T…
Dhaka: The newly appointed Ambassador of France to Bangladesh, Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet, paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman at his Bashundhara office this afternoon. The meeting was held in a warm and cordial at…
Hanoi: A court in Vietnam sentenced a former beauty queen to two years in jail Wednesday for falsely promoting gummies as rich in fibre on her social media channels, state media reported. The judges found Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien guilty of deceiving cust…
Dhaka: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin emphasized the urgent need to formulate a clear law for conducting referendums in the country. “The law on how the referendum will be held needs to be made first. Once the law is made, then we w…
Brussels: The European Union wants to train up to 3,000 Palestinian police officers in the Gaza Strip under a scheme similar to one it already runs in the West Bank, an EU official said Wednesday. There will be a “need to stabilise Gaza with an import…
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected criminals, including an accused in the killing of Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria in the capital’s Pallabi area. The detainees are Monir Hossain Shohel, known as Pata Shohel, 30, and Md Sujon, al…
Chattogram: A Dhaka-bound US-Bangla Airlines flight was delayed by about 26 minutes this morning after a wild fox was spotted on the runway at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport. Confirming the incident, Airport Public Relations Officer En…