Dhaka: President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir welcomed Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday as the Bhutanese monarch made a stopover in Dhaka while travelling from Singapore to Bhutan. …
Rangpur: The investigation into the killing of a retired teacher and three members of his family in Rangpur has been handed over to the Detective Branch (DB) of police after questions raised over the police account of the incident. The investigation w…
Dhaka: Dhaka ranked 48th among the world’s most polluted cities on Wednesday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 60. The city’s air quality was classified as ‘moderate’, according to the AQI scale.
According to United News of Bang…
Kamrangirchar: A college student committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in the Kala Math area of Kamrangirchar in the capital amid a family dispute on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rishat Jahan Omi, 16, daughter of Md Osman G…
Dhaka: Eleven-year-old twin brothers Tanvir Hasan and Tafsir Hasan have officially joined “bdapps,” the country’s largest app store and developer platform, as its youngest developers. The sixth-grade students from Shariatpur learned coding and app dev…
Dhaka: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Tuesday affirmed the government’s dedication to safeguarding human rights for all citizens, emphasizing that no individual would be unjustly detained or imprisoned for political reasons, i…
Bogura: At least five individuals, including three children and two elderly people, were injured in separate incidents involving a rabid fox in Dhunot upazila of Bogura. The attacks occurred on Tuesday, resulting in all victims receiving medical treat…
Dhaka: Five children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00 am on Tuesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 943 this year.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the Dir…
Dhaka: Police arrested Bidisha Siddique, the former wife of late Jatiya Party Chairman and former President HM Ershad, from Gulshan in the city on Tuesday night in connection with a financial fraud case. She was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in…