A Dhaka court yesterday appointed administrators to look after some of the immovable properties of Benazir Ahmed and his family members.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Bangladeshis were found to be the highest number of irregular migrants reaching the shores of Italy in the first six months of this year.
Police in Manikganj are trying to arrest five men accused of raping a schoolgirl.
A 25-year-old tourist drowned and two others were injured while bathing in the Nikli haor in Kishoreganj yesterday morning.
Two patients with Covid-19 died and at least 620 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the health directorate in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared the main protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early yesterday, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.
The government has decided to have an ordinance promulgated on Money Laundering Prevention (Amendment) Act to introduce tougher provisions in the proposed law ahead of a visit by an international anti-money laundering organisation.
Thousands of photos taken by Apollo astronauts on moon missions are now online.
The death toll of Bangladeshi pilgrims from the Mina stampede has gone up to 51.
The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries have reached a deal on the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation but the accord on Monday faced initial skepticism in the US Congress.
A trio of scientists earned the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine yesterday for unlocking revolutionary treatments for malaria and roundworm, helping to roll back two parasitic diseases that blight millions of lives.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her strong commitment to making Bangladesh a middle-income country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041. Addressing a civic reception at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban for her winning the UN's Champions of the Earth award, the premier said she has committed herself to turning Bangladesh into a "Sonar Bangla" free from poverty and hunger.
A Khulna court yesterday indicted three people for the brutal killing of 12-year-old Rakib over quitting job.
A rare drawing of comic book hero Tintin by Belgian cartoonist Hergé fetched over a million dollars at auction in Hong Kong yesterday as experts say comic art is becoming as collectible as paintings.
Craftsmen are carving out intricate designs and floral motifs on the walls, beams and ceilings of Boro Sardarbari to give it the original look before it opens to the public in March next year.
Only hit men could have carried out the killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio, 66, claimed Rangpur's Additional Superintendent of Police Shah Mamtazul Islam.
