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.
Taiwan has sent senior diplomats to Gambia in a last-ditch effort to restore diplomatic relations after they were unilaterally broken off by the West African nation, officials said yesterday.
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Renowned author Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal speaks during a session called “Write a story with Muhammad Zafar Iqbal” at the Hay Festival at Bangla Academy, while Rozina Dewan, inset, performs during Kobi Lorai (battle of the poets) on the concluding day of the festival yesterday. Photo: Darshan Chakma/ Amran Hossain
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A bus goes up in flames in Sitakunda on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway after BNP-Jamaat activists set it alight during their clash with law enforcers yesterday evening. Photo: Star
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said he will soon announce a new alliance, but Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh and Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League, with whom he wants to build political partnership, have expressed scepticism about his move.
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Two local firms working at the Bangabandhu Bridge have gobbled up Tk 1.16 crore between November 2010 and March this year, according to an official investigation.
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The country's total women labour force rose to 17.2 million from 10.3 million in seven years, said a workshop hosted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) yesterday.
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The US wants to see the continuation of democratic process and a free, fair and credible election in Bangladesh, Nisha Desai Biswal, US assistant secretary of state, said yesterday.
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The world's chemical watchdog on Friday adopted a final roadmap for ridding Syria of its arsenal by mid-2014, reaching agreement hours before a deadline expired.
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Most scientists would probably say that the concept of an afterlife is either nonsense, or at the very least unprovable.
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