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.
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Pickets torch several lorries on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda yesterday, day-2 of the opposition-called 84-hour hartal. Photo: StarFed up with the long spells of shutdowns for the last three weeks, people yesterday defied the opposition-sponsored hartal and risked their lives coming out to the streets for daily work.
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Organisers of Hay Festival Dhaka 2013 at a press conference in the capital's Bangla Academy where they announced kicking off the three-day international literary festival at the same venue on Thursday.
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These people had come to Dhaka from various bits of the country for work, like pulling rickshaws, being a porter or just a labourer. Late in Sunday night, they were seen waiting near Karwan Bazar looking for a ride home since a series of long hartals dried up work. Photo: Sk Enamul HaqThe ongoing political violence is forcing hundreds of rural migrant workers to leave the capital only to face financial uncertainty back home.
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India yesterday stressed the importance of resolving the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh through dialogue and holding a free and fair election peacefully.
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The convicts in the sensational BDR carnage case are yet to get any certified copies of the verdict, although the trial court has sent death reference to the High Court (HC) for confirmation of the death penalties for 152 people.
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Police seized around 167 crude bombs and a huge quantity of bomb-making materials after raiding a house in the capital's Azimpur area yesterday afternoon.
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A fire gutted the Qatar Airways office in the capital's Gulshan last night.
Fire service officials said the fire broke out around 10:00pm at the office on the fifth floor of Taj Marriot building in Gulshan-1. Seven fire engines doused the fire around 11:40pm. The blaze gutted furniture, documents and computers of the office. None was hurt and no one was at the office.
Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge relief effort that had barely begun yesterday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.
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For 57-year-old Harry Sperl of Daytona Beach, Florida, burgers are not only a tasty fast-food treat, but also representations of American popular culture that deserve a shrine.
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Two journalists working for an independent newspaper are to stand trial for "defaming" judges in an article published in 2012, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on yesterday.
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