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10 killed in Nilphamari road crash
At least 10 people are killed and six injured as a bus collides head-on with a pickup van on the Saidpur bypass road of Dhaka-Dinajpur highway in Nilphamari district.
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Quader trashes Fakhrul’s claim, says Khaleda getting bonus facility
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has trashed claims that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is in “dire state” and said that she is getting more facility than she deserves at prison.
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How was Eid for Bangladeshi tourists stuck in Kolkata?
Thousands of Bangladeshi tourists go to Kolkata every day for various reasons. Most of these tourists are Muslims. Unless for dire needs, these tourists do not stay in this Hindu-majority town during the Eid celebrations.
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Flood: What they need in plenty is aid
For five days now, hundreds of people of Kulaura’s Sharifpur are struggling to make it through on the embankments, surviving only on puffed rice and unsafe drinking water.
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Scientist launches hunt for Loch Ness 'monster DNA'
A scientist hopes the marvels of modern science can finally unravel the over 1,500-year old mystery of Loch Ness as he travels from the University of Otago in New Zealand to collect water samples in the Scottish lake, in the hope of finding out more about the creatures that inhabit its depths.
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India resumes 'hunting terrorists' in Kashmir
The Indian government has announced it will not extend the "suspension of operation against terrorists" in Jammu and Kashmir state announced at the start of the month of Ramandan in May.
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Drinking water crisis in Moulvibazar flood hit areas
People in flood affected villages of Moulvibazar district are facing an acute crisis of drinking water.
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Khaleda not able to walk on her own: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir tells journalist that the party chief Khaleda Zia is not able to walk on her own.
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Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Mymensingh
Police recover the bullet-hit body of a listed woman 'drug peddler' in the Sadar upazila of Mymensingh.
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4 killed in Noakhali, Comilla road crashes
At least four people are killed in two separate road accidents in Noakhali and Comilla.
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Taxi ploughs into Moscow crowd including soccer fans
A taxi drives into a crowd of pedestrians near Moscow's Red Square, injuring seven people including two Mexicans in the city for the soccer World Cup which Russia is hosting, officials and eyewitnesses say.
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10 killed in road crashes in 5 dists
At least 10 people, including two schoolteachers, are killed in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Sylhet, Chandpur, Habiganj and Jhenidah districts.
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Rohingyas stage demo demanding safe, dignified repatriation
Rohingya Muslim refugees at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar stage a demonstration demanding safe and dignified repatriation to Myanmar.
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UN, WB chiefs likely to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim are likely to make a two-day official visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh on July 1.
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Khaleda spends a ‘different’ Eid in jail with relatives, near ones
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spends a ‘different’ Eid day in jail accompanied by her relatives and near ones.
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4 kids killed in Gazipur boat capsize
Four children, including three girls, are killed as a boat carrying them capsizes in a beel (water body) in Bymile area of Gazipur city.
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Ecological disaster prevented as Indian Navy anchors burning merchant ship
In a daring operation, the Indian Navy succeeds in anchoring a burning merchant ship off the Sagar Island in West Bengal at the mouth of the Ganges Delta.
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Body of missing boy recovered in Dhaka
The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area hours after he went missing, police say.
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Bangladeshi jumps to death in Makkah
A Bangladeshi man throws himself to death from the first floor into the Kaaba circumambulation area at the Grand Mosque (Haram Mosque) in Makkah where worshipers were circling the sacred edifice or waiting for prayers.
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Former Trump campaign head Manafort sent to jail
US President Donald Trump's former election campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is sent to jail pending trial after being charged with witness tampering, the latest episode in his long fall from grace.
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Take care so that each people can enjoy Eid festivity: President
President M Abdul Hamid urges all so that each people in the society can enjoy the festivity of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims.
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Country’s democracy now well-protected: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says democracy in Bangladesh is now well-protected and the country has earned the capability to face any disaster.
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Moulvibazar flood: 2 missing found dead
Body of two victims among three, who went missing yesterday in deteriorating flood situation in Moulvibazar, are recovered from a river in the area, police say.
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BNP leaders not allowed to meet Khaleda in jail
A batch of senior BNP leaders are denied permission to meet Khaleda Zia in jail on the day Bangladesh is celebrating Eid.
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Largest Eid congregation held at Sholakia
The largest Eid-ul-Fitr jamaat (congregation) of the country was held on the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan this morning with participation of over thousands of devotees from home and abroad amid stringent security measures.
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SAHR condemns killing of journalist Bukhari
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) has strongly condemned the killing of journalist of Shujaat Bukhari who was shot dead in Srinagar two days ago.
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Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated amid due solemnity, fervour
Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims, is celebrated across the country amid due solemnity, fervour and gaiety as the holy Ramadan, the month of fasting and abstinence, comes to an end.
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Ansar Al Islam maybe behind Shahjahan murder: Monirul
Ansar Al Islam, a banned militant outfit, might be behind the murder of free-thinking writer-publisher Shahjahan Bachchu, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Chief Monirul Islam says.
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Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated tomorrow
Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Saturday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky.
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No sufferings on highways: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader claims that there are no sufferings of home-goers on the highways this year.
