Janmashtami to be celebrated today
Janmashtami, one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community commemorating the birth of Sri Krishna, will be celebrated across the country today with due religious fervour and gaiety...
Bangladesh
Mujib not the Father of the Nation: NCP
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Friday said that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was not the 鈥楩ather of the Nation鈥� and the title was a fascist tool manufactured by the Awami League to silence dissent and monopolise the state...
50,000 marooned as Padma floods chars in Kushtia
Nearly 50,000 people along the riverbanks of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia were marooned on Friday as the water level of the Padma river continued to rise, fuelled by relentless monsoon rains and heavy upstream flow...
DNCC writes to govt agencies for protection
The Dhaka North City Corporation has sent letters to the relevant government agencies, urging them to prevent the sale, purchase, or change in land use of areas earmarked in the Detailed Area Plan for parks, playgrounds and waterbodies...
Two JCD men held with extorted money in Habiganj
A Bangladesh Army patrol team held two youths, including a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, with Tk 90,000 they had extorted as ransom from a man at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj at midnight past Thursday...
Couple idol ceremony held at Kantajiu Temple
The couple idol, Jugal Bigraha, a traditional religious festival of the Hindu community, has been held at Kantajiu Temple, also known as Kantanagar temple, in Dinajpur...
Case filed against husband, in-laws
A murder case has been filed with the Mirpur police against the husband and in-laws of a woman after her body was recovered from a house in Dhaka city on Thursday...
Baby among 6 killed in road accidents in three dists
At least six people were killed in road accidents in three districts, namely Dinajpur, Sylhet and Chattogram, between Friday and Thursday night...
Take country forward by utilising power of youth: seminar
Dhaka University pro-vice-chancellor for administration Professor Sayema Haque Bidisha at a seminar on Thursday said that it was the right time to take the country forward by utilising the power of youth...
CPB, Jasod factions observe 50th anniv of Sheikh Mujib assassination
The Communist Party of Bangladesh and two factions of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal on Friday observed the 50th anniversary of death of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh...
134 more dengue cases reported in 24 hours
One hundred and thirty-four more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 25,710 this year...
Minor boy electrocuted in Gaibandha
A minor boy died from electrocution at Majhipara village under Lakhsmipur union of Gaibandha Sadar on Friday morning...
Man arrested with $51,000 in Meherpur
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a man with $51,000 in a raid at the Mujibnagar border in Meherpur on Friday...
4 fishermen held, pesticides, fishing nets seized in Sundarbans
Forest guards arrested four fishermen along with fishing instruments for illegally netting fish in the Sundarbans over the past three days...
Rafayat addresses on Bangladeshi youth, July uprising at UN headquarters
Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, co-founder and president of Footsteps, delivered his first keynote statement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, spotlighting the July uprising as an example for youth-led action against injustice worldwide...