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...
Bangladesh
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...
Ferry services disrupted as 2 jetties collapse at Paturia
Ferry operations on the Paturia鈥揇aulatdia route have been severely disrupted after two out of three ferry jetties at Paturia collapsed under the force of a strong current in the Padma River...
Complaint lodged against 42 people over Barishal hospital clash
A complaint has been filed against 42 people, including Mohiuddin Roni, a key organiser of the health sector reform movement, for allegedly attacking a human chain programme organised by doctors, nurses and staff of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital...
Landless farmers prevented from farming for extortion at Hatiya
Landless farmers with their families on Friday protested at extortionists who allegedly prevented them from farming, physically assaulting them and even giving them murder threats at Hatiya upazila in Noakhali...
Two BCL leaders arrested in anti-terrorism case
The police have arrested two union-level leaders of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League in connection with an anti-terrorism case...
Mujib killing day passes off unceremoniously
Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front bodies did not pay tributes to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 50th death anniversary...
Putting back stones begins, drives continue
The local administration on Friday started putting the stones, recovered from the hands of a racket, back to Sadapathar, a popular tourist destination at Bholaganj in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet...
BNP leaders warn election fears to persist until votes counted
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that apprehension about the next national election would persist until the counting of votes was completed...
Man dies after jumping from roof during drive: ISPR
A crime suspect died after jumping from roof without getting any way to escape after opening fire at members of security forces in Shantinagar area under Manikchhari upazila in Khagrachari district on Friday, according to the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate...
BTRC asked to take action against 30 officials
The posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry has ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to take action against at least 36 serving and former officials, including former chair Md Mohiuddin Ahmed...
ACC reform gets stuck
The interim government is yet to implement the recommendations made by the Anti-Corruption Reform Commission seven months ago to strengthen the ant-graft watchdog, rendering uncertain the fate of the recommendations...
Dev disparity leaves Rajshahi city outskirts suffer during rainy season
While the centre of Rajshahi city gleams with new roads, street lights and public works, residents of its slums and suburban neighbourhoods face immense sufferings during the rainy season due to flooding and water stagnation, exposing a stark disparity in development...
Child found dead in Kushtia
THE police recovered the floating body of a seven-year-old child from Bahadurpur Arokandi village of Bheramara upazila in Kushtia on Friday...
1,991 more crime suspects held in countrywide crackdown
In the ongoing countrywide anti-criminal crackdown, the police arrested 1,991 more crime suspects from different parts of the country in the past 24 hours...