Bangladesh Army detains journalist for instigating violence in Rangpur
Bangladesh Army has arrested a local journalist for allegedly inciting violence during an attack on the homes of the minority community in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur...
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Teesta crosses danger level, floods low-lying areas in Rangpur
The River Teesta has once again crossed the danger mark at the Dalia point in Rangpur, flooding low-lying areas along its banks following continuous heavy rainfall and gushing waters from the upstream...
Five placed on two-day remand over attacks on Hindu homes
A Rangpur court on Thursday afternoon placed five people on two-day remand聽in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26 and July 27...
JCD leader dies at DMCH after being stabbed in Rangpur
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night, eight days after he was stabbed allegedly by a relative over a land-related dispute in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur...
BASIC Bank awards Pension Pay thru Magpie initiative
BASIC Bank Limited on Monday organised a programme titled 鈥業nnovation Showcase and Award Giving Ceremony,鈥� said a press release...
5 sent to jail over attack on Hindu homes
A Rangpur court sent five men to jail on Wednesday in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26鈥�27...
Reconstructing killing through counter-forensics
ABU Sayed, a student activist at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was killed on July 16, 2024. The death became a flashpoint in what would grow into the July uprising. While the Awami League government, toppled in the uprising,聽 then claimed that Sayed had been killed with bricks and firearms by other protesters, video footage shared widely on social media...
Protesters plant paddy seedlings on Rangpur road demanding repairs
The residents of Rangpur district town have staged a symbolic protest by planting paddy seedlings and displaying red cards on a severely damaged road, demanding its immediate repairs...
Power crisis hits north
Multiple problems hit the publicly-owned 525MW coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant, accounting for almost half of the installed power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand in Rangpur zone, with its production dropping below 50 MW on Tuesday...
Foreign adviser for addressing challenges in CHT Accord implementation
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday said that the challenges over the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord would be identified and efforts will be make to resolve those through constructive discussions with all stakeholders...
1 killed, 20 injured as tanker explodes at Rangpur LPG station
At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion at a filling station in Rangpur city on Saturday...
Intelligence failures behind critical nat鈥檒 crises: ex-IGP Ashraful Huda
Former inspector general of police Ashraful Huda on Friday said that intelligence failures were responsible for some of Bangladesh鈥檚 most critical national crises, including the assassinations of former presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, as well as the...
Swechchhasebak League leader arrested in Rangpur
Police have arrested Awami Swechchhasebak League leader Iftekharul Islam Shuvo, 35, in four attempted murder cases filed during the anti-discrimination student movement...
Abu Sayeed murder deliberate extrajudicial killing
The murder of Abu Sayeed, a student at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, during the 2024 mass uprising was a deliberate extrajudicial killing by the police, according to a counter-forensic investigation jointly conducted by Drik Picture Library and Forensic Architecture, a London-based research agency...
EU unveils recommendations to rein in powerful AI models
The EU聽unveiled on Thursday long-delayed recommendations to rein in the most advanced AI models such as OpenAI鈥檚 ChatGPT and help companies comply with the bloc鈥檚 sweeping new law...
Three people killed, 50 others injured in Rangpur road accident
Three people including a child were killed and 50 others were injured after a bus plunged into a pond at Deuti Beltola in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Wednesday night...
Seven people killed in one month
A four-kilometre stretch of the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway, passing through the Mithapukur upazila, has turned into a deadly zone, claiming at least seven lives in the past month alone...
Female college student rescued, kidnapper arrested in Rangpur
The Rapid Action Battalion rescued a kidnapped female college student and arrested the main suspect, Md Rizvi, 24, at a residential hotel of Payra Chatwar in Rangpur on Monday...
3 teenagers drown in Rangpur
Three teenagers, including two madrassah students, drowned while bathing in two separate rivers in Rangpur on Sunday afternoon...
Bodies of 3 students recovered from rivers in Rangpur
The bodies of three students were recovered from two rivers in Rangpur鈥檚 Badarganj Upazila on Sunday after they went missing while bathing, the police said...
Neutral election impossible in current situation: Jamaat amir
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman said on Friday that a neutral election was not possible in Bangladesh under the current situation.
Formal charges pressed against ex-BRU VC, several others in Abu Sayeed murder case
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals, including former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, eight police personnel, and several ruling party student leaders, over the killing of university student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur.
AI learning to lie, scheme, threaten creators
The world鈥檚 most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviours - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.
Hasina among 30 named in ICT probe
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday submitted a probe report accusing 30 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of crimes against humanity committed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur...
IGP for independent police commission free from political interference
Inspector general of police Baharul Alam on Wednesday observed that the proposal of police reform commission downplayed the core issues of governance, including keeping police free from political interference and undue process.
Woman raped on moving train
A woman was allegedly raped by a temporary railway employee on a moving train in Dhaka Wednesday morning...
Flash flood advisory for Rangpur as heavy rain forecasted
Low-lying areas along the River Teesta in the Rangpur division may encounter flash floods due to heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur over vast swathes of land expanding from northern Bangladesh to upstream places across the borders in India, Bhutan and Nepal...
ACC sues ex-Rokeya Univ VCs Kalimullah, Nur-un-Nabi
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against five people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellors Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah and AKM Nur-un-Nabi, on charges of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a development project through corruption...
GPH staff to get corporate benefits from foodpanda
foodpanda Bangladesh has recently signed an agreement with steel manufacturer GPH Ispat allowing employees of the latter organisation to enjoy exclusive deals and discounts while ordering through foodpanda app, said a press release...
Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial intelligence or AI...