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UK BNP leader arrested in Sylhet

Police arrested BNP's UK unit joint general secretary Shohidul Islam Mamun from his residence in Sylhet city's Badambagich on Monday afternoon,…

Cop detained for ‘yaba trading’

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive on Friday detained a sub-inspector of police for his alleged involvement in drug trading. The…

Ex-BNP MP among 77 sued

A case has been filed against 77 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamat-e-Islami, including BNP central leader and former MP Habibul Islam Habib…

Man detained with 6 gold bars at Dhaka airport

Customs officials arrested a man along with six gold bars, weighing 600 grams, from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday afternoon…

Release the students

The government continues its drive to arrest the students who had taken to the streets in demand of safe roads and also those who had previously…

Six EU countries to take in stranded ship migrants

Six EU countries have agreed to take in over 200 migrants stranded on a rescue ship off Malta's coast, French president Emmanuel Macron said Tue…

How Myanmar troops forced Rohingya Muslims to flee

"In our plane, we got to eat cake," read the 10 August post. "Are you going to eat Bengali meat?" commented a friend. Many Burmese refer to Rohi…

Teary celebration at Rohingya camps

There was no feast, no new clothes for the children on the Eid day, Khadiza Khatun, a Rohingya woman living in Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia…

Eid joy eludes Bangladeshis: Ershad

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said the joy of Eid is now elusive in the country.Because, he argued, the people are getting killed…

Hellish highway despite spending Tk 36b

A group of friends were on the way to Dhaka from Chattogram to take the Sonali Bank recruitment test in April. They boarded a Shyamoli Paribahan…

Rain brings relief, but cripples city life

Heavy rains and thundershowers on Thursday morning crippled city dwellers’ life as most roads in different parts of the capital went under water…

7 more killed in alleged gunfights

As the nationwide drive against drug trading continues, seven more suspected drug peddlers were killed in separate incidents of reported gunfigh…

?Excellent’ election and observation on Khulna polls!

We are, generally speaking, amazed by excellent performances or anything extraordinarily good. And the word ‘excellent’ is also used…

The most common item for Iftar

In the late 1970s, a trader in Tangail was selling stale dates on Eid day. An old man asked him how much the 'tamarind' cost, because that was w…

Schoolboy hacked dead

A schoolboy was hacked to death by two youths at Joar Sahara area of Bhatara in Dhaka.

Trump says 'Shubha Nababarsha'

US president Donald Trump is wishing Bengalis everywhere “Shubha Nababarsha” as they celebrate the New Year.

Cold snap brings snow to Mediterranean beaches

A blast of Siberian weather sends temperatures plunging across much of Europe, causing headaches for travellers and leading to several deaths fr…

Early settlement discovered in Sundarbans, revealing rich civilisation

Traces that indicate settlement dating back to around 1,500 years ago, have been discovered in five places of the Sundarbans