3 earthquakes jolt district close to Nepal capital
XINHUA, KATHMANDU : Three earthquakes above magnitude 4 jolted Dhading district on Sunday morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. One temblor of magnitude...
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Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in London as Israel-Hamas war roils the world
AP, LONDON : Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through a rainy London on Saturday to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza, and...
Police will take decisive action against anyone attempting to incite violence during BNP’s Oct 28 rally: DMP Commissioner
UNB, Dhaka : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman today said that DMP will take decisive action against anyone attempting to incite violence during...
Govt aims to collect 11.2 percent of GDP in taxes by 2025-26 fiscal
UNB, Dhaka : The government aims to collect total revenue amounting to 11.2 percent of GDP by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal, according to...
PM Hasina inaugurates 15-storey Bar Council Building
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the newly constructed 15-storey building of Bangladesh Bar Council in Dhaka. The building with state-of-the-art...
Bangladesh observing Day of Mourning for Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks
UNB, Dhaka : The nation is observing a Day of Mourning today for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks. All government, semi-government, autonomous and...
AL MP Shahjahan Mia passes away
UNB, Patuakhali : Shahjahan Mia, MP of Patuakhali-1 constituency and also president of Patuakhali district unit Awami League, passed away at hospital in the capital...
Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released
AP, Gaza Strip : Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who had been held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the...
Kaptai hanging bridge in Rangamati opens to tourists after over one month
UNB, Rangamati : After a month and half of staying closed following inundation, the iconic hanging bridge on Kaptai Lake, known as a “symbol of...
TIB expresses concern over removal of National River Commission’s chairman
UNB, Dhaka : Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday expressed deep concern over the removal of the National Conservation Commission’s chairman midway of his tenure....
No one spreading rumours in cyberspace to be spared: Home Minister
UNB, Dhaka : Minister for Home Affairs Md Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal warned on Friday that no one spreading rumours over the Durga Puja in cyberspace...
The Guardian fires longtime cartoonist after allegations of antisemitic imagery
AP, LONDON : The Guardian newspaper has fired longtime editorial cartoonist Steve Bell after refusing to run a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...