Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ sells 3.2M copies in 1st week
AP, NEW YORK : Prince Harry’s “Spare” sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among...
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2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema begins
UNB, Gazipur : The second phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began on the banks...
Peru police use tear gas to block protesters from marching
AP, Peru : Police fired tear gas to try to subdue thousands of protesters who poured into the Peruvian capital Thursday, many from remote Andean...
New Zealand’s Ardern has many possibilities for a second act
AP, New Zealand : When Jacinda Ardern announced this week she was stepping down as New Zealand’s prime minister, speculation began almost immediately about what...
Ctg Kotwali OC accused of harassing journos covering detention of BNP activists
UNB, Chattogram : The officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station allegedly harassed a cameraperson and a reporter of private NTV while they were capturing video...
Season’s lowest: Sreemangal shivers at 5.4 degrees Celsius
UNB, Moulvibazar : Biting cold gripped Sreemangal as the lowest temperature in the country this season was recorded at 5.6 degrees Celsius in the upazila...
World Bank managing director to arrive in Dhaka Saturday
UNB, Dhaka : World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg will arrive in Dhaka Saturday on his first official visit to Bangladesh. During...
6 Awami League activists get life term for killing Shibir leader in Kushtia
UNB, Kushtia : A Kushtia court on Thursday sentenced six Awami League activists to life term imprisonment in a case over killing an Islamai Chattra...
2nd phase Biswa Ijtema begins Friday
UNB, Gazipur : The second phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after hajj, begins on the banks of...
TCB to import 1.10 crore litres soybean oil, 8,000 MT lentil for OMS
UNB, Dhaka : Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the state marketing agency, will import 1.10 crore (11 million) litres of soybean oil and 8,000 metric...
Dhaka court orders issuing notice asking Tarique, Zubaida to appear before it
UNB, Dhaka : A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to publish a notice in newspapers asking BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and...
Bangladeshi boy rescued from container shipped to Malaysia
UNB, Chattogram : A 15-year-old boy has been rescued from a container, shipped to Malaysia’s Klang port from Chattogram, Chattogram port authorities said on Wednesday....