35 km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway after road accident
UNB, Cumilla : A 35 km long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway after a goods-laden lorry overturned near Nuritala area in Chandina upazila early...
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8-yr old’s body recovered from ditch in Narayanganj; brother, sister-in-law held
UNB, Naryanaganj : Police recovered the body of an 8-year old girl in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday, three days after she went missing....
Mongla Port witnesses first RMG export thanks to Padma Bridge
UNB, Bagerhat : A foreign ship named Maersk Nesna left the Mongla Port in Bagerhat for Poland with Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) products for the...
Freedom fighters to get smart ID cards, digital certificates
UNB, Dhaka : The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Thursday has launched smart ID card and digital certificate distribution among freedom fighters through which...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 4 more die, 618 new cases reported in 24hrs
Online Desk : Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 618 new cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning. With the latest figures, the country’s...
Global Covid cases top 578 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 578 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the...
Youth stabbed to death in Keraniganj
UNB, Keraniganj : An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of men following an argument over jumping a queue at an...
Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force
AP, BAGHDAD : Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed...
Power line kills 4 at anti-UN protest in eastern Congo
AP, KINSHASA : Four people participating in demonstrations against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo were killed Wednesday when a high-voltage power line...
Illegal autos continue to ply in N’ganj on pilfered power
UNB, Narayanganj : Amid the worsening power situation in Bangladesh, some 50,000 battery-run auto-rickshaws continue plying illegally in Narayanganj on pilfered electricity and that too...
Six Khulna men to die for war crimes
UNB, Khulna : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Thursday sentenced six Khulna men to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971...
Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea
AP, SEOUL : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States...