How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government
Reuters : In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways...
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Six dead as bus crushes autorickshaw in Chattogram’s Patiya
Online Desk : A bus has overturned after ramming into an autorickshaw on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Patiya, leaving at least six people dead...
President Hamid calls for stepping up flood relief distribution
UNB, Dhaka : President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged all to continue their efforts at reaching relief materials to the country’s flood-affected people. In his...
Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests
AP, COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with...
Bangladesh celebrates Eid-ul-Azha amid religious fervour
Online Desk : Muslims in Bangladesh are on Sunday celebrating their second largest religious festival, Eid-ul-Azha, with prayers and sacrificing animals in the name of...
Abe’s death raises security questions as Japan mourns
AP, Tokyo : A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime...
Japan ex-PM Abe gunned down while making election campaign speech
Reuters : Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking...
Mad rush at Paturia ghat ahead of Eid
UNB, Manikganj : Manikganj’s Paturia ghat has been witnessing a huge rush since Friday morning, as thousands from Dhaka head home to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with...
Covid numbers rising in Bangladesh: 7 more deaths, 1,611 cases reported
Online Desk : Seven more people died from Covid, and 1,611 tested positive for the virus in the 24 hours to Friday as cases are...
Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe apparently shot, in heart failure
AP, TOKYO : Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan,...
Global Covid cases top 558 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 558 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle...
West Indies beat Bangladesh to sweep T20 series
UNB, Dhaka : West Indies beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the third and final T20I of the three-match series on Thursday night. With this...