Int’l Literacy Day today
Like other countries around the globe, Bangladesh will observe the International Literacy Day-2019 on Sunday in a befitting manner.“Literacy and Multilingualism” is this year’s theme...
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Johnson is no Winston Churchill, says his sacked grandson
Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is nothing like Winston Churchill but someone who tells lies about the European Union, according to the grandson...
103 youths held in Hatirjheel crackdown freed
Staff Reporter :A total 103 of 110 youngsters and teenagers were released on Saturday just a day after their detention in the city’s Hatirjheel for...
Israeli troops kill Gaza teens during border protests
Reuters, Gaza City :Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old during protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Palestinian health officials...
Toddler dies falling into water bucket
UNB, Feni :A one-year old girl died falling into a bucket of water in Shanti Company residential area in the town on Friday.The deceased was...
7 Amazon countries sign pact to protect largest forest
Reuters, Leticia, Colombia :Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world’s largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring,...
3 held with 2,246 handsets at HSIA
Law enforcers on Saturday arrested three people along with 2,246 smuggled handsets at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.The arrestees are Mohammad Sujon, 49,...
HK police fire tear gas as protests resume
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on Friday to clear protesters outside a subway station on the...
Johnson seeks to salvage his Brexit plan
AFP :Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to regain political momentum on Friday after a painful week left his do-or-die Brexit strategy in tatters. Johnson wants...
Minor boy stabbed to death
UNB, Joypurhat :A one and a half year-old boy was stabbed to death at Bhagabanpur in Sadar upazila on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Siam,...
90pc bldgs in Cumilla city unplanned: Mayor
UNB, Cumilla :Almost 90 percent buildings in the Cumilla City Corporation area were constructed in unplanned ways and many of them violated their designs, Mayor...