‘Prime accused’ held over rape of 2 Rangpur ethnic girls
UNB, Dhaka :Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the prime accused in a case filed in connection with the gang-rape of two girls of...
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Democracy may turn into autocracy: Dr Kamal
Staff Reporter :Gono Forum President and Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain feared that democracy might turn into autocracy in absence of people’s representatives in...
Low over Bay likely to intensify into cyclone
bdnews24.com :As the sweltering weather has started to ease after three days, the Met Office has forecast a tropical cyclone.A well-marked low over the southern...
SC clears way for FBCCI election for directors
Staff Reporter :The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday cleared the way for holding the election to 21 posts of directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers...
Rana Plaza volunteer dies after ‘setting himself on fire’ in Savar
UNB, Savar :A man, who volunteered in rescue operations after the Rana Plaza collapse, reportedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire in Birulia on...
6 to die in Khadem murder case
Court Correspondent :A court here on Thursday sentenced six to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing administrative officer of Dhaka Divisional Commissioner’s...
Plastic factory gutted in city
UNB, Keraniganj :A fire gutted valuables of a plastic factory at Chunkutia Hijholtala in South Keraniganj here on Thursday.Shah Jaman, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Police Station,...
Coalition strikes on Raqqa ‘killed 1,600 civilians’
BBC Online :More than 1,600 civilians were killed in US-led coalition air and artillery strikes during the offensive to oust the Islamic State group from...
3 bodies recovered in city
UNB, Dhaka :Police recovered three bodies from Banani and airport railway stations on Thursday.Nazrul Islam, sub-inspector of Airport Railway Police outpost, said that an unidentified...
‘Exhilarating’ implant turns thoughts to speech
By James Gallagher :Health and Science correspondent, BBC News Scientists have developed a brain implant that can read people’s minds and turn their thoughts to...
Sudan braces for ‘million-strong’ protest march
AFP :Sudanese protesters began gathering for a “million-strong” march Thursday to turn up the heat on the ruling military council after three of its members...