Puja ends with Durga immersion
Tens of thousands of Hindus in colourful attires took to the streets on Tuesday beating drums and chanting mantras as five days of revelry and celebration ended today with immersion of Devi Durga in rivers and water bodies across the country.
BUET student murdered, 9 BCL activists detained
Fierce protests erupted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country as a student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology was beaten to death early Monday
Quader asks IGP to contact PM over Abrar murder
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that he had asked the inspector general of police to have a talk with the prime minister for getting
Durga Puja ends today
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will end today with the immersion of idols of Goddess Durga across the country.
Samrat, Arman held, jailed for 6 months
The Rapid Action Battalion said that they arrested on Sunday pro-Awami League youth organisation Jubo League’s Dhaka south city unit president Ismail Chowdhury Samrat along with his associate Armanul Haque Arman from Chuddagram of Cumilla.
9 to visit Europe to inspect 15 lifts
Nine officials, eight of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University and one from the education ministry would visit Switzerland and Spain for 10 days to inspect 15 lifts bought for the university in Mymensingh.
496 children raped in six months: report
A total of 496 children were raped during the first six months of the year, a jump of 41 per cent compared to the previous year, said a report on Sunday.
Suraiya murder verdict deferred to October 10
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court here on Sunday deferred until on October 10 the pronouncement of verdict in Willes Little Flower School and College student Suraiya Akhter Risha murder case.
Solid wastes cause growing concern for habitat
With very limited waste management facilities in both urban and rural areas in the country, Bangladesh will observe today the World Habitat Day 2019, looking to emphasise on ‘Frontier
India to watch Bangladesh coast
Bangladesh will allow India to establish a coastal surveillance radar system along its coastline that according to an expert might impact the country’s existing relations with China.
