Yet another kid dies falling in city sewer

Fire service and civil defence divers on Friday morning recovered the body of a four-year-old boy after he fell in a sewer behind Mirpur Commerce College in the city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.

Essential commodity prices remain high

The prices of most of the essential commodities remained high in the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.

BNP to hold countrywide demo today

Bangladesh Nationalist Party will have a countrywide demonstration today to protest against a High Court verdict that awarded its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman seven-year jail term on Thursday.

Floods destroy livelihood of thousands

Middle-aged farmer Abed Ali found himself in a dilemma when erosion triggered by the swelling of Teesta River gobbled up his crop fields and washed out some parts of his house at Char Kharibari of Teesta River in Nilphamari district last week.

The West should embrace Turkey's democratic resistance

It was late Friday evening when chaos erupted on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge, where military trucks were blocking traffic and soldiers in Istanbul and Ankara fired at civilians. In the midst of Turkey's struggle to preserve its democracy, the international media was occupied with shameless reporting and political nitpicking.

Bangladesh: Hidden fault could trigger major quake

The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers are critically important, life-giving rivers for hundreds of millions of people living in India and Bangladesh. But the millions of tons of sediment that pile up in the delta region of these rivers, a large portion of Bangladesh, could be hiding the biggest natural disaster the region has ever seen.

Miami shooting: Man was on ground with hands up, he says

The video shows a man lying in the street, holding his hands in the air.

You’re not alone

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reassured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that his country would stand by Bangladesh and extend all help in its fight against extremism.

BNP to launch weeklong protests as Tarique jailed for 7 years

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday planned weeklong protests as party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman, and BNP senior vice-chairman, was sentenced for seven years in prison by the High Court in a money laundering case.