Cops beat DSCC official

Cops allegedly beat up a Dhaka South City Corporation cleaning inspector in the city’s Jatrabari area on early Friday.

Children urged to build knowledge-based soceity

Eminent personalities on Friday urged children to keep up the practice of reading books and vow to establish a knowledge-based society

2nd phase of Bishwa Ijtema begins

The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema began on Friday with thousands of Muslims converging on the bank of the River Turag in Gazipur, seeking peace and revival of Islamic tenets.

Govt to ban BNP if people want: AL

The ruling Awami on Wednesday said that the government might ban the Bangladesh Nationalist Party considering it as an ‘illegal’ political party if such demand was raised from people.

PAY STRUCTURE DISPARITIES : Work abstention by teachers, officers continue for 3rd day

Indefinite strike enforced by teachers for removal of disparities from the new pay structure continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, paralysing academic activities at 37 public universities of the country.

Shipwreck from 1800s found during search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

For nearly two years, boats dragging high-tech detection devices across the Indian Ocean have failed to solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Do not acquire land used by tea garden workers: speakers

Politicians, academician and tea workers’ leaders on Wednesday called on the Awami League-led government not to acquire 511 acres of agricultural land, currently being used by the workers of two tea estates at Chunarughat in Habiganj, for setting up a special economic zone.

The text messages that led to 'El Chapo'

Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a two-time prison escapee, surely is no stranger to flirting with danger.

North Korean aircraft approaches South Korea, which fires warning shots

Tensions between North Korea and South Korea escalated on Wednesday after South Korea said an unidentified aircraft approached the demilitarized zone.

BB appoints observer for scam-hit Farmers Bank

Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday appointed observer for the scam-hit Farmers Bank Ltd as it found gross violation of banking rules in sanctioning and disbursing loans and hiding defaulted loans amounting to around Tk 400 crore.