Obaidul Quader to undergo bypass surgery today
Ailing Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, will undergo a bypass surgery today.
TONU RAPE, MURDER No headway in 3 years
‘Can you tell me when our wait for justice would end,’ Anwara Begum is tired of asking with none to take the question.
Gunman kills 3 in Dutch tram
A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man after an apparent terrorist attack.ge student population. Gun killings are rare in Utrecht, as elsewhere in the Netherlands.
NZ PM vows tough new gun laws
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
7 shot dead at Baghaichari
Seven people, including five on election duty, were killed and 20 others were injured in a gun attack on a motorcade carrying election officials and materials on Sajek-Khagrachhari road at Noimile under Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati Monday evening.
Police ‘insist’ on changing complaint relating to wife
Family members and colleagues of dentist Rajan Karmakar, who was brought dead to a private hospital early Sunday by his surgeon wife, alleged on Monday that cops insisted on changing statement in their complaint that the wife had injured him in the past.
Hasina, Trudeau urge global community to act together against terrorism
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone on Monday morning.
Electoral atmosphere warning signal for democracy: Mahabub Talukdar
Election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar on Monday dubbed the existing electoral atmosphere as a ‘warning signal’ for democracy and underscored the need for reform to the entire electoral system. Mahbub Talukdar made the observation in a written statement issued during the second phase of the upazila parishad elections held amid a low turnout of voters.
2nd phase UZ polls begins
The voting of second phase elections to 116 upazila began on Monday morning.
Govt working to build a worthy future for children: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her firm commitment to give a ‘bright future’ to the children by building Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous nation that would be free from hunger, poverty and illiteracy.
