Bangla Press Desk: The government has approved a Tk 13.44 billion (1,344 crore) project to build over 1,500 flats in Dhaka for distribution among those severely injured d...
A high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council on Sunday visited Kutupalong Rohingya camp and listened to tales of brutalities from Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh following army crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, reports UNB. Earlier in...
Rozina Akhter, who lost one of her legs in road crash, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday morning, reports UNB. A Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) bus ran over her, a domestic help on the Airport Road in the capita...
The Buddhists on Sunday celebrated Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the community, amid festivity and religious fervour across the country. The festival marks the birth anniversary of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became Gautama Bud...
Three people including a child have been killed and five to six others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a human hauler in the capital. The accident took place at Golan Chatbari area of Mirpur embankment at 2:00pm on Friday. The de...
Banglapress Online: Expressing concern over the growing number of people dying in crackdown on drug dealers, the United States today laid emphasis on catching "kingpins" and finding the sources of illegal drugs and bringing responsible persons to j...
Banglapress Online : When I deal with something, I deal with it with an iron hand.” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said steps would be taken if any innocent became a victim of the ongoing anti-narcotics drive. If anyone committed anything w...
Banglapress, Dhaka: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday extended stay on Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail until June 24 in two Comilla cases. A three-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Ho...
Banglapress, New York: The UN and Myanmar have agreed on details of a deal on repatriating the Rohingyas, who have fled to Bangladesh following a military crackdown in the Northern Rakhine. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a me...
New York Correspondent: At least eighteen Bangladeshi invaders have been arrested by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents while trying to sneak into America over the US-Mexico border during the week operation, that agency has announced. A...
New York Correspondent: The body of two Bangladeshi youths who were drowned in river water while being illegally entering the United States, has been sent to the country. 17 days after the accident, on Friday night, their bodies came from Texas to N...
Banglapress, Dhaka: Police have arrested singer Asif Akbar in a lawsuit filed under the Information Technology Act. A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested him on Tuesday midnight. CID Special Superintendent of Police (SS) Mo...
Dhaka Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid emphasis on creating a social movement against drugs as the one done against militancy. "There was a social movement against militancy; like that we want another social movement again...
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