City

DMP deploys auxiliary police for Ramadan, Eid with arrest powers

Dhaka, Mar 08: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali announced on Saturday that private security personnel would be appointed as auxiliary police during Ramadan and Eid celebrations.…

Politics

BNP’s Selima Rahman slams govt for failing to curb mob justice

Dhaka, Mar 08: BNP senior leader Selima Rahman on Saturday slammed the government for what she said was its inability to prevent the rising culture of mob justice and the increasing repression…

Pilkhana massacre took place under Hasina’s leadership: Fakhrul

Dhaka, Feb 25: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said brutal massacre of army officers in capital’s Pilkhana was carried out under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.  …

Business

Bangladesh received $1.68 billion in remittance over 25 days of January

Dhaka, Jan 26: Bangladesh received $1.68 billion in remittance through legal channels during the first 25 days of January. On average, expatriates sent $67.04 million per day during this period.…

International

US and Russia hold talks in Saudi, no seat for Ukraine

Intl desk, Feb 18: Top US and Russian diplomats met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their fractured relations, the first such discussions since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.…

Education

Urgent steps being taken to address accommodation crisis for female students at DU

Dhaka, Jan 06: A proposal to build four extended female student halls at an estimated cost of Tk 2,841.86 crore has been sent to the government for approval, as part…

Health

Nothing to be worried about HMPV virus: IEDCR

Dhaka, Jan 08: The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has said that the people of the country have nothing to be worried about the risks of the…

Entertainment

Music maestro Rahat Ali dubs culture as revolutionary factor for peace

Dhaka, Dec 24: Pakistani Sufi devotional singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan who rattled the Bangladeshi audience with his thrilling voice during his just-ended Dhaka tour has dubbed culture as a…

Feature

‘Bou-Jamai Mela’ celebrates rural tradition in Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat, Dec 16: A cherished rural tradition came to life on Monday as the 15-day ‘Bou-Jamai Mela’ commenced at Barabari Abul Kashem Degree College in Lalmonirhat. The fair, held annually,…

Weather

One dead as tropical low moves west across Australia

Desk report, Mar 08: One person has died, and several others have been injured as a tropical low moves west across the Australian east coast, reports AP. Heavy rainfall is…