Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) has announced that the platform advocating safe roads would no longer publish accident reports following the recent confusion created over the difference in statistics on fatalities and crashes by other organisations. Nischa Chairman Ilias Kanchan came up

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (January 29) arrested 35 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Jagannath University (JnU) student Khadijatul Kubra has been discharged today (January 28) from a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) at Kalabagan police station in the capital. However, the other case, filed at Newmarket police station, was postponed for hearing till

A Dhaka court on Sunday (January 28) set February 28 to deliver a judgment against 19 people including Hallmark Chairman Jasmine Islam and Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for swindling over Tk 10.5 crore out of Sonali Bank. Judge Md

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday (January 28) hoped that repartition of the Rohingya will soon take place, and also said the current situation in Myanmar may not remain the same. He told reporters after his meetings with three envoys separately at the Ministry of Foreign

The High Court (HC) today (January 28) ordered to form a high-level committee to prevent rise in the price of essential agro products like potato, onion, garlic and egg. A High Court division bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order today, asking

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (January 28) called upon the international community to take measures to repatriate Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar and ensure their dignified life there. "The world should think that how the Rohingya crisis can be resolved so that they could

A Bangladeshi youth named Rafiul Islam Tuklu was shot dead by allegedly India's Border Security Force (BSF) at Patgram frontier in Lalmonirhat district early Sunday (January 28). The incident took place at around 4am in Angarpota-Dahagram border under Patgram upazila. The

The first phase of Bishwa Ijtema, a large congregation of the world Muslims, will start on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the city, on February 2. Ijtema Chief Coordinator Md Mahfuzur Rahman confirmed the matter. He said the followers of Maulana Zubairul

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today (January 28) said that Beijing has been working with Myanmar to have a cease fire in Rakhine state to pave the way for Rohingya repatriation. He told reporters after a courtesy call with foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the foreign

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (January 28) predicted that mild to severe cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions and the districts of Cumilla, Sitakunda and Moulvibazar and it may abate from some places. According to the Met

The Labour Appellate Tribunal today (January 28) granted bail to Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, chairman of Grameen Telecom, and three other top officials of the company, in a labour law violations case. Earlier today, the four filed an appeal with the Labour Appellate Tribunal

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (January 28) arrested 34 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

They were the ones that almost got away – as the authorities cracked down on illegal immigrants at the Selayang market, some suspects tried to give them the slip by hiding in fish containers. However, they were all successfully reeled in, with over 100 foreigners arrested in the

The lowest temperature of the country was recorded at 5.5°C  in Panchagarh and Dinajpur on Sunday (Jan 28), according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Panchagarh district has been experiencing the lowest temperature for the last couple of days. Earlier,

Bangladesh welcomed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to Israel to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, said Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today (January 27). He told the reporters at the State Guest House Padma in the capital. The minister said, “We

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will file an appeal tomorrow (Jan 28) with the Labour Appellate Tribunal against the verdict delivered by the Labour Court on January 1.  Dr Yunus' lawyer Abdullah-Al-Mamun confirming the matter said, "We will challenge the verdict at

Some 513 students from various parts of Bangladesh committed suicide in 2023, according to a report published on Saturday (January 27). The report also said of the deceased 32.2 percent of students committed suicide out of depression. A private voluntary organization,

BNP on Saturday (January 27) demanded an UN-supervised investigation into the killing of soldier Mohammad Raisuddin by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Benapole border area of Jashore. A press release sent to the media signed by Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint Secretary General

At least three fish traders were killed and five others were injured after a private car ploughed into a fish market in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Friday (Jan 27) night. The accident occurred in Dharmapur Bazar around 6:30 pm. The deceased are identified as Haren Chandra