Three arrested Architect Imtiaz Mohammad Bhuiyan was trapped and killed by a smartphone app-based blackmailing racket in the capital, and the body was later dumped in Munshiganj, the Detective Branch of police said on Monday.Five people, including a transgender, were involved in the murder, and they fled to India to escape arrest after the incident.Dhaka […]
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Moday denounced the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s call for movement in the month of Ramadan disregarding its sanctity and peace in public life, urging the countrymen to remain alert about any move against the country’s development. ‘They (BNP) have announced movement even in the month […]
The government has extended the deadline for Hajj registration till March 30 at the special request of pilgrims. The Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notice on Monday announcing the extension of registration deadline. The server for the hajj registration will automatically be stopped once the registration quota is filled, it added. Earlier on January […]
Rony Talukdar’s maiden half-century and Taskin Ahmed’s career-best 4-16 helped Bangladesh to beat Ireland by 22 runs in D/L method in the first of the three-match Twenty20 international series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday. The Tigers couldn’t play out their 20 overs due to rain and finished on 207-5 in […]
Bangladesh celebrated its 53rd Independence Day and National Day with festivity across Bangladesh on Sunday, with different programmes paying tribute to the martyrs of the War on Independence. The day was a national holiday. Different political, socio-cultural and professional organisations as well as educational institutions held different programmes to mark the day. The programmes included […]
‘Arav’ on Facebook live from Dubai, thanks Shakib for not backing out Rabiul Islam AKA Arav, accused of killing a police inspector in 2018, has admitted that the officer was killed at his Banani office in the capital. “There is a case against me,” he said on Facebook live yesterday from Dubai. Rabiul now goes […]
Bringing back Rabiul Islam aka Arav Khan, accused of killing a police inspector in 2018, from Dubai will take time as it requires the cooperation of Indian and UAE authorities. There are two ways to bring back the accused, according to a legal expert and a police officer with knowledge on Interpol’s operations. One is […]
Series of accidents in Capital Although the longevity of the pipelines which supply gas to households in the capital city Dhaka was 30 years, these same pipelines are still being used to supply gas even 10 years after the expiry date, officials have said. So the gas supply pipelines have become risky as leaks are […]
Bangladesh edged England in a thrilling encounter, winning the third Twenty20 by 16 runs and sealing their first ever clean sweep over the English side in any format at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. A scintillating 73 off 57 balls from Liton Das and an unbeaten 47 off 36 balls from […]
The chief election commissioner, Kazi Habibul Awal, indicated on Monday that the commission would control the media in some cases during the next general election, likely to be held between December 2023 and January 2024. ‘Our position is never against the mass media. We will see if media activities, in the general interest, in the […]
