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Seven-year-old girl Moni Akter of Badda had to meet her tragic doom only for a pair of gold earring. Moni, a student of class I and daughter of tea vendor Sonu Miah of Nayanagar under Badda Police Station, was

The self-confessed serial killer Roshu Kha’s bid to commit suicide in his toilet was foiled on Thursday night, said police sources. Sub Inspector of Sadar Model Thana and IO of victim Kohinoor, Abdur Rahim told this

HE’S young. He’s handsome. His face is on billboards and buses all over town. He earns a fortune. Teenagers worship him. He is . . . a math teacher. Anyone who thinks there are hardly any differences left between

Rail-based mass rapid transit (MRT) or bus rapid transit (BRT) has become crucial for the capital to find a way out of perennial gridlock, experts said at a workshop yesterday. “It has to be resolved first whether it

Bangladesh would need to relocate 20 million people by 2050 as their habitats would be imperiled by climate change, Dhaka apprised SAARC environment ministers in Delhi and called for regional and international support

This year’s Hajj flights kick off tomorrow, State Minister for Religious Affairs Shahjahan Mia said at the secretariat yesterday. He also said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the Hajj camp at Ashkona in

Many victims of cyclone Aila-hit unions in Dakope upazila of Khulna district have alleged irregularities and malpractices in distribution of the government fund allocated for reconstruction of their

Myanmar authority is planning to push a large number of Rohingyas into Bangladesh, sources said. Several thousands of Rohingyas have been assembled by the NASAKA (Myanmar border guards) in Mongdu, a town near

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bid to reorganise and rejuvenate the party is thwarted by her own right-hand man–BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, said party insiders. Due to this conflict between the two top

BNP Secretary General Khondker Delwar Hossain yesterday supported the government’s move to submit the maritime boundary dispute with India and Myanmar to compulsory arbitration under the 1982 United Nations

Miscreants ransacked and burnt the photographs of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Muksudpur early morning yesterday. Police arrested

Some human rights bodies propose to file an application in the High Court today seeking a direction to the government to submit comprehensive reports of all incidents of extra-judicial killing in the name of crossfire,

Leaders of Bangladesh Efficient Lighting Manufacturers Association (BELMA) yesterday urged the government to maintain transparency in distribution of 1.05 crore energy saving lamp so that local entrepreneurs can

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will soon quiz former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar and some former and incumbent high officials of police in connection with the case filed against three former CID officers for

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, has said settling the maritime boundary disputes with India and Myanmar is critical for Bangladesh’s progress. She told reporters in Chandpur on Saturday, ‘Progress according to our

The government has initiated preliminary work to establish three more public universities in Barisal, Rangamati and Gopalganj districts in order to provide ‘quality, modern, scientific and effective’ education to students

More than a million ultra poor people living in geographically disadvantaged areas are set to come under a special programme that targets to ensure food security and employment for the poorest during five months of

Rajshahi court today granted seven-day remand for the seven activists of banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday. The police produced the

At least seven people, including four women, were killed and 52 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi, Sylhet and in Dhaka on Saturday. Our Rajshahi correspondent reports: five people were killed

Digium, a leading manufacturer of Internet Protocol (IP) products based on the open-source Asterisk platform, yesterday launched IP telephony solutions for IP telephony service providers, small and medium enterprises,