Padma devours a 3-storey school building in Madaripur
A three-storey school building was gobbled up by the swelling Padma River on Thursday afternoon at Nuruddin Madborkandi in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur. Locals said the SESDP Model High School building was devoured by the river around 4pm. They feared that the whole...
Convicted war criminal Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sues UK home secy Priti Patel: Report
Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, a convicted war criminal of Bangladesh living in the UK, has sued UK home secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 in libel damages after she shared a report on Twitter linking him to war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971,...
Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil
Syrians voted Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country. More than 7,400 polling stations opened across government-held parts of Syria,...
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PM expresses gratitude to countrymen for AL’s landslide victory
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today expressed heartfelt gratitude to the countrymen for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections, pledging that she will continue to serve them for their well being. “Serving the...
Killers, corrupt elements unite against govt: PM
DHAKA: Mentioning that killers, money-launderers and usurers forged unity against the Awami League government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. The premier was addressing a civic reception hosted in her...
Police implicates dead man of BNP for ‘cocktail blast’
The police has recently sued Abdul Azizullah, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Old Dhaka, who died in May 2016, for an incident that allegedly took place only this month. According to the case statement, Azizullah, along with other party men,...
Housewife ‘burnt to death’
A housewife, who suffered burn injuries allegedly inflicted by her in-laws at Nardahi Charpara village in Kalihati upazila of Tangail early Wednesday, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased is Shapla...
US condemns attacks on protesters
The United States (US) on Sunday condemned attack on student protestors demanding safe roads. US Embassy said “nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence” over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising...
No dialogue with BNP as they celebrate fake birthday: Quader
DHAKA – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the question of holding dialogue with BNP does not arise at all unless the party does not offer apology for observing fake birthday on August 15, the day of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
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