BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said neither the country’s people nor the international community support the current Awami League regime. Speaking at a road march programme in the capital, he also said it is now clear that no fair and neutral election was possible in the past or will be possible in the future under Sheikh ...

A “major construction” project at Brazilian football star Neymar’s mansion in Rio de Janeiro state was halted on Thursday for “environmental infractions,” which could result in a fine of some $1 million, authorities said. The project was underway “without environmental authorization” on the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil national team player’s luxury property in Mangaratiba, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) from ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a convict, who was sentenced to death for killing a rickshaw puller in 2015, from Sylhet after 8 years. The arrestee was Md Shafikul Islam, 26. RAB-3 senior assistant police super Farzana Haque said on September 10, 2015, the victim Shamim was returning home and the convict Shafikul and his associates obstructed his way. They ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 74th founding anniversary of the ruling Awami League (AL). She paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the morning. After laying the wreath, ...

A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel, Reuters reports. A robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship discovered a debris field from the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban this evening. “During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed various state-level issues including her recent visit to Geneva in Switzerland,” President’s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS. The President was apprised by the Head of Government of various aspects of her recent foreign visit. President ...

He did not have any workers in the election campaign. There were no people to put up posters. He did not walk that way because of lack of financial support. He did everything from the campaign to the polls alone. Poster pasting, leaflet distribution all done alone. Throughout the election campaign, his only vehicle was a bicycle, and he continued ...

Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Senior Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Faizul Karim on Thursday served a legal notice on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, seeking Tk 500 crore as compensation and his resignation for his ‘irresponsible and derogatory comment’ during BCC polls. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammed Abdul Baset sent the legal notice on behalf of Syed Faizul Karim. In the legal ...

CNG stations will be open for 24 hours for 13 days marking Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims. Power Division under Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources issued an order on Thursday in this regard. The order will come into effect four days before the Eid and end seven days later. CNG stations need to ...

Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), on Wednesday celebrated 9th International Day of Yoga in New Delhi. Guided by a trained Yoga Instructor from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, the employees of IRFC were gathered to perform Yoga Asanas at its office premises. The theme of this year’s International Day of Yoga is ‘Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. The theme appropriately ...