Three people, including a child, were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding passenger bus collided head on with a pick-up at Chak Gauri Bazar area under Mahadebpur upazila in Naogaon district on Thursday afternoon. Naogaon Additional Police Super Gaziur Rahman said a Rajshahi-bound passenger bus collided head on with Naogaon-bound mini truck on Naogaon-Rajshahi Highway in the area ...

Disney has accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of organising a campaign of “government retaliation” in a lawsuit. The new legal action sharply escalates the battle between the entertainment giant and the Republican politician. The two sides have been fighting since Disney criticised a state law banning discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools. The lawsuit came after ...

A man was killed and 25 others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy at Lashimpur village in Lakhai Upazila of Habiganj district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahirul Islam, 30, son of Abu Siddique, a resident of the village. Sources said there was a long-standing dispute between former UP member Mojibur Rahman ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh is going to be a regional hub for investment, industrialization and export due to the government’s pragmatic policies, calling for more Japanese investment in larger volumes. “With our pragmatic policies and Vision, Bangladesh is guaranteed to emerge as a regional hub for investment, industrialization and exports to diverse destinations in the region ...

By-elections to the Chattogram-8 constituency is underway on Thursday using electronic voting machine (EVM) at 190 centres. Awami League nominated candidate Noman Al Mahmud cast his vote at Bohoddarhat Ekhlasur Rahman Government Primary School centre after the voting began at 8am. There are a total of 5,17,652 voters in this constituency. Meanwhile, BNP and Jatiya Party are not take part ...

“Pele,” arguably the best footballer in history, is now also an adjective. On Wednesday, the word “pele” was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil. For the world’s 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, “pele” can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary — the sense in which it is already employed ...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has “assured” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his country will consider a “new budget support assistance” and both sides decided to resume a bilateral policy dialogue in carrying out development cooperation projects. While briefing reporters in Tokyo yesterday, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that Japan will provide “30 billion yen” to Bangladesh, as ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for taking business and investment relationship between Bangladesh and Japan to the next higher level valuing 50 years bilateral relations of the countries. “I am confident that our last fifty years of enviable cooperation with Japan will remain an inspiration for the coming fifty years and beyond. Let us take our business and ...

Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his daughter at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district. The arrested is Aftab Ali alias Chinu Miah, 50, a resident of Giasnagar village under Joychandi union of the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge Md Abdus Salek said in press release that the victim’s mother went abroad in search of work one and a ...

A visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday met with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor and discussed updated financial factors along with the progress of reform in the sectors. A five-member delegation headed by Rahul Anand, IMF Bangladesh Mission Chief, started meeting with the BB officials in the morning on Tuesday, which ended at 3.0 pm. Md ...