BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. File photo Dhaka, July 31 : The High Court on Wednesday denied bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by a lower court. The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman passed the order after hearing ...

A cattle-laden truck overturned  in Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila early Wednesday, killing three cattle traders and six cows. Police identified the men as Khokon Mia, 40, Samiul Islam, 45, and Anwar Hossain, 42. They were residents of Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Chiura of Chauddagram upazila around 6:00am. Abul Kalam, in-charge of Miabazar Highway Police camp, said the three cattle traders were killed on the spot. ...

Today marks 10 glorious years of Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Love Aaj Kal’ starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. While reports are rife that the filmmaker’s next with Sarav Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan is the sequel of the 2009 hit, Saif has something different to say about the film. Saif Ali Khan recently revealed that Imtiaz Ali’s next with Sara ...

Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be confronted by the most intractable riddle of Brexit on Wednesday when he visits Northern Ireland on a nationwide tour to sell his plan to pull Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal. A week after he took power, Johnson’s office made no mention of Brexit in a statement ...

The parliament journalists have started a 3-day campaign to create awareness against the social instability and violence being created by spreading rumours. As part of the campaign, they inaugurated a rally in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday morning for creating resistance against rumours. Muhammad Shafikur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh Parliament Journalist Association ...

Sub-inspector (SI) Khohinur Begum Nila of special branch (SB) of police died of dengue fever on Tuesday night. She was 33. She was undergoing treatment at intensive care unit (ICU) at City Hospital in city’s Mohammadpur. She was brought to this hospital on Monday night from Rajarbagh police lines  as her condition deteriorated, informed an official of the hospital. Kohinur’s ...

Death toll in Bihar floods rose to 130 on Tuesday, but the situation improved considerably in neighbouring Assam where water levels in all the major rivers started receding and no fresh casualty reported from anywhere in the last 24 hours. Casualties remained at 86 in Assam in the current wave of deluge. Thirteen districts each remained under flood waters in ...

Photo: A Walmart employee receives medical attention after a shooting at the store, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Southaven, Miss. Southaven, Jul 31 : A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday morning at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said. DeSoto County ...

Six people died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at Zafarpur in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat on Wednesday. The deceased are Sajal, Shihab, Mukul, Shahin, Pritom and Ganesh Chandra. All of them were residents of the upazila. Kiron Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Akkelpur police station, said a worker entered the under-construction septic tank around 9:30am. After getting ...

Minister Kono to discuss Rohingya issue with Myanmar leadership Photo : Japanese counterpart Tara Kono meets Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at State guesthouse Meghna on Tuesday evening. Dhaka, July 30 : Japan has proposed to play a role as mediator in Tokyo taking Bangladesh and Myanmar onboard to find a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis ensuring their safe ...