Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said on Thursday that they will take strict action if quota protesters create public sufferings blocking road in the name of the blockade movement. DMP Additional Commissioner KH Mahid Uddin warned the protesters while speaking at a press briefing at DMP media centre. Earlier on Wednesday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court issued a one-month ...

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez and other Uruguay players were involved in a brawl with Colombian fans which erupted after their 1-0 Copa America semi-final defeat on Wednesday. Television footage showed Uruguay striker Nunez unleashing a flurry of punches at Colombian supporters after jumping into the spectator seating at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium following an ill-tempered loss to Colombia, AFP ...

BBC racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and their two daughters were murdered at their home at Bushey in Hertfordshire of England. Police detained a suspect named Kyle Clifford, 26, near a cemetery in North London. A woman who knows the family described them as “kind, friendly and gentle” people who “always made time for others”. Police said the suspect, who ...

Residents of the coastal upazila of Koyra in Khulna complain they have long been suffering from various diseases due to salinity in the area amid lack of proper medical services. Women, children, and the elderly are the most affected, the UNB correspondent has found during a recent visit to some coastal villages. Waterborne infections like diarrhea have become common. Women, ...

Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan said on Thursday that the court’s door is always open for the quota protesters. “Why do they talk about the executive department? Any decision of the executive department can be challenged in court,” the chief justice this to the agitating students. He said these to senior lawyers and leaders of the Supreme Court during hearing of ...

England is into another European Championship final after its latest dramatic, come-from-behind win that even took King Charles III on a roller coaster ride. Ollie Watkins, who came on for captain Harry Kane in a bold call by England coach Gareth Southgate, scored in the first minute of stoppage time to earn England a 2-1 win over the Netherlands on ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached home after wrapping up her three-day bilateral visit to the Chinese capital Beijing today. The Premier went to Beijing on Monday afternoon at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang. A special flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka ...

Planning Minister Major General (retd) Abdus Salam Wednesday expressed his hope that Japan would stand beside Bangladesh towards enhancing capacity for implementing the country’s upcoming 9th Five Year Plan, Perspective Plan and in other areas. The planning minister said this when Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori made a courtesy call on the minister at the latter’s office in the ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against seven people, including former director general of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad and Dr Sabrina Sharmin, chairperson of JKG Health Care, on charge of embezzling around Tk 1 crore by issuing fake coronavirus certificates in 2020. ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya filed the case with ...

The overall flood situation in Sylhet has improved further but till now around 400,000 people are marooned due to flooding across the district. Among them, 9,635 people took refuge in 651 shelter centres in different parts of the district while others took refuge in makeshift shelters in relatives’ homes or simply living amid floodwaters in their own houses. Meanwhile, various ...