The first time I casually crossed my arms across my chest and felt the small lump just outside my right armpit, I shrugged it off. We were packing up to go camping for my 36th birthday, and I also had some last-minute race prep to do for a big four-day bike race the following weekend. In other words, I was ...

The Bangladesh national football team departed for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to begin a two-week intensive training camp ahead of their AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifier match against India. The team will train under the guidance of Head Coach Javier Cabrera as they prepare for their upcoming match in Shillong on March 25. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) had earlier ...

Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Liverpool, which ended 1-1 on aggregate. PSG held their nerve, winning 4-1 in the shootout, with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saving two penalties to secure the French side’s place in the last eight. Ousmane Dembélé’s first-leg goal was enough to send the tie to extra-time after ...

Salman F Rahman, former Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Private Sector and Investment, and Atiqul Islam, former Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), have been arrested in connection with a new case related Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. However, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism’s former Senior Secretary M Mohibul Haque was also arrested. The orders of arresting them ...

A Dhaka court has granted remand for several political figures in connection with cases related to the anti-discrimination movement. Former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been placed on a three-day remand, while banned organization Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders Siam Rahman and Anwar Hossain Naim have been remanded for four days. Additionally, the son of a former ...

The government has canceled the publication declaration of ‘Jai Jai Din’ due to violations of publication regulations. Following a complaint from the newspaper’s former editor Shafik Rehman, Dhaka District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner Tanvir Ahmed issued the order on March 10. The information was confirmed on Wednesday (March 12) by Nusrat Naushin, Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate (Publication and Printing ...

The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed 1,533 cases for violating traffic laws in different areas of the capital. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed this information on Wednesday (March 12) afternoon. He said that these cases were filed during the DMP’s traffic division’s drive last Tuesday (March 11). ...

Slain former vice-principal of Habibullah Bahar College Saifur Rahman Bhuiyan had sexually assaulted Rupa Begum alias Jannati which led to the killing. Md Nazim Hossain, 21, and Jannati, 23, who were arrested on charge of killing of Saifur Rahman, informed that they met with Saifur at Kamalapur Rail Station in the capital few days ago losing their money and bags. ...

A woman was allegedly violated after being taken to a rubber plantation in Sylhet. The incident took place on Tuesday (March 11) in Charagang area under the city’s Air Police Station. The victim is currently undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. She is said to be mentally unstable. Police have arrested ...

Government hospitals’ doctors across the country have launched a work stoppage to press home their five-point demands. Most outdoor and indoor departments at hospitals are not providing any services to the patients. Doctors at the emergency department of the National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in Dhaka usually see patients from 9AM. On Wednesday, they started to see patients ...