A teenager girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district on Sunday. The deceased Mahmuda Jannat Anisa, 19, was daughter of Shaista Mia and a resident of Gazipur village under Kulaura Sadar union. Citing the victim’s family members, Kulaura Police Station sub-inspector Anwar Hossain said Anisa went to her ...

Bangladesh women’s team’s senior player Jahanara Alam accepted their failure in the Asia Cup, stating that the mistakes in batting sank them heavily. The Tigresses mission Asia Cup ended in semifinal after being thrashed at the hands of India by 10 wickets, reports BSS. They also lost to Sri Lanka in the group phase before making the last-four stage by ...

The Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement has withdrawn its quota reform movement programme. Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement, announced the programme through a video message following a meeting at the Detective Branch (DB) office in the capital on Sunday (July 28) night. Two more coordinators Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam were present at that time. Condemning ...

After 10 days of outage, 4G internet restored in the country at 3PM on Sunday. Earlier in the day, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak informed that 5GB bonus will be given for free to all users for three days. But decision on social media platforms–Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok–on 31 July.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday extended her condolences and support to the families of those killed during the mayhem created by “BNP-Jamaat terrorists,” leveraging the quota reform movement. Family members of Abu Sayeed, an English Department student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, along with 33 other bereaved families, gathered at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Ganabhaban, in Dhaka, ...

The British government has dropped plans to oppose the International Criminal Court’s application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza, according to UK news agency PA Media.. “This was a proposal by the previous government which was not submitted before the election, and which I can confirm the Government will not ...

Television presenter Laura Whitmore has alleged she was subjected to “inappropriate behaviour” while on Strictly Come Dancing. The former Love Island host was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, and was the seventh celebrity eliminated. Whitmore, who had an ankle injury during the show, says she “raised concerns” at the time. Pernice has previously rejected “threatening or abusive ...

Dame Priti Patel has said she can unite the Tories and turn them “back into a winning machine” as she launched her bid for the party’s leadership. The former home secretary said her political experience meant she would be able to “reinvigorate” the party following its recent election defeat. “I have done this throughout my 30 plus years of service ...

Thousands of supporters of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson have filled Trafalgar Square in central London after a march. He claimed the event was the “biggest patriotic rally” the UK had ever seen. A counter-protest by Stand Up To Racism and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice Project also took place in London. The Metropolitan Police said a ...

The new Labour government has been in power for just over three weeks. In that time, it says ministers have found government departments in a much worse state than they thought. On Monday, the Chancellor will argue the public finances are in a bad place – and that will mean tough decisions. To use the Westminster jargon, she’s rolling the ...