Four people throwing petrol bombs to Preparatory School Two petrol bombs were exploded inside Mohammadpur Preparatory School and College in Dhaka after midnight. Police said at about 12:4AM, two individuals wearing masks and helmets, riding on two motorcycles, threw two petrol bombs to thePreparatory School and immediately left the place, according to CCTV footage. Mohammadpur Police Station OC Kazi ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and seven allied political parties have started rally at Paltanl to press their previously announced five-point demand. Top political leaders are present there.A makeshift stage has been made up on a pickup van for the rally. Leaders and activists of the parties thronged at the venue with processions. The five-point demand focuses on the implementation of the July ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that the government has increased patrolling ahead of November 13. Security has been increased at KPIs. In addition, various measures have been taken on open fuel sales. Speaking after a meeting at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Jahangir Alam said, ”Miscreants will not be sparred. Our operations are going ...

In the recently released movie Baramulla, set in Kashmir’s winters, the caretaker Iqbal takes a plate of rice and fish to a room on the topmost floor of the house every night. “Who is this plate for?” asks an agitated Gulnaar, the new resident of the house, played by actor Bhasha Sumbli, addressing the speech-disabled Iqbal. When Iqbal points above ...

At an advocacy meeting today, officials and health experts urged grassroots level public representatives to quickly identify obstetric fistula patients so that they can be brought under free treatment for their recovery. They made the call at the meeting on ‘Fistula Patient Identification’ organised by the Upazila Health and Family Planning Department at Bhurungamari Upazila Parishad conference room in Bhurungamari ...

A special operation by the Airport Police Station of Sylhet has seized illegal Indian onions worth Tk 220,000 and a DI pickup truck. The police have arrested one person in this incident. On Monday night (November 11), at around 2:50 am, SI Sheikh Md. Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Amberkhana Police Outpost, conducted a drive in front of Khasdbir Jame Mosque ...

Thirteen-year-old Chaiti Rani Deb, a physically challenged student from Bhunbiri Union of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is set to represent Bangladesh at the Asian Youth Para Games 2025 in Dubai, proving that courage knows no limits. Standing at just 3 feet 7 inches, Chaiti was born with a physical disability but has never let it define her. A Class VIII ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion, accusing the broadcaster of defamation over an edited speech that appeared to show him calling for “violent action” ahead of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In a letter seen by AFP, Trump’s legal team gave the BBC until Friday to retract the documentary, issue a full ...

Aminul Islam looks back after hitting a boundary off Sunil Joshi at the Bangabandhu National Stadium during opening Test match against India on November 10, 2000 – AFP Bangladesh completed 25 years in Test cricket on Monday with highs and lows, though the numbers showed a grim picture. In these 25 years, Bangladesh played 154 Tests, winning just 23, three ...

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended a fresh price increase for soybean oil, citing sharp rises in import costs and the weakening of the Bangladeshi taka against the US dollar. In a notification issued on Monday, the commission proposed raising the maximum retail price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 9.27 per litre, setting the new recommended ...