More than 100 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of AL backed candidate Mohibur Rahman Manik and independent candidate Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury for Sunamganj-5 constituency at Dowarabazar upazila under the district on Wednesday afternoon. The clash broke out at around 12pm in Dowarabazar upazila sadar area. It was known that, a clash had been took place between ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been denied bail in a case filed over attack on Chief Justice’s official residence. An High Court bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin on Wednesday rejected Fakhrul’s bail dismissing a rule after holding hearing today. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Kaysar Kamal were present in the court on ...

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by haging herself at Komalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Khadiza Begum, 21, wife of Juwel Ahmed, a resident of Murshibadkura village under the upazila. Locals said the victim’s in-laws took Khadiza to Komalganj Upazila Health Complex in criticall condition where the on-duty doctor declared her dead. Quoting ...

An MP has revealed that his mother tried to pull out her own teeth because of a lack of local NHS dental services. The Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris, told the Commons, external he looked at the NHS ‘Find a Dentist’ website, external and there were no dentists accepting NHS adult patients within a ten mile radius of the constituency. He then said his “frail” ...

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all times, is being observed on Wednesday across the country in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country’s Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on ...

Lord David Cameron has said he is “worried” Israel may have broken international law in Gaza. The foreign secretary said he regularly consulted government lawyers over incidents in the war, but refused to say whether the legal advice suggested Israel had acted illegally. Lord Cameron stressed the government had not changed its support for Israel. Since the outbreak of war ...

A leading food and drink company is cutting the price on most of its baby formula milk products. Manufacturing giant Danone is reducing prices on the majority of its Aptamil range to UK retailers by 7%, the BBC understands. Iceland supermarket said the cuts would be reflected in its stores. Last month, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said formula prices ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She released the stamp of Taka 10, the first-day cover of Taka 10 and the data card of Taka 5 at her official residence ...

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad’s Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury administered oath of newly-elected Awami League MPs Newly-elected 222 members of parliament (MPs) belong to Awami League took oath on Wednesday (January 10) morning. They were sworn-in at 10:15am at the oath room on Level 1 of the East Block of Jatiya Sangsad building. The 11th Jatiya Sangsad’s Speaker Dr Shirin ...

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino bemoaned a familiar lack of cutting edge after his team lost the first leg of their League Cup semi-final 1-0 to Championship side Middlesbrough at the Riverside on Tuesday. Hayden Hackney scored the only goal on 38 minutes as Pochettino’s expensively assembled array of stars again failed to perform away from home, AFP reports. Chelsea have ...