BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will never be fair if the current government is in power. “Let’s wake up, defeat this government,” Fakhrul urged the countrymen. He was speaking as the chief guest at the party’s second day youth march in Bogura on Sunday. Mirza Fakhrul said, “This government has not only failed to ...

A local union parishad chairman and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader were killed in a road accident on the Sylhet-Companiganj highway at Gowainghat Upazila in Sylhet district early Sunday. The accident took place at around 12.30am in Salutikor Mitrimohol area of the upazila. The deceased were identified as Md Obaidullah Ishaque, 30, chairman of Jalalabad union of Sylhet Sadar upazila ...

A mild earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolted Dhaka and its surrounding areas on Sunday. It was felt around 12:50pm. According to UNB reports, the earthquake, measuring 4.2 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 12:49 pm — lasted only for a few seconds, according to a Bangladesh Meteorological Department update signed by Assistant Meteorologist Farzana Sultana. The epicentre of ...

The three associate bodies of opposition BNP started its scheduled youth march from Bogura for the second consecutive day on Sunday (September 17). Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal organised the two-day march as part of their one-point demand. At about 9am, the partymen started the march from Santahar Road of the district where BNP Secretary General Mirza ...

Mercedes-Benz buses are now available in Bangladesh. German-manufactured Mercedes-Benz OF 1623 bus chassis has entered the market through Rancon Trucks and Buses Limited, reports UNB. The Mercedes-Benz OF 1623 bus chassis was launched in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Sunday at an event. This bus chassis comes in two variants. This chassis is powered by Mercedes-Benz’s highly dependable OM 906 engine, which ...

Inter Miami rested Lionel Messi and suffered their first defeat since the Argentine joined the club, with a 5-2 hammering at Atlanta United damaging their playoff hopes on Saturday. Messi had not made the trip to Atlanta, after a busy run of games since making his Miami debut in late July. Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino said after the loss ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New York on Sunday morning to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:10am. The flight is scheduled to land at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New ...

Fourteen people were killed on Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon while attempting to land in stormy weather in the popular tourist town of Barcelos, the incident fatal for all aboard, officials said. The small plane’s pilot was approaching the town in heavy rain, with low visibility, and appeared to inadvertently start his landing mid-runway, Amazonas state ...

A vibrant civil society is essential to the prosperity of every nation, according to a joint Franco-German statement. France and Germany are “deeply attached to respect for the rule of law as well as to the democratic acquis in Bangladesh,” it said, reports UNB. They will continue to support defenders of human rights in Bangladesh, like throughout the world, reads ...

Exporters is dreaming to bring back the golden glorious days in shrimp sector as a European delegate is likely to visit Bangladesh in next December, after five years of its last visit. The EU team is expected to visit some frozen shrimp exporters, shrimp production and marketing factories in Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna between 5 to 10th December this year, ...