Twenty-three sacks of taka were found in eight donation vaults of Kishoreganj’s historical Pagla Mosque on Saturday morning. Now, counting is going. The eight donation vaults were opened under the supervision of Kazi Mohua Mamtaz, additional district magistrate and donation boxes opening committee’s convener, at 8am on Saturday. Deputy commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad confirmed it. He said the counting ...

A view of Lucy Letby, who was on trial at Manchester Crown Court charged with the murder of seven babies, being taken in custody by police, in Chester, Britain, in this screengrab obtained from an undated Handout video obtained by Reuters on August 17, 2023. Cheshire Constabulary/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights A British nurse who described herself as a ...

Lionel Messi could clinch his first trophy with Inter Miami, just four weeks after making his debut for the club, when his team face Nashville in the final of the Leagues Cup in Tennessee on Saturday. The Argentine World Cup winner has had a transformative impact on the club, scoring nine goals in six games, as they have marched through ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-15) is conducting raids on arms manufacturing factories and hideouts of dacoits in remote hills of Rangikhali area of Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar. RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin made the disclosure on Friday night. Detailed information will be briefed to the media after the operation, he added.

The 14-party alliance spokesperson Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said since the landslide defeat in 2008 general elections, the BNP has been in fear to join any elections. “BNP fears polls. So, they are hatching various conspiracies to thwart elections. None will be allowed to go to power without polls. None will be allowed to reverse the country’s development spree,” ...

Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly forced two inmates out of a dormitory of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology early Thursday. The victims alleged that the attackers have beaten them and snatched their money. One of the victims, Saiquat Roy, a third-year student of petroleum and mining engineering department, submitted a written complaint to the Syed ...

Britney Spears’ husband said Thursday his marriage to the troubled pop star is over, filing for divorce just 14 months after the pair wed. Sam Asghari said the couple would “hold onto the love” they have, but that they were going their separate ways. “After 6 years of love and commitment to each other my wife and I have decided ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said the e-passport service will be introduced in 80 Bangladesh missions across the world soon. “Currently, e-passports are being issued from 72 offices in 64 districts of the country. We have already installed e-gates at the airport,” he said while inaugurating the e-passport programme at the Bangladesh Embassy, Brussels, Belgium, BSS reports. The ...

August is the season of rollercoaster weather in our continent, especially in Bangladesh. At times, we could find ourselves struggling with unbearable heat, while in contrast, heavy rains remains showering down without any break. In this unpredictable upswing of weather, we face severe unstable health conditions. Especially animals like cats, rabbits, dogs, and birds have the risk of heat strokes, ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the ruling AL wants peaceful elections in the country, but BNP wants to disrupt the polls. “BNP is known as a terrorist party… It is to see – to whom sanctions and visa policy would be applied,” he told a discussion on Dhaka University campus here. ...