Hong Kong uses colonial-era emergency law to ban wearing masks at protests, sparking night of violence
Hong Kong's leader invoked rarely-used emergency powers to ban people from wearing face masks during public assemblies, a move that enraged thousands of protesters who marched
PM wants amity, regional connectivity
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the closing plenary of India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum at Hotel Taj Palace of New Delhi in India, on Friday called for managing
Jamaat reformists to assemble under ‘Amra Bangladesh’
Some former leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami along with the dissident group within the party were on groundwork to launch a new political party that would not be a religion-based one rather
Homeless flood victims avoid government shelters
Not a single family, who became homeless for sudden floods and river erosion over the last week, turned up at the government opened shelters knowing that it might be quite a while for them to
Pollution threatens world’s longest sea beach
Cox’s Bazar sea beach, the longest natural sea beach in the world, is getting polluted fast for lack of proper waste management which is also creating public nuisance in an otherwise unspoiled
Educationists cry for primary teachers’ social dignity
To ensure the quality of education it is imperative that the primary school teachers were able to lead a dignified life socially and professionally, educationists said.
HASINA-MODI TALKS India export ban a priority
Bangladesh would ask India to set up a mechanism to avert adverse impacts of hasty decisions made by Indian authorities to stop export and impose new conditions on export goods in general as well as export of food items from the country.
DRIVES AGAINST CASINOS, CORRUPTIONS JL chairman’s bank account info sought
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday sought details of all bank accounts of ruling Awami League’s youth front Juba League chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury.
Hundreds homeless as rivers swell
Flash floods caused by opening of floodgates of Farakka Barrage in India have rendered hundreds of families in Bangladesh homeless until Thursday.
2 Mahjong gambling tools seized
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials on Thursday seized two automatic Mahjong tables used for gambling during a raid on a hostel operated by a Chinese national in Dhaka's Uttara area.
