University student killed in road accident in capital
A university student was killed as a bus ran over him in Mirpur area in Dhaka on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Syed Masud Rana, son of Syed Mohammad Jahangir
ROHINGYA CRISIS It’s a global responsibility: UNSG
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Sunday said in Dhaka that the response to the crisis involving forcibly displaced Rohingya people from Myanmar was a global responsibility instead of putting burden on Bangladesh alone
MOVEMENT AGAINST QUOTA SYSTEM IN GOVT JOBS Protests face attacks, arrest, intimidation
Attacks and intimidation by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and arrest of a top leader on Sunday marked the demonstrations by anti-quota protesters against Saturday’s attack on their leaders and activists by BCL activists.
PM has ‘deceived’ anti-quota agitators: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday alleged that the prime minister had ‘deceived’ the students agitating for quota reforms in public services by declaring abolishment of the quota system.
Two air force officers killed in aircraft crash in Bangladesh
Two pilots died after their training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a water-body in Jessore on Sunday night.
Homage paid to Holey Artisan victims in Bangladesh
With a bouquet of flowers, Md Anisuzzaman travelled from Mawna in Gazipur on a bus and reached the dead-end of road 79 at Gulshan in Dhaka, where the two-storey Holey Artisan Bakery is located.
Resolve intra-party feuds before JS polls: Hasina
Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on the grassroots leaders to resolve intra-party feuds before the next general elections and seek votes for ‘boat’
BNP plans to forge nat’l unity to bring down govt: Moudud
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Saturday claimed that his party was planning to forge a national unity that would bring down the Awami League-led government
ANTI-QUOTA PROTEST 15 injured in BCL attack at DU
Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists roughed up anti-quota protesters at Dhaka University on Saturday, leaving 15 students injured
Average life expectancy now 72 years: BBS
An old Bangladeshi citizen drinks tea.-- Wikimedia Commons photo Average life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh increased by 0.4 year to stand at 72 years in 2017 from that of 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
