NEPAL PLANE CRASH Bodies received in tears

Twenty-three bodies out of the 26 people killed in the crash of a US-Bangla Airlines flight in Nepal on March 12 were handed over to the respective families in Dhaka on Monday.

No option for Dhaka children but play on streets

Despite believing in the notion that there is no alternative to sports to maintain natural mental and physical growth of the children

SC extends stay on Khaleda’s bail till May 8

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday extended stay on bail granted to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case till May 8

First janaza of 23 plane crash victims held in Nepal

The first namaj-e-janaza of 23 US-Bangla plane crash victims was held at Bangladesh mission in Kathmandu of Nepal on Monday morning.

1975 carnage delayed Bangladesh’s graduation to developed nation: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh could have been a developed nation in 10 years after independence if the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was alive as the country was witnessing a massive development campaign under his leadership until 1975

Rohingyas in ‘no man’s land’ reject return

Rohingya holed up in a border ‘no man’s land’ after fleeing Myanmar will only accept repatriation to their home villages, a local leader said Sunday, rejecting any move to transit camps for fear of long-term confinement

Karthik breaks Tigers’ hearts

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik hit a last-ball six in his blazing cameo to help India edge out Bangladesh by four wickets and clinch the Twenty20 tri-series title in Colombo on Sunday.

SC to pass order Monday on Govt appeal against Khaleda’s bail

The Appellate Division on Sunday concluded hearing the appeals filed by the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission seeking stay on the bail granted to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case

Five killed in Sylhet fire caused by lightning

At least five people, including a woman and her son, were killed and 20 others injured in a devastating fire that caused by lightning strike on a gas riser at a colony in Golapganj upazila in Sylhet early Sunday

5 survivors of US-Bangla plane crash stable at DMCH burn unit

Five survivors of US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu are now stable at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn unit despite some complications, doctors said Saturday. Besides burns, they suffered trauma, doctors told reporters