Rupnagar Slum fire brought under control after three hours

The massive fire which broke out at Rupnagar Slum in the city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday morning was been brought under control after around three hours.

Modi to attend Sheikh Mujib’s birth centenary programmes online

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will join the birth centenary celebrations of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March..

Sanitising Modi’s Hindutvavadi fascism is impious

ON MARCH 4, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom convened a hearing about the intent and impact of India’s amended citizenship laws ..

Italy locks down as China signals major progress in coronavirus fight

Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signalled major progress..

US begins military pullout from two Afghan bases

American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said Tuesday, the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban ..

CORONAVIRUS Bangladesh puts 9 more in isolation

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Tuesday isolated eight more persons after they were found with symptoms of the novel coronavirus infection.

Bangladesh RMG factory buildings safer, workers unsafe: US senate

Readymade garment factories are now structurally safe but the workers inside the factory buildings are still unsafe, according to a report of the ..

ROAD ACCIDENT Willes Little Flower teacher’s hand severed, 10 students injured

The left hand of a teacher of Willes Little Flower School and College in Dhaka got severed and at least 10 students of the college sustained injuries..

Khaleda release on family request not possible, says Obaidul

Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the issue of freeing jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia ..

DIGITAL SECURITY ACT AL MP sues Manabzamin editor, 31 others

A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the police to submit report on March 20 in a case filed against the daily Manabzamin editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury ..