Tigers take on India for Asian supremacy

Bangladesh will be eyeing to register their mark in cricket’s shortest format when they take on India in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament at Mirpur today.

Attack on religious minorities on rise: leaders

At least 24 people of religious minority communities were killed and 1,562 individuals, families and institutions were attacked in 262 incidents of human rights violation in the country in 2015, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said on Saturday.

Studies strengthen link between Zika virus, birth defects

Scientists have long thought the Zika virus caused birth defects such as microcephaly, a condition in which a baby is born with a small head.

Nominations for Khaleda, Tarique submitted

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman submitted their nomination papers on Friday for the election to the positions of chairperson and senior vice-chairman of the party respectively.

Speaker meets Indian Lok Shabha speaker

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today called on India’s Lok Shabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan at her office in New Delhi.

Digital diplomacy, teamwork keys to effective digital govts in CICA: FM

Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali has advocated for pursuing ‘digital diplomacy’, and sought a greater cooperation in digital technology sector among CICA member countries to implement more effective digital governments.

Retail prices of onion, garlic increase

The prices of onion and garlic witnessed a further rise on the city’s retail markets over the week. Traders failed to show any reasonable excuse to increase the prices of onion and garlic but wholesalers and retailers blamed each other for the rise.

Preservation of Old Dhaka historic sites demanded

Local people formed a human chain in front of Mitford Hospital in the capital on Friday demanding preservation of historic places and buildings of Old Dhaka.

BB to make PIN use mandatory for POS transactions

In the wake of recent POS and ATM fraudulences, Bangladesh Bank is going to make mandatory the use of personal identification number while settling transactions by clients through their credit and debit cards using point of sale machines.

Banasree siblings killing: RAB suspects mother’s link

The father of siblings found dead inside their rented apartment at Banasree in the city on Monday, Mohammad Amanullah, on Thursday prosecuted his detained wife Mahfuza Malek Jesmin, 38, on charge of killing their children.