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5 get death penalty for double murder in Cox’s Bazar

A Cox’s Bazar court on Tuesday sentenced five people to death and four others to life imprisonment for killing two minor siblings after kidnapping in 2016. Judge of the Cox’s

Khamenei tells Trump to ‘keep dreaming’

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rebuffed claims by US president Donald Trump that the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites had been destroyed by US strikes in June. In

Athapaththu conjures miracle as Sri Lanka snatch victory over Bangladesh

Sri Lanka snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to record their first win of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, edging out Bangladesh by seven runs in a nerve jangling

Japan elects Sanae Takaichi as first female prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan’s first woman prime minister on Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily signal a feminist victory. Instead,

1.12 lakh people killed, 1.65 lakh injured in road accidents in Bangladesh in 12 years

At least 1,16,726 people were killed and 1,65,021 others were injured in 67,890 road crashes across Bangladesh in the last 12 years, a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of

BNP to meet Yunus over worries about administrative neutrality, advisers’ roles

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to meet chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus this evening to convey concerns over administrative neutrality, recent policy decisions, and the activities of certain advisers

SC begins hearing new appeals over caretaker government abolition after 14 years

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing new appeals challenging its 2011 verdict that annulled the election-time caretaker government system, which had allowed the Awami League

Dhaka’s air quality turns `unhealthy for sensitive groups’ with AQI score of 147

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 8th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 147 at about 9:00am on