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JU students lock proctor office as ultimatum to arrest accused ends

Aggrieved students of Jahangirnagar University staged overnight protests and locked the university’s proctor office on Saturday after authorities failed to arrest the suspect in an attempted rape case involving a

Man, his son killed in Faridpur road accident

A 50-year-old man and his son were killed as a bus knocked them down on Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as

Taiwan says it’s an ‘independent’ nation, after US president Trump’s warning

Taiwan said Saturday it is an ‘independent’ nation, hours after United States president Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence. Taiwan ‘is a sovereign and independent democratic

Former state minister Mizanur Rahman Sinha passes away

Former state minister for health and family welfare and managing director of Acme Laboratories Ltd and Acme Group Mizanur Rahman Sinha died in Singapore on early Saturday while undergoing treatment.

Woman held over killing husband in Shariatpur

Police on Friday arrested a woman for allegedly killing her husband and dismembering the body in Sadar upazila of Shariatpur district. The arrested is Asma Begum, wife of Zia Sardar

Farmers falling in debt trap, food supply may get hurt

Fifty-year-old farmer Sudhin Chandra Das cultivated boro paddy on 150 decimals of leased land in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj, part of the country’s haor region, hoping to harvest the crop

Common river water fair share still a far cry

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Farakka Long March, renewing Bangladesh’s call for a fair share of water from the transboundary rivers shared with India. On May 16,

Dipu Moni, Babu, Farzana Rupa shown arrested in Shapla Chattar case

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday ordered that former minister Dr Dipu Moni and journalists Mozammel Babu and Farzana Rupa be shown arrested in a case filed over the