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BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday paid homage to slain party founder Ziaur Rahman and its former chairperson Khaleda Zia by placing a wreath at their graves marking the party’s 48th founding anniversary.
Police have arrested three alleged members of a snatchers’ gang after Tk 39 lakh was snatched from a man carrying money withdrawn from a bank in the Dhanmondi Lake area of Dhaka.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 416 people in a 24-hour drive across the capital and filed 30 cases over various allegations, police said.
Various sources indicate that the rate of children going missing in Bangladesh is rising at an alarming pace. According to data held by the Police Headquarters, 15,917 cases were filed as general diaries (GDs) at police stations across the country over the seven months from January to July this year, following reports of children going missing. That amounts to an average of 2,274 GDs a month and more than 75 a day. In other words, a report of a missing child was filed at a police station every 20 to 21 minutes.
Vast in size but calm by nature. Seen from afar, the Indian Ocean may appear that way. Blue waters. Long maritime routes. Rows of commercial vessels. But over the past decade, the picture has changed. Major construction projects have begun across the ocean. Deep-sea ports in some places. Long runways in others. Military bases elsewhere.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Lionel Messi’s retirement from international football has ushered Argentina into a new era. With the captain’s armband no longer in Messi’s hands, speculation has begun over who will take over the role. Although the Argentine Football Association has yet to make an official decision, Cristian Romero is currently the leading candidate.
Lionel Messi has brought the curtain down on his 21-year international career after announcing his retirement from the Argentina national team. Since making his international debut in a friendly against Hungary on 17 August 2005, Messi has made 207 appearances for Argentina. During that time, he has reached extraordinary heights through his goals, assists, trophies and individual achievements.
Lamine Yamal wrote his name into the record books during Barcelona's ongoing clash with Rayo Vallecano in the third round of the Spanish league.
Bangladesh midfielder Hamza Choudhury has ended his 21-year association with Leicester City after completing a permanent return to Sheffield United on a one-year deal.
Lionel Messi, Argentine legend and eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, has announced his retirement from the national team, ending his international football career.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have both 106 wins in their official matches against each other. On one side the white empire, on the other the blue-red rebellion. On one side the pride of Madrid, on the other Catalan self-identity. In the middle a football—and around it the story of almost a century. How many nights have passed, how many stars have come and gone, how many times the gallery has burst into joy after goals; yet the story of the fight of Real Madrid and Barcelona seems not to end.
Eight months after former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was detained in a US military operation and imprisoned in the United States, a photograph of him has surfaced publicly for the first time. However, what has drawn the most attention is the timing of the release: the photographs emerged just two days after US President Donald Trump announced what he described as a historic agreement with Venezuela.
Rescue teams have recovered 24 bodies from a single house in Betrawati of Bidur Municipality-10, Nuwakot of Nepal, following the devastating flood that swept through the area.
QatarEnergy has extended force majeure on liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries to customers in Europe and Asia as regular LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains largely halted.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is observing its 48th founding anniversary today.
BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister's Political Adviser Mirza Abbas is returning home after undergoing medical treatment in Singapore and Malaysia for over five months . He is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 9pm on Wednesday (September 2) .
Islami Andolan Bangladesh Ameer and Charmonai Pir Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has said that while the BNP had given the people various promises before the election, there is no visible progress in fulfilling those commitments even six months after forming the government.
Although tensions in Brahmanbaria over the remarks of Member of Parliament and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah have eased, the party's scheduled programme has been relocated. The NCP changed its venue after being denied permission to hold its organisational coordination meeting and political workshop at the district Shilpakala Academy.
Various sources indicate that the rate of children going missing in Bangladesh is rising at an alarming pace. According to data held by the Police Headquarters, 15,917 cases were filed as general diaries (GDs) at police stations across the country over the seven months from January to July this year, following reports of children going missing. That amounts to an average of 2,274 GDs a month and more than 75 a day. In other words, a report of a missing child was filed at a police station every 20 to 21 minutes.
Vast in size but calm by nature. Seen from afar, the Indian Ocean may appear that way. Blue waters. Long maritime routes. Rows of commercial vessels. But over the past decade, the picture has changed. Major construction projects have begun across the ocean. Deep-sea ports in some places. Long runways in others. Military bases elsewhere.
Bangladesh does not need to win the global race for computing power. It needs to rediscover its own strength: organising people so that technology creates shared prosperity.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Humayun Kabir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, August 30.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of six other countries have congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on assuming office as President of Bangladesh.
Dhallywood actress Mishti Jannat has brought the news of her marriage into the open. After adding the life event ‘Got Married’ on her own Facebook profile on social media discussion started over the matter and she herself confirmed the matter of marriage in an interview. However this actress does not want to inform the details regarding when, where and whom she has married for the time being.
Smartphones and technology have revolutionised the way people communicate. In just a few seconds, they can bring people separated by great distances closer together. Yet excessive use of the same technology can sometimes create distance between people who are physically right next to each other. In particular, spending long periods absorbed in a phone can gradually reduce communication and emotional intimacy between married couples.
Bangladesh witnessed a strong rise in workers' remittance inflow in August, with expatriate Bangladeshis sending US$2.83 billion during the month up to August 30, marking a 26.9 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
