UNB: Police on Sunday arrested a school teacher in Kalapara upazila of Pataukhali on accusation of spreading rumor on facebook over ongoing student movement. Arrested Nusrat Jahan Sonyia, 26, is an assistant teacher of South Tiakhali Government Primary school. ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A court in Vietnam handed lengthy prison terms on Monday to several former bankers accused of mismanagement, amid a crackdown on corruption in the communist-ruled country. In the early 2010s, Vietnam’s banking system was rocked by a string of mismanagement scanda ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A landslide killed a woman and at least seven children in Nepal over the weekend as officials issued warnings on Monday of the risk of more landslides and flash floods due to torrential rain. Working in the downpour, rescuers in Bheri town, about 310 kilometers (19 ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: The president of South Sudan and head of the country’s main rebel group signed a final cease fire and power-sharing agreement on Sunday and hailed a new longed-for era of peace in the country. “I call on everyone as a leader of South Sudan that this agreement w ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has issued a notice for quizzing Chief Engineer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Sudhendu Bikash for allegedly misappropriating huge amount of money, reports the daily star. Sudhendu has been asked to appear befo ...বিস্তারিত
The Guardian, UK: Sky News has sparked outcry in Australia after it broadcast an interview with Blair Cottrell, a far-right extremist who has expressed his admiration for Hitler. The channel hosted Cottrell in its Australian studios for a one-on-one discussion about immigra ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad: Traffic police yesterday, the second day of Traffic Week, have lodged at least 30 cases against vehicles at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka for carrying expired licences or having invalid papers. “The cases were filed for using hydraulic horn, expired li ...বিস্তারিত
UNB: Stocks finished lower Sunday, breaking a three-day winning streak, as risk-averse investors chose to book quick gain on sector-wise stocks. Market insiders said the retail investors went for booking profits, especially banking sector issues, which triggered a selling pr ...বিস্তারিত
AP: A human rights group urged Bangladesh’s government on Monday to abandon plans to relocate Rohingya Muslim refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding. Human Rights Watch said in a report released in Bangkok, Thailand, that int ...বিস্তারিত
The Guardian, UK: Deaths caused by the drug fentanyl rose by nearly 30% last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. While statistics show that the rate of deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales has remained steady – 66.1 deaths per 1 ...বিস্তারিত