BNP reschedules hartal for Tuesday

BNP has rescheduled its dawn-to-dusk hartal for Tuesday as Bangladesh declared state mourning on Monday for the Kuwait emir's death. The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the decision in a virtual press conference on Sunday...

Mother of Jago News's Sayeed Shipon dies

Sayera Begum, the mother of online news portal Jago News's senior staff reporter Sayeed Shipon has died. She was 75...

How to de-escalate a conflict? Therapist shares tips

In a relationship, it is important to address and de-escalate a conflict to stop it from going out of control...

Bangladesh suffer 44-run defeat in 1st ODI against NZ

Bangladesh made a disappointing start to the three-match ODI series by suffering a 44-run defeat to New Zealand on DLS method in rain-hit first match at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin on Sunday...

Tigresses create history in South Africa

The Bangladesh Women's Cricket team kept making history in South Africa, as they registered their first victory against Proteas when the nation was celebrating its Victory Day. In their previous eight meetings on South African soil, Bangladesh even couldn't make a minimum resistance...

President approves in principle to deploy army ahead of polls: EC secretary

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has approved in principle the deployment of army across the country to maintain law and order situation ahead of the 12th parliamentary elections...

Palace deny Man City win with 95th-minute penalty

Manchester City's stuttering title defence suffered another blow as Michael Olise's 95th-minute penalty rescued a dramatic point for Crystal Palace...

More than 60 migrants feared drowned off Libya

More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Citing survivors, the UN agency said on Saturday the vessel left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board...

BNP calls dawn-to-dusk hartal on Monday

BNP has announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country on Monday to press home the one-point demand to topple the government. The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced this in a virtual press conference on Saturday evening...

BNP-Jamaat wants to stop country's democratic progress: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the evil force like BNP-Jamaat wants to stop the country's democratic progress by opposing the elections. "The evil-force named BNP-Jamaat wants to stop the country's democratic progress by opposing the elections," he said...

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf dies

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah passed away on Saturday at the age of 86, the Amiri Diwan said in a broadcasted statement. Kuwait TV broke into programming with Qur’anic verses just before making the announcement. In late November, he was admitted to the hospital due to a medical emergency...

If you have courage, resign and hold fair election, Moeen Khan to govt

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moeen Khan has asked the government to resign and hold a fair election under a neutral government if it has courage. He said, "If you (the government) have courage, step down and hold a fair election under a neutral government."...

Three Bangladeshis shot by BSF along Lalmonirhat border

Three Bangladeshi youths were shot by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Hatibandha border in Lalmonirhat early Saturday...

Al-Ahly send Al-Ittihad out as Benzema misses penalty

Karim Benzema missed a penalty as Al-Ittihad were knocked out of the Club World Cup by Egypt’s Al-Ahly, who cruised to a 3-1 victory in Jeddah...

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa has been killed and his colleague Wael Dahdouh was wounded in an Israeli attack in Khan Younis, southern Gaza...

Israeli army says it mistakenly killed three captives held in Gaza

The Israeli army has killed three captives held by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza after “mistakenly” identifying them as a threat, according to Israeli military officials...

President, PM pay tributes to war heroes on Victory Day

Bangladesh beat India to reach Under-19 Asia Cup final

Ariful Islam hammered a brilliant 90 ball-94 as Bangladesh sealed a spot in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup, securing a four-wicket win over mighty India at ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai on Friday...

Nation celebrates Victory Day with due respect

The nation celebrated the 53rd Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalees, on Saturday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day 52 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation...

BNP is on verge of extinction: Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Friday said BNP is a terrorist party and it is on the verge of extinction...