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Four killed, 12 wounded as gunfire erupts after high-school football game in Mississippi

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Four people were killed and 12 others injured -- four critically -- in a mass shooting in the US state of Mississippi, according to a BBC report. The shooting took place around midn... Read More


DU Chhatra Dal leader Nasir Uddin Shawon secures bail

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Dhaka University Chhatra Dal Senior Joint Secretary Nasir Uddin Shawon has been granted bail in a kidnapping and extortion case with the plaintiff's consent. A Dhaka court issued th... Read More


BNP seeks friendship with India on equal footing, says Mirza Fakhrul

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party seeks friendly relations with India, but only on the principle of equality. Speaking on Saturday afternoon at a ... Read More


'Thousands more flotillas needed to free Palestine,' Shahidul Alam says on return home after release from Israel

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam has returned to Bangladesh after being freed by Israeli authorities following his detention from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Oct... Read More


Dhaka-Mymensingh traffic resumes as United, Soukhin bus services halt

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route has resumed after a five-and-a-half-hour tailback caused by a protest of Students Against Discrimination and a counter-protest by transport work... Read More


Ayat College hosts Capping, Oath-Taking and Farewell Ceremony at Bangla Academy

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- The Ayat College of Nursing and Health Sciences has held its Capping, Oath-Taking and Farewell Ceremony at the Bangla Academy in Dhaka. Newly enrolled students of BSc in Nursing, Di... Read More


Political parties' signing of July Charter postponed to Oct 17

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Political parties are now scheduled to sign the July Charter, also known as the National Charter, on Oct 17, two days later than initially planned. The Chief Advisor's Office announ... Read More


NCP's Akhtar calls for justice over 'enforced disappearances and killings'

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- National Citizen Party Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain has demanded that members of law-enforcing agencies accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Awami League regim... Read More


Officials are adjusting duties based on political loyalties, says DIG Palash

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Police in Chattogram have observed that some individuals adjust their work based on which political party might come to power, Deputy Inspector General Ahsan Habib Palash has said. ... Read More


Shahidul Alam reveals mental abuse by Israel during Gaza Flotilla detention

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Photographer Shahidul Alam has said he suffered mainly psychological abuse after Israeli forces detained a vessel from the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and took him into custody. On ... Read More