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Liverpool set to sign French striker Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Liverpool are on course to sign French striker Hugo Ekitike on a deal worth more than £70 million ($93.78 million) from Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, BBC Sport says.... Read More


Banks to remain closed on Aug 5 for 'July Uprising Day'

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Banks across the country will remain closed on Aug 5 for "July Uprising Day", which is set to be observed as a national holiday. Bangladesh Bank issued a circular on Thursday i... Read More


'Fascists' turn Gopalganj into their shelter, says Nahid

Bangladesh, July 17 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has urged the administration to arrest those responsible for the attack on their rally in Gopalganj, calling the district a str... Read More


Asif Mahmud praises law enforcers for doing 'good job' in Gopalganj

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has praised the law-enforcing agencies for what he called a "good job" during the violence surrounding the Nationalist Citize... Read More


BSF pushes 24 into Bangladesh through Panchagarh border

Bangladesh, July 17 -- The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 24 people into Bangladesh through two separate border points in Panchagarh. The individuals were detained around midnight on W... Read More


ACC prosecutes Tarique Siddique, family over 'illicit assets'

Bangladesh, July 17 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated four separate cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's defence and security advisor Tarique Ahmed Siddique, his wi... Read More


Bodies of four shot dead in Gopalganj buried without postmortem or inquest

Bangladesh, July 17 -- None of the four people shot dead during Wednesday's daylong violence in Gopalganj received any inquest or postmortem examination before they were buried or cremated overnight. ... Read More


Unemployment in Bangladesh, root cause of Uprising, persists, says Advisor Asif Mahmud

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Unemployment was at the core of the July Uprising that toppled the Awami League regime, but Bangladesh has not been able to deal with the problem, Youth Advisor Asif Mahmud Shoj... Read More


Three sentenced to death in separate murder cases in Chuadanga

Dhaka, July 16 -- A court has sentenced three people to death over two separate murders in Chuadanga's Alamdanga and Jibannagar Upazilas. District and Sessions Judge Md Akbar Ali Sheikh delivered the... Read More


'Chhatra League' activists attack, detonate bombs at NCP rally stage in Gopalganj

Dhaka, July 16 -- A stage being prepared for a rally by the National Citizen Party (NCP) has been attacked and vandalised in Gopalganj. The party's activists said that activists of the banned Chhatra... Read More