Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old Atlanta father and educator who survived two bouts of cancer, has died after being ejected from a rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Kar... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A writ petition has been filed seeking directives to stop obstruction, threats and violence targeting lawful cultural events such as concerts, Baul music performances, theatre shows,... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A 20-year-old Indian man known as Bittu Tabahi has found the Ajnar River in central India's Madhya Pradesh state littered with plastic bags and other waste again, weeks after he spen... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Kolkata police have detained a woman accused of attempting to attack Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with a knife outside her home. T... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Anaemia remains stubbornly widespread in Bangladesh, affecting more than half of all pregnant women and nearly 44 percent of young children, according to the Bangladesh Multiple Indi... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Three women high commissioners and ambassadors who have been leading Bangladesh missions abroad have been promoted to the rank of secretary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has decided to try former army officer Ziaul Ahsan virtually from prison in a crimes against humanity case over the alleged enforced disappear... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Viking explorers reached North America around 1,000 years ago, nearly five centuries before Christopher Columbus arrived in the Bahamas in 1492, according to the BBC. The Norse trav... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Firefighters who fell ill from smoke while battling the fire at Mansur Khan Tower in Dhaka's Chawkbazar have been placed under observation at the National Institute of Burn and Plast... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Vice-Chancellor Prof Sk Shariful Alam and 11 others have been locked inside the Vice Chancellor's Office for 21 hours. Pro... Read More