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Biker killed in Sylhet road crash

, Nov. 13 -- A motorcyclist was killed and another person was seriously injured after a bus crashed into his bike on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway in the Khadimnagar area of Sadar upazila of Sylhet on Fr... Read More


Hasina must be extradited, not welcomed with flowers: Rizvi

, Nov. 13 -- BNP acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have to be brought back to Bangladesh through the existing extradition treaty with I... Read More


Humayun Ahmed's 78th birth anniversary being celebrated

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The 78th birth anniversary of celebrated Bangladeshi novelist Humayun Ahmed is being observed on Friday with various programmes in Dhaka and Gazipur. Born on November 13, 1948, in K... Read More


Singer Shaikh Shahed dies

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Singer Shaikh Shahed Ali, best known for his song "Rokzana", passed away at a private hospital in the capital on Friday morning. He was 63. He breathed his last at 10:05am while und... Read More


We would not have today's Bangladesh without November 7: Salam

, Nov. 13 -- The spirit of the War of Liberation was restored through the November 7 revolution, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam said on Friday. "Under the leadership of... Read More


Shama calls for predictable, cost-free financing for gender-responsive climate action

, Nov. 13 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has called for predictable, accessible and cost-free financing for gender-responsive climate adaptation and resilience. She made the ... Read More


Mir Mosharraf's birthplace still awaits proper preservation, development

Kushtia, Nov. 13 -- As the 179th birth anniversary of renowned Bengali novelist and writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain is being celebrated on Friday, his ancestral home in Lahinipara village of Kumarkhali u... Read More


Temperatures likely to remain unchanged for five days

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country over the five days, starting at 9am on Friday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). ... Read More


Nearly 5,000 people evacuated as floods hit Myanmar's Shan state

, Nov. 13 -- Around 4,950 people from 1,123 households in five townships in southern Shan state of Myanmar have been evacuated following flooding, the local fire services department said on Friday. T... Read More


NCP stages torch procession over govt's meek response to fire at MP Nusrat's house

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) today staged a rally and torch procession in the capital, protesting the fire at the Kushtia home of its leader and reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum,... Read More