Attacker drives van into Barcelona crowd: 1 dead, 32 hurt
Barcelona, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped…
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Minamata Convention, curbing mercury use, is now legally binding
By IPS World Desk Rome, Aug 16 (IPS) – The Minamata Convention — a legally-binding…
EC will take no mediation role: CEC
The Election Commission says it will have no role in initiatives to build a ‘consensus’…
PM talking against Zia out of zealousy: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh…
BCL attacks Janatar Manch injuring Imran H Sarkar
Five activists of Ganojagaran Manch, including its spokesperson Imran H Sarkar, were injured in an…
One killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – A driver was killed and his helper injured when a covered van hit…
2 hacked dead in separate incidents in Narsingdi
Dhaka – Two people, including an engineer, were hacked to death by some miscreants in…
2 get life term for killing minor girl in city
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for…
Don’t do what I did: Mali militant
An Islamist militant who is serving a prison sentence for destroying ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu…
2 sea robbers held after gunfight in Sundarbans
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two members of a sea robber gang…
Migrant crisis: Spain rescues 600 people in busiest day
Spain’s coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period…
6 get life for murder in Khulna
Dhaka – A court in Khulna Wednesday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for killing…
Dhaka City police destroys hydraulic horns seized in one year
Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) destroyed around 10,000 hydraulic horns in the city’s…
Journos want EC to hold participatory-fair polls
The media representatives who joined the Election Commission’s (EC’s) dialogue on Wednesday suggested it to…
Mushtaq-Zia also behind Bangabandhu’s killing: PM
Renewing her allegation that Khandaker Mostaque and Ziaur Rahman had their part in the conspiracy…
India and China in high altitude clash
Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas,…
2 electrocuted in Joypurhat
Dhaka – Two people died in separate incidents of electrocution in Panchbibi upazila and Khetlal…
Magura AL man hacked dead
Dhaka – An activist of ruling Awami League (AL) was hacked to death by rivals…
More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Freetown, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn…
Govt discriminates against religious minorities in BD: US report
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) – The government continued to discriminate against religious minority groups in…
Asian shares mixed after US indexes take small losses
Beijing, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after U.S. indexes took…
England-West Indies test series begins with day-nighter
Dhaka, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) -Before this week, Stuart Broad only had one experience of bowling…
Wonder woman should still be a UN Ambassador
By Felix Dodds New York, Aug 15 (IPS) – I realize it’s a lot easier…
Suspected militant was Shibir activist: Police
A terror suspect killed in an anti-terror raid in Dhaka was a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s…
Suspected militant killed in Dhaka hotel operation
Dhaka, Aug 15 – A suspected member of Neo JMB was killed in a ‘suicide…
CJ finds flaws in Bangabandhu murder probe
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said more ‘big fish’ were involved in the…
16th Amendment verdict to be faced legally: Anusul
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said his ministry will not go for any step…
Elephants help recue hundreds of Nepal flood victims
Elephants helped rescue hundreds of tourists from a flooded jungle safari park in Nepal, officials…
Chief Justice finds flaws in Bangabandhu murder probe
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said more ‘big fish’ were involved in the…
N Korea leader ‘briefed’ on Guam plan but opts to wait
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory…