A Dhaka court yesterday appointed administrators to look after some of the immovable properties of Benazir Ahmed and his family members.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Bangladeshis were found to be the highest number of irregular migrants reaching the shores of Italy in the first six months of this year.
Police in Manikganj are trying to arrest five men accused of raping a schoolgirl.
A 25-year-old tourist drowned and two others were injured while bathing in the Nikli haor in Kishoreganj yesterday morning.
Two patients with Covid-19 died and at least 620 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the health directorate in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared the main protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early yesterday, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.
Armed forces from around 20 countries were gathering in northern Saudi Arabia yesterday for "the most important" military manoeuvre ever staged in the region, the official news agency SPA reported.
The BNP yesterday said holding Union Parishad (UP) polls on partisan lines might create unrest at the grassroots level and wreak havoc on public life.
A former minister and senior member of Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party (PP) resigned yesterday following fresh allegations over alleged illegal party financing in the Madrid region.
Haitian lawmakers early yesterday elected Jocelerme Privert as the troubled country's interim president to fill a power vacuum following the departure of Michel Martelly, after a vote to choose his successor was postponed over fears of violence.
A senior Beijing official yesterday blamed "radical separatists" for a riot that erupted in Hong Kong last week, the worst clashes the city has seen since mass pro-democracy protests.
Abandoned by France, defied by eastern Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cuts a lonely figure in her struggle for EU "solidarity" on the refugee crisis ahead of a Brussels summit.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir yesterday said that Russia's efforts to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will not succeed in keeping him in power.
Terming Bangladesh an unflinching proponent of his people's just causes, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed his gratitude to Bangladesh for its continued support for his country.
An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Baddapara village of Sarail upazila early yesterday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished Afghan President Ashraf Ghani a happy birthday -- only for Ghani to explain he had got the wrong day.
