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Based in Rangpur, Azad breathed his last about 10:45pm on Wednesday while being treated at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit at the age of 65. Azad was the Rangpur correspondent of bdnews24.com. He also worked at the Bangladesh Pratidin. After suffering a brain stroke last year, he […]

WhatsApp is ubiquitous across India, where data consumption is surging thanks to cheap internet, but a full launch of its payments feature had been delayed amid some false messages circulating on the platform that have led to mob lynching and more government scrutiny, according to local media. The Menlo Park, […]

Police, widely criticised for failing to better protect the public from the attack by club-wielding men in Yuen Long, had refused to allow the march in the town on safety grounds. But protesters pushed ahead and what began as a peaceful action by several thousand in sweltering afternoon heat soon […]

Two officials from Bangladesh High Commission in London handed over the mangoes and flowers to the officials at 10 Downing Street on Thursday morning local time, according to Hasina’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. The officials “cordially” received the gifts, he told reporters in London. Earlier, the prime minister sent similar gifts to […]

A team of firefighters has started a rescue operation after they went missing near a bridge at the Bank Town Paschim Para area around 1.30pm on Saturday, said Nurul Islam, sub-inspector of Savar Model Police Station.  The missing students are Rajan, Mehedi and Akash.  “A group of 12 first-year students […]

The match is scheduled to begin at 3pm (Bangladesh time) at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Team Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (capt), Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Kusal Perera, […]

“We’ll intensify our protests for the release of the country’s leader and other detained leaders and activists,” said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the party secretary general, at an event on Friday. He urged the ruling party to release all the political prisoners and withdraw the ‘false’ cases filed against them. Khaleda has […]

The bomb disposal unit of police detonated the two bombs found near police boxes at Paltan and Khamarbari in Dhaka in a controlled explosion on Tuesday night. “The IS has claimed the responsibility to plant the bombs,” said the militant activity watchdog SITE Intelligence Group citing the IS publication Amaq. Earlier in […]

“These are civilian objects, and it seems highly unlikely, given the persistent pattern of such attacks, that they are all being hit by accident,” Bachelet said, adding that the rising toll had been met with “apparent international indifference”. The government began its offensive against the rebel enclave in northwest Syria, […]

Chinese authorities investigating FedEx suspect it illegally held back the Huawei packages and that it also violated other laws, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. Beijing started a probe into FedEx last month after Huawei said the US delivery firm had diverted parcels intended for it. It came after […]