A number of upazila chairmen have resigned from their posts, aspiring to become members of parliament. But they were defeated in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament) election. Now they want to return to the upazila parishad. Within just four months of the parliamentary polls, several of these upazila parishad chairmen who had resigned, are … Read more
OJ Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76. Simpson, cleared by a Los Angeles jury … Read more
The son of a mahout died after being attacked by an elephant at the National Zoo in the capital’s Mirpur. This incident happened around 11:00am on Thursday. Deceased Zahid, 17, is the son of the national zoo’s mahout Azad Ali. National Zoo director Rafiqul Islam Talukdar confirmed the news to Prothom Alo.
Naval police have arrested five people in connection with the death of five people, including three members of a family, as they were hit by a snapped rope of another launch at Sadarghat in the capital. They were arrested on Thursday afternoon. Four of the five arrested are masters of two launches. Naval police superintendent … Read more
The High Court recently suspended the ‘urgent notice’ enforced by the BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) authorities four years ago. Various news media accordingly reported that there was no obstruction to student politics in BUET. However, according to the ‘East Pakistan Engineering and Technological University’ ordinance of 1961, no one had the right … Read more
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has been ranked 305th in engineering and technology subjects in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2024. The rankings were published on Wednesday. This year, over 16,300 academic programmes were ranked across various subjects and a total of 1,559 institutions were ranked, said the QS … Read more
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are locked in a tense battle for Premier League supremacy, with Unai Emery threatening the Gunners’ grip on top spot and Phil Foden taking centre stage for the champions. At the bottom of the table, Brentford, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are embroiled in a desperate fight … Read more
A shooting between rival groups left three people wounded at a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, police in the US city of Philadelphia said. Police gave no indication that the event itself, a party marking Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month, was targeted. “We are very, very fortunate today … Read more
Three more people including a woman have been arrested in a joint drive by law enforcers over the bank robbery and arms loot in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila. The law enforcers said the three were arrested on Thursday over their suspected involvement with bank robbery. They were also suspected informers of the movements of the law … Read more
He was raising a hand, stopping the traffic at the Bijoy Sarani intersection in the capital. With is other hand he was signalling to the vehicles on the other side to proceed. Traffic police, Constable Alamgir Hossain, was on duty during Eid. He said, “If everyone goes on holiday, who will do the work?” At … Read more
