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Security officer gone rogue

More than a dozen complaints of assault, blackmail and extortion, and verbal abuse of female visitors have been submitted to Jahangirnagar University authorities against its chief security officer Sudipta Shaheen in the four years since he took office.
Digital Security Act: DU teacher sued over comments on religion

A professor at Dhaka University has been sued under the Digital Security Act for making “derogatory” comments on religion during a talk show on a private television channel.
Freedom Fighters’ Welfare Trust set up

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s government has formed a trust with an initial fund of about Tk 4 crore in both cash and industrial units for the benefit of freedom fighters who had made supreme sacrifices with their blood,
Man who made Samsung a global powerhouse dies

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died yesterday after spending more than six years in hospital following a heart attack, the company said.
Shuvra Murder: Another held, confesses before judge

The Detective Branch of Mymensingh police on Saturday arrested Khairul, 35, of Kawrat Paschimpara in the district’s Gouripur upazila, for allegedly killing the upazila’s Swechchasebak League leader Masudur Rahman Shuvra.
Father-in-law ‘has Qatar expat killed’

Police arrested a man on charges of killing his son-in-law with hired assassins in a bid to obtain Tk 1 crore from his bank accounts.
WHO reports 3rd straight daily record

The World Health Organization’s coronavirus dashboard yesterday showed a third consecutive daily record high in the number of new confirmed cases.
Bilboiltha,a village of alpona

Seventh grader Bishoka Tudu along with her sister Ashanti Tudu drew flower and leaves on the wall of their house.
Iraqis rally to relaunch year-old anti-government revolt

Thousands of Iraqis yesterday marked the first anniversary of a protest movement against the country’s stagnant political class with rallies at Baghdad’s iconic Tahrir Square and its high-security Green Zone.
More mass testing in China after 137 virus cases in Xinjiang

Chinese officials were racing yesterday to smother a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the country’s far northwest after 137 new infections were discovered.
New fighting flares over Nagorno-Karabakh as Aliyev warns against Russian involvement

New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces yesterday over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settlement to the conflict.
‘Exponential’ rise in cases globally

Grim data highlighted the struggle for authorities around the world to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control Saturday, as the US reported nearly 83,000 infections in a single day, France extended a curfew to two-thirds of citizens and Germany’s death toll passed 10,000.
Rohingya Issue: US comment on China’s role inappropriate

Beijing has sharply reacted to Washington’s recent remarks regarding China’s role in resolving the Rohingya crisis, China-India border tensions, Taiwan Strait, South China Sea and the Hong Kong national security legislation.
Stuck Bangladeshis will get new entry permits to Qatar

Yousuf Mohamed Al Othman, foreign affairs minister of Qatar, has assured the Bangladesh envoy of issuing exceptional entry permits to stranded expatriate Bangladeshis in short time.
Five bodies found after speedboat sinking

Rescuers recovered the bodies of five people from the Agunmukha river in Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila yesterday morning, about 40 hours after a speedboat carrying 18 passengers, including the five, sank in rough weather.
19 more die, 1,094 infected with Covid-19

Nineteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Suicide Bombing: 18 killed in Kabul

A suicide bomber struck near an education centre in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least 18 people in the latest attack to rock the conflict-wracked country.
Trump casts early ballot in Florida

President Donald Trump cast his vote in Florida yesterday ahead of another punishing day with three campaign rallies as he works to close the gap with Joe Biden and pull off a 2016-style upset win on November 3.
European buildings turn blue for UN’s 75th anniversary

More than 150 monuments and buildings across Europe were set to be lit up blue yesterday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
Trump no fan of ‘Borat’ creator Sacha Baron Cohen

Donald Trump said Friday he has not been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen -- even before a clip from the British comedian’s new Borat movie forced the US president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani into an awkward explanation.
Pandemic halts bullfighting where animal rights activists couldn’t

In a matter of months, the novel coronavirus achieved something that animal rights activists failed to do in decades: put a halt to bullfighting in Peru.
Healthcare within reach, yet distant

Expecting mothers needing specialised care in remote villages under Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj still have to endure hours-long potentially risky journeys to the nearest public health facility, despite two new mother and children welfare centres in the area.
Constitution copy will be a handwritten document

The original copy of the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will be a handwritten document and will bear the signatures of all members of the Constituent Assembly.
Dolphins vanishing from Halda

The freshwater dolphins in Bangladesh are only decreasing in number over the last few years mainly for manmade hazards, say experts.
Child raped by 55-yr-old in Noakhali

A seven-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 55-year-old man at Char Jabbar union in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday.
14 more die from Covid, 1,586 test positive

Fourteen people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
Libyan Civil War: Two warring factions sign ‘permanent’ ceasefire

Libya’s two warring factions signed a “permanent” ceasefire agreement yesterday after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the deal as a historic moment following years of turmoil and bloodshed.
Europe’s daily cases double in 10 days

The coronavirus is spreading even faster than it did during the first phase of the pandemic, a French government adviser said yesterday as authorities across Europe scrambled to try to contain the disease once again racing through the continent.
Continental Shelf in Bay: Dhaka submits updated report seeking UN nod

Bangladesh yesterday lodged an amended submission to the UN on the limits of its outer continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal.
Israel warplanes strike Gaza following rocket fire

Israeli warplanes struck suspected Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip before dawn on Friday following rocket fire from the blockaded Palestinian territory.