Libyans at UN-led talks were to discuss the powers of a proposed transitional government yesterday, the UN said, as it steps up efforts to end years of conflict in the country.

Small, portable laser pointers could be used to guide lightning strikes, with a study suggesting the technology may prevent bolts from sparking wildfires, a researcher told AFP Thursday.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday filed a defamation case of Tk 100 crore against a female employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to protect the society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drugs and to utilise the talent and strength of the young generation for the development of the country.

At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.

Two men were shot dead by unknown miscreants in Gorjonia area of Waggya union in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila around 3:00am yesterday.

Indian Border Security Force has returned two Rab members to the BGB on Tuesday night, about nine hours after they were taken into custody from the house of an Indian national along the border in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila.

The authorities concerned have started planning the implementation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directive to bring public transport workers under a dope testing system.

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Bangladesh will continue to enjoy duty free benefits for the export of its products to the United Kingdom after the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK government has said.

President-elect Joe Biden said that nothing would stop the transfer of power in the US government, while President Donald Trump remained defiant, hoping to cling on to power somehow defying all odds.

The Criminal Investigation Department in a text message to reporters yesterday evening said they arrested Jagannath University student Tithy Sarkar who had been missing since October 25.

Police recovered the hanging bodies of a man and his son from a Moghbazar flat in the capital last evening.

Jatiya Party lawmaker Anisul Islam Mahmud has called for ensuring freedom of press and making all constitutional institutions meaningful and effective to build “Golden Bengal” as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Two men were shot dead by unknown miscreants in Gorjonia area of Waggya union in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila around 3:00am yesterday.

Palestinians yesterday mourned their veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat, who died aged 65 of coronavirus complications, amid cautious hope the stalled peace process with Israel may be revived under Joe Biden’s presidency.

Complications may arise in evaluating subject-based skill and choosing eligible students if Dhaka University authorities approve the Deans’ Committee’s recent decision to abolish separate admission tests for Social Science and Fine Arts faculties, some academics opined.

The United States on Tuesday far exceeded its previous daily record of new Covid-19 cases, adding 201,961 cases in 24 hours, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as pandemic continued to wreak havoc in Europe.

An activist of the ruling Awami League was killed by a group of unidentified miscreants in Cumilla city around 8:00am yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against expelled Jubo League leader GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, and his seven bodyguards in a case filed for laundering Tk 168 crore.