Thursday | 18 June 2026 | Reg No- 06
Staff Correspondents covers general assignment for Daily Observer Online edition, as a member of reporting team.
A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in the city's Bakalia area, delivering the verdict just 25 days after the incident was reported.The Metropolitan Child Violence Suppression Tribunal, presided over by
A housewife was allegedly gang-raped by a group of seven to eight masked miscreants after being abducted from her home at Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday.The incident took place at Kurchai village of the upazila.Quoting locals and police,
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said Bangladesh is expected to raise its tax-to-GDP ratio to 10% within the next five years through a series of reforms aimed at expanding the tax base, improving compliance and strengthening revenue administration.He also
A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced Md Abir for killing five-year-old Alina Islam Ayat and later, severing her body into six pieces.Sixth Additional Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Muhammad Ali Akkas delivered the judgement in presence of prime accused Abir.The court
Bangladesh's stand-in captain Towhid Hridoy chose to bat against Australia in the first T20I in Chattogram on Wednesday.Hridoy was thrust into the leadership role for the first time in his international career after regular captain Litton Das was ruled out
Bangladesh has, for the first time, assumed the chairmanship of the Bureau of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).The responsibility was formally taken up in Geneva at the United Nations Office by Bangladesh
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claimed that it thwarted a plot targeting Sunday’s UFC event at the White House and has arrested five men, the US justice department said on Tuesday.Part of the plan involved striking nearby buildings with
Grok, the generative AI chatbot developed by xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, was used in strikes against Iran.The United States government revealed this information in a legal briefing seen on Tuesday reported by AFP.The June 15,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Indian authorities are forcibly expelling ethnic Bengali residents, mostly Muslims from West Bengal state, to Bangladesh without basic due process.Indian Border Security Force (BSF) actions, combined with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) efforts to
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman reached Sylhet on Wednesday morning to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Family Card programme in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.The aircraft, carrying the Prime Minister and members of his entourage, landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet at
