Midday Brief

Two Biman staffs held with 40 gold bars

Members of Customs Intelligence have detained two staffs of Bangladesh Biman in possession with 40 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong. 

Buddha Purnima today

Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed in the country today.

BCL factions clash at Textile University, 4 injured 

At least four people have been injured in a clash between two factions of Chhatra League's Aziz Hall unit at Bangladesh Textile University in Tejgaon. 

Aid scarce in quake-hit Nepal villages

At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of homes flattened by Nepal's devastating earthquake. Its message: "WE NEED HELP. PLEASE HELP." 

Farmer murdered in Jessore

A farmer has allegedly been murdered by his relative over family dispute at Bahadurpur village under sadar upazila in Jessore. 

Husband of Facebook's Sandberg dies

SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Dave Goldberg, died unexpectedly on Friday night, his brother wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. 

Baby princess presented to the world

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have introduced their daughter to the world, as they left hospital to take her home to Kensington Palace. 

IS militants 'kill 300 Yazidis'

Several hundred Yazidi captives have been killed in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials say.