Law minister rules out disbanding Rab

Elite force Rapid Action Battalion will remain in force, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
25 August 2015, 08:13 AM

3 ‘abductors’ beaten dead by mob in Pabna

Three alleged abductors are beaten to death by a mob in Bera upazila of Pabna.
25 August 2015, 08:04 AM

India increases onion export price by $275

India increases the minimum export price of onion to $700 per tonne from $425 to restrict onion exports, prompting a further hike in its prices in Bangladesh.
24 August 2015, 13:49 PM

Bangabandhu's philosophy would have developed country's economy

Bangladesh's economy would have resembled Malaysia's, had it progressed following Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's socio-
22 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt to set up health sector trust fund: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government would set up a trust fund like the education assistance trust fund so that none can shut down the community clinics with the change in government.
22 August 2015, 09:22 AM

SC upholds HC order on Brazil wheat

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order on the authorities to take back the Brazilian wheat if any department desires to return the grains.
20 August 2015, 06:50 AM

200 cannabis plants destroyed

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) destroyed around 200 cannabis plants at a field in the remote char area of the Jamuna River in
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Boy electrocuted

A teenage boy was electrocuted at Hatbari village under Sarishabari municipality of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM

CPJ demands journo Probir’s release

Committee to Protect Journalists calls upon the government to release journalist Probir Sikdar immediately.
18 August 2015, 03:28 AM

Criminal held with gun, bullets

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged criminal with a shotgun and 16 bullets in Housing Estate area of the district
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Three foetuses found

Police recovered three foetuses from a canal in Charpara area in the town yesterday. Locals found the foetuses floating on the canal water
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

War trial: Hearing on Nizami’s appeal tomorrow

The Supreme Court will start hearing tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty and other sentences awarded to war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his war time crimes.
17 August 2015, 11:53 AM

2 jailed in 2007 share scam case

A special tribunal for capital market lawsuits sentences three years jail to the managing director of BD Welding Electrodes and one other in a case over share price manipulation of the company.
17 August 2015, 07:06 AM

Kushtia AL infighting: 30 activists sued, OC suspended

A case has been filed against Kushtia unit Swechchhasebak League general secretary following yesterday’s clash between two groups of ruling party supporters that left one killed.
16 August 2015, 09:24 AM

Auto-rickshaw driver murdered

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was murdered in Dupchanchia upazila of the district yesterday.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Villagers foil land grabbing bid in Lalmonirhat

Villagers foiled a local gang's attempt to grab 23 decimals of land of a family at Ananda Bazar village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila early
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Mother, son found dead in Brahmanbaria

A woman and her three-month-old baby are found dead in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
14 August 2015, 07:17 AM

2 school girls killed 'after rape' in Madaripur

Miscreants kill two school girls allegedly after raping them in Madaripur Sadar upazila.
13 August 2015, 15:20 PM

10 hurt as two pro-AL bodies clash in Sylhet

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two associate bodies of the ruling Awami League in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on
12 August 2015, 18:00 PM

5 brokers punished for extorting license seekers

A mobile court sentenced five people to four months' imprisonment and fined them Tk 5,000 each on charge of harassing license seekers
12 August 2015, 18:00 PM