Offices reopen after Eid holiday

After a three-day Eid vacation, the government, semi-government and private offices including banks and financial institutions reopened today.
20 July 2015, 08:13 AM

16 killed in Sirajganj road crash

16 people are killed and around 40 injured as two passenger buses collided head-on in the west side of of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj.
19 July 2015, 04:17 AM

Illegal toll collection from vehicles goes on unabated

Illegal toll collection from vehicles continues ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr at different points on the Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway and some
16 July 2015, 18:06 PM

‘Gunfights’: 3 killed in Dhaka, Rangpur

Three people killed in separate “gunfights” with elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Rangpur.
16 July 2015, 06:12 AM

Housewife commits 'suicide'

A housewife allegedly committed suicide at Talshar village in Kotchandpur upazila of the district. The deceased was identified as
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Four held with Yaba

The DNC (Department of Narcotics Control) Officials arrested four people with 4000 Yaba tablets in Laldighi area of the city yesterday.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

3.9 lakh to get special VGF rice before Eid in Nilphamari

The government has allocated 3,894 tonnes of rice for distribution among 3,89,414 VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) cardholders under six upazilas and four municipalities of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Adulterated spices flood Lalmonirhat markets

Due to a lack of proper monitoring, adulterated spices are flooding local markets in five upazilas in the district.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Myanmar Army men rescued in Bandarban: BGB

Bangladesh army and border guards rescue two members of Myanmar Army on Bandarban border.
15 July 2015, 09:29 AM

Girls beaten cruelly at Barisal orphanage (video)

Amid nationwide outrage over beating dead a 13-year-old boy Rajon, two Barisal orphanage girls have been subjected to cruel corporal punishment by the institution’s health assistant and its video leaked on the internet.
15 July 2015, 05:45 AM

Boy strangled

Criminals strangled a teenage boy at Mandolsen village in Muktagachha upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is Amirul Islam,
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Housewife killed for dowry in Gaibandha

A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at Burna Akub village in Gobindaganj upazila of the district yesterday.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Lightning kills 3 in Sunamganj

Three people were killed by lightning at Rafinagar village under Dirai upazila of Sunamganj district yesterday morning.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Protesters demand Rajon killers to hang

Protestors across Bangladesh demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounts over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
14 July 2015, 11:51 AM

Tk 11cr yaba seized in Cox’s Bazar, 5 held

Rapid Action Battalion seizes 2.70 lakh pieces of contraband yaba tablets worth around Tk 11 crore and detains five people in Cox’s Bazar ahead of Eid.
14 July 2015, 09:04 AM

Farmers demand withdrawal of certificate cases

Hundreds of poor farmers of Dariapur area under Gaibandha Sadar upazila besieged the local Rajshahi Krishi Unnayon Bank yesterday,
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Opinion: When beasts are unleashed in humans

What kind of perversion of the mind turns a person into an inhuman beast? What kind of society have we created that we allow such horrible things to happen to children, to women, to the physically or mentally disabled, to anyone who is in a position of powerlessness?
13 July 2015, 11:17 AM

64 injury marks found on Rajon's body: Autopsy

Autopsy report of Md Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured to death in Sylhet, says the victim died due to brain haemorrhage.
13 July 2015, 06:27 AM

Freedom fighter, wife murdered in Natore

An elderly couple was strangled by criminals in Natore yesterday while a woman allegedly killed her husband in Meherpur district the
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Brutal!

A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.
12 July 2015, 10:53 AM