Pistol, bullets seized in Shibganj

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a pistol, seven bullets and two magazines from Kotapara ghat area at Wahedpue village in Shibganj upazila of the district yesterday.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM

BCL office torched in Joypurhat

A union level BCL office in Joypurhat Sadar upazila was vandalised and torched allegedly by Jamaat-Shibir and BNP men on Monday night.
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Expansion of mung bean farming supports rural women

About fifteen thousand rural women, including students, are harvesting mung beans in six upazilas in Jhenidah this season. The area of
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Reliance, Adani to invest $5.5b

India's Reliance Power Ltd and Adani Power Ltd yesterday signed separate deals with Bangladesh Power Development Board to invest $5.5 billion here to generate 4,600 megawatts of electricity.
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Petrol bomb attack on bus, 7 Jamaat men held

The joint force in an overnight drive on Wednesday arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from different places in
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM

€10.5m more EU fund for primary schools

European Union announces release of €10.5 million fund for the primary education of Bangladesh through its sector budget support operation.
4 June 2015, 07:08 AM

Jubilation Over Success

Jubilation Over Success
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Man commits suicide in Ctg police custody

Man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Chittagong police custody.
30 May 2015, 08:45 AM

Abducted madrasa girl traceless for 2 months

A 15-year-old madrasa girl, who was allegedly abducted in Sadar upazila of the district over two months ago, still remains traceless.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Shortage of labourers affects boro harvest in Rangpur

Boro farmers in Rangpur agriculture zone are facing problem in harvesting the crop this season for want of sufficient farm labourers.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi, Hasina to open border haat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate a border 'haat' (market) at Kamalasagar in Tripura's Sipahijala district beside the border of Brahmanbaria.
28 May 2015, 13:57 PM

Arrest those who incited Bithi to commit suicide

Students of Zila Sadar Girls' High School formed a human chain in the district town yesterday, demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the people responsible for the death of a fellow.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Trader stabbed

Criminals took away Tk 10,000 from a milk trader after injuring him in Mirzapur Primary School road area at Mirzapur village in Sadar
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Moglu gets elderly allowance, finally

At last centenarian Moglu Pramanik got his rightful elderly allowance from the government's social service department as well as financial help from Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF).
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM

6 including 5 prisoners killed in Gazipur road crash

Six people including five prisoners die as two human hauliers collide head-on in Gazipur.
25 May 2015, 10:58 AM

Villagers still in panic as killer elephant yet to be sent back

Panic still haunts the villagers as the circus elephant that trampled three people to death in Garfa, Kahalpur, and Basabari villages in
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Diplomats to determine ‘Bangladeshis’ in Malaysia mass graves

Bangladesh High Commission will be in touch with Kuala Lumpur to determine whether the mass graves, believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants in Malaysia, are of Bangladesh citizens.
24 May 2015, 13:46 PM

HC orders post mortem on Nargis' corpse

The High Court orders government to exhume and examine body of the Bangladeshi citizen who was allegedly killed after rape in India two months ago.
24 May 2015, 08:55 AM

Another war crimes suspect held in Maheshkhali

Another war crimes suspect is arrested from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, three days after a tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrant against him and 15 others.
24 May 2015, 05:01 AM

Bus-truck collision kills 10 in Sirajganj

At least 10 people are killed and 30 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at the west end of Bangabandhu Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge in Sirajganj.
23 May 2015, 10:15 AM