Amnesty for illegal Bangladeshi expats in Oman soon

Around 47,000 illegal migrant workers in Oman, mostly Bangladeshis, can make use of the amnesty that will be officially announced by Oman government soon.
14 April 2015, 05:30 AM

Nation welcomes Bangla New Year

Nation welcomes the Bangla New Year 1422 today with its traditional fanfare and festivity.Shedding preceding year’s glooms to oblivion, people from all walks of life celebrates the Pahela Baishakh.
14 April 2015, 04:12 AM

Stolen electric wires seized, six held

Detectives arrested six people from Nishindhara area in the district town yesterday on charge of stealing electric cables of transformers.
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Journalists stage sit-in Patuakhali

Journalists stage a sit-in in front of Patuakhali Press Club yesterday demanding punishment to the policemen who brutally tortured ABM
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Pahela Baishakh Preparations

Pahela Baishakh Preparations
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Barisal Judge Court flooded

The compound of Barisal District and Sessions Judge's Court gets flooded with water from the nearby pond on the premises of Barisal St.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

337 more heading home from Yemen

A total of 337 stranded Bangladeshis have headed for home after evacuation from the war-torn country of Yemen.
12 April 2015, 12:05 PM

‘Stop Rampal project until proper environment probe’

A South Asian rights group calls upon Bangladesh government to halt Rampal power plant construction in the Sundarbans until cleared by environmentalists.
12 April 2015, 11:36 AM

Minar denied bail, Zahid has to surrender

The apex court scraps the High Court bail granted to Mahtab Uddin Minar, prime accused in Fulgazi’s Ekramul Haque murder case.
12 April 2015, 11:06 AM

Candidature rejection: Dhaka divisional commissioner apologises

Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman apologises unconditionally to the High Court for cancelling the nomination of a reserve seat candidate for the elections to Dhaka South City Corporation.
12 April 2015, 07:32 AM

5 killed in Tangail road crash

Five people are killed and eight injured, three of them critically, when a bus hit a stationed truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.
12 April 2015, 04:15 AM

Illegal sand lifter fined

A mobile court, led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Golam Mawala, fined a man Tk 10,000 for lifting sand from the bed of Jumuneswari River illegally in Kashibari area under Taraganj upazila on Friday.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Jamaat’s daylong hartal Monday

Jamaat-e-Islami calls daylong hartal for Monday protesting the execution of their leader and war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
11 April 2015, 17:08 PM

Execute if proceeding meets all obligation: US

Moments before the possible execution of war crime convict Kamaruzzaman the US says it is best not to proceed for any execution before the trial proceedings consistently meet all the domestic and international obligations.
11 April 2015, 16:04 PM

AL men ‘attack’ BNP activists in Ctg

Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly carry out an attack on BNP activists in Chittagong during inauguration of BNP’s election offices.
11 April 2015, 13:55 PM

Border killings: Dhaka raises concerns with New Delhi

Dhaka raises concerns with New Delhi over the killing of two Bangladesh nationals by the Indian Border Security Force in Jessore.
11 April 2015, 12:03 PM

11 Bangladeshis, stranded in Yemen, arrive home

The first group of 11 Bangladesh nationals who were stranded in Yemen arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti in an Emirates flight.
10 April 2015, 13:53 PM

272 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen: Indian HC

Bangladesh has so far evacuated 272 Bangladesh nationals, including five women and five children, with the assistance of an Indian ship.
10 April 2015, 08:10 AM

Two accused denied bail, sent to jail in Moulvibazar

A court here yesterday rejected bail petitions of two accused and sent them to jail in a case filed for killing Jubo League leader Warish Ali
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Agitators stop work at Kazi Farms in Thakurgaon

Local workers forcibly stopped operation of all the farms of Kazi Farms Ltd in the district on Wednesday demanding immediate reappointment of sacked workers at the farms and cancellation of the transfer of local workers to different set-ups of the organisation in other districts.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM