Woman survives 2014 style fatal mugging

A woman was left disoriented falling off a rickshaw when muggers jerked her handbag, containing Tk 5,000 and her cellphone, away from her grip near the Shajahanpur graveyard in the capital yesterday around 6:15am.
5 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Jafru river cruise on Feb 12

The Journalism Alumni forum of Rajshahi University (Jafru) will organise a river cruise on February 12, 2016.
5 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Pond digging unearths mortar shell

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an unexploded mortar shell from Amalshid village under Jokiganj upazila of Sylhet yesterday morning.
5 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Chehlum

The chehlum of Khairul Bashar, a mass communication expert and noted journalist, will be held today after the Asr
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Confce on Sustainable Dev begins

A two-day International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) began yesterday at the University of Liberal
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Bereaved but unvanquished

She lost her husband only three months ago, reportedly to the wrath of extremists. But Razia Rahman, the wife of slain publisher Arefin Dipan, has courageously taken over his job.
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 19th death anniversary of Dr AR Mallick, an eminant educationist and the first technocrat finance minister of the country, said a press release.
3 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Boy dies in Dhaka wall collapse

A three-year-old boy dies after a wall collapses on him in Mirbagh area of Moghbazar in Dhaka.
3 February 2016, 10:38 AM

Obituary

Md Mosleh Uddin, senior executive (collection) of The Daily Star, died in the capital yesterday.
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Alauddin Ali

Valiant freedom fighter Alauddin Ali, former commander of Chapainawabganj district unit of Mukijoddha Sangsad, died
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

The fifth death anniversary of Begum Khurshida Haque, wife of former minister and writer late MA Haque, will be observed today, says a
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Shamsuzzaman Shams, an engineer, died of liver cancer on January 24 in Canada. He was 60.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, former prime minister, noted politician and an organiser of the Liberation War, says a press release.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

First day of enforcement sees massive flouting

Police yesterday gave out penalty tickets to1,000 CNG-run auto-rickshaws because they were operating without meters defying an ultimatum.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Miracle boy

A one-day-old boy miraculously survived a fourth-floor fall after he was allegedly dropped from a flat by his teenage mother on the capital's Bailey Road yesterday.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt limiting cars per family: Obaidul Quader

The government is setting a limit to the number of cars a family can own through a proposal in the draft road transport and traffic bill 2015 in an attempt to curb the capital's traffic congestion.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Law on cards to limit number of family cars

The government will set the limit of private cars for a family aimed at mitigating the city’s horrific traffic congestion, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader tells the parliament.
1 February 2016, 14:59 PM

PM for translating classical Bangla literature for world readers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned for the translation of classical and well-selected Bangla works into different international languages to introduce the world readers with the ocean of Bangla literature.
1 February 2016, 12:00 PM

Obituary

Abdul Kadir Khan, a senior member of Mymensingh Press Club, died of old-age complications at his town's Naumohol residence yesterday
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Most Dhaka auto-rickshaws run on contracts

Defying the government directives, around 62 percent of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers charge fares on contract basis, says a
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM