Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
AFP, Singapore
14 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
AFP
10 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
AFP, Nonthaburi
7 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur
5 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
Reuters, Bangkok
13 July 2026 Accidents and Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
The Star, Petaling Jaya
5 July 2026 Crime & Justice
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
AFP, Vientiane
30 May 2026 Southeast Asia

Obituary

Alamgir Hasan, a professor of the agriculture faculty of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), died due to
8 April 2016

Foreigners' SIMs to be deactivated after expiry of visa: Tarana

Connections of SIM of foreign nationals, visiting Bangladesh for a short period, would go off automatically after expiration of their visas.
8 April 2016

Ethnic minority girl 'commits suicide'

An ethnic minority girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in a hostel of Mymensingh Mahila
8 April 2016

More penalty for running coaching business sought

National Front of Teachers and Employees (NFTE), a platform of 11 organisations of teachers and education staff, yesterday demanded the
8 April 2016

Missing items of Gandhi Ashram recovered

Police recovered the missing items of Gandhi Ashram in Atrai upazila of Dinajpur and arrested two persons at Bhortetulia and Sahebganj
8 April 2016

Man found murdered in house in Joypurhat

A microbus driver was found dead with his throat slit in his house in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat yesterday.
8 April 2016

13 North Koreans working abroad defect to South

Thirteen North Koreans working at a restaurant based outside the country have defected to South Korea, the Unification Ministry says, marking the first mass defection since the United Nations passed powerful economic sanctions against the communist country last month.
8 April 2016

Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail

Family members of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur, on the outskirts of the capital,
7 April 2016

Inspiration breeds success

Success is a journey that starts with inspiration, 25-year-old British entrepreneur of Bangladeshi origin Sabirul Islam said during a motivational speech at Dhaka University yesterday.
7 April 2016

Recording of testimony deferred to April 28

A Sylhet court yesterday deferred recoding of the testimony of witnesses to April 28 in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder
7 April 2016

SC upholds conviction of MKA Alamgir's son

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a three-year jail sentence of former Awami League home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir's son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016

No fair polls possible under EC: Ershad

Describing the current Election Commission worse than the MA Aziz-led one during the last BNP government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said no fair election was possible under it.
7 April 2016

Storm halts Sylhet's rail link for 10hrs

Thousands of commuters had to suffer as the train services of Sylhet with the other parts of the country remained suspended for ten hours as trees fell on tracks during a storm in Moulvibazar early yesterday.
7 April 2016

Road crashes kill 5, injure 7 cops

Five people were killed and seven cops injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.
7 April 2016

No alterative to city govt: Khokon

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday said to solve the problems of Dhaka city there is no alternative to city government.
7 April 2016

BNP to hold trials if voted to power

Alleging that there has been an alarming rise in the number of forced disappearances in the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party would hold trials over these incidents if it comes to power.
7 April 2016

Tribunal records testimonies

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday recorded testimonies and cross-examinations of three defence witnesses in a case filed against three Habiganj men allegedly for committing crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
7 April 2016

SC wants decision on legality by May 31

The Supreme Court yesterday asked the High Court to deliver its decision by May 31 on a rule over the legality of collecting information from the tenants by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
7 April 2016

Govt's plan to build police quarters at DU protested

Around 300 members of Dhaka University Officers' Association (DUOA) yesterday formed a human chain at Oporajeyo Bangla protesting the government's plan to build police quarters at Babupara police outpost in the university area.
7 April 2016

Book publishers, sellers protest draft education act

Bangladesh Publishers and Book Sellers Association yesterday protested some of the sections and sub-sections of the draft Education
7 April 2016