RU expels 3 BCL leaders

Rajshahi University authorities expel three leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League of the university unit for beating three officials including the chief engineer last year.
30 March 2016, 12:04 PM

Installment system for motorcycle registration fees

The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry introduces the installment system of paying motorcycle registration fees.
28 March 2016, 15:42 PM

2 ministers didn’t violate oath: law minister

The two ministers who were found guilty of passing contemptuous comments about the chief justice neither violated the constitution nor their oath as ministers, the law minister says.
28 March 2016, 14:43 PM

BNP blasts CEC for polls remarks

BNP lambastes the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for yesterday’s comment that the first phase of the Union Parishad election was largely fair and acceptable.
23 March 2016, 13:18 PM

HC summons 10 tannery owners over relocation

The High Court summons 10 tannery owners, directing them to appear before it on April 10 on charge of not implementing its 2001 judgment on relocation of hazardous tannery industries from the capital's Hazaribagh area to Savar.
23 March 2016, 12:03 PM

Ershad’s JP complains to EC over UP voting

Parliamentary opposition Jatiya Party files a complaint with the Election Commission dissatisfied with the voting at union parishad election.
22 March 2016, 08:47 AM

Live update: UP Polls

The first phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections begins, marking the start of the country's maiden UP-level polls on partisan lines. Two people are injured in Satkhira and voting remains suspended in 11 polling centres in Satkhira, Barisal and Patuakhali so far.
22 March 2016, 05:28 AM

Man pours hot water on wife in Dhaka

A woman suffers burns after her husband allegedly poured boiling water over her following an altercation in Badda area of Dhaka.
21 March 2016, 15:04 PM

FBI to assist CID to identify hackers

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is to team up with Bangladesh police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank’s account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank.
20 March 2016, 09:22 AM

Fazle Kabir appointed BB governor

The government appoints former finance secretary and chairman of state-run Sonali Bank Ltd Fazle Kabir as the new governor of Bangladesh Bank for the next four years.
16 March 2016, 14:52 PM

BB reserve heist: Muhith to brief media tomorrow

Finance Minister AMA Muhith will brief the media about the recent theft of US$101 million by hackers from Bangladesh Bank account at New York Federal Reserve Bank.
14 March 2016, 12:34 PM

Happy Birthday, Monomohun Ghose

Today is the birthday of barrister Monomohun Ghose, the first practicing barrister of Indian origin.
13 March 2016, 09:45 AM

Dhaka, Delhi discuss water, trade, security issues

Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India discuss various issues of Bangladesh-India bilateral relations including water resources, trade and commerce, security and border management.
2 March 2016, 12:00 PM

’71 war hero Jacob laid to rest

Bangladesh Liberation War hero Lt Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, who died in India yesterday, is buried in New Delhi amidst an outpour of grief and emotions.
14 January 2016, 13:12 PM

Tk 3.5 lakh for pvt hajj pilgrimage

Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 3.49 lakh this year for hajj pilgrimage under private management, says Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab).
13 January 2016, 06:40 AM

The nightmare named Nizami

On a summer morning of 1971, he invited the villagers of Bausgari in Santhia upazila of Pabna for a meeting.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM

For lack of bridge, students and villagers suffer

“During monsoon months I often miss classes because of the shako,” says Rima Khatun, a Class VI student of Gourinathpur Dhakil
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh wakes up to tremors

It is a surprise wake up call for people across Bangladesh in the dawn when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country. According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre is northwest of Imphal in India, near the Myanmar border.
3 January 2016, 23:59 PM

2015 in Perspective

Regrettably, 2015 started on the same pitch as did 2014 - with hartal and blockades by the Jamaat-BNP alliance and with the leader...
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM

No way

Luiz Suarez does not bark; he bites. The Uruguay striker seems to have a clear hunger for goals and opponents. Banned or fined, Suarez keeps biting.
14 December 2013, 18:00 PM