Proper use of sources can ensure safe water

Proper utilisation and management of water resources can ensure safe drinking water for all in the country, speakers told a seminar
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

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

Bandarban UP chairman candidate shot dead

Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.
21 March 2016, 04:44 AM

Youth hurt in blast while making bombs

A youth was injured while making bombs at Gulshi village in Kirtipasha union under Jhalakathi Sadar upazila yesterday,
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Projonmo League leader held for stripping doctor

Police yesterday arrested a local Projonmo League leader on charge of taking video of a doctor after stripping him
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Housewife killed for 'dowry'

A housewife was murdered allegedly for dowry at Ramnagar village in Phulbaria upazila of the district on Saturday.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Goon named for Swadhinata Padak

The government yesterday named poet Nirmalendu Goon for the Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) 2016 in recognition of his contribution to literature.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Temple torched

Unidentified criminals set fire to a Kali temple in Pukhuria area at Nagarpur upazila of the district around 3:00am
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Robbers loot trader's house

A gang of robbers looted gold ornaments, a laptop and cash from the house of a grocery shop owner at Amlapara in
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

1 killed, 50 injured in 5 municipal polls clashes

One person is killed and at least 50 injured in violent clashes and irregularities during voting in at least five municipalities out of ten that went to elections.
20 March 2016, 14:15 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

bKash agent killed in Dhaka, Tk 1.25 lakh robbed

Unidentified miscreants kills a bKash agent and looted Tk 1.25 from him in the Uttar Badda area of Dhaka.
20 March 2016, 09:15 AM

Municipality polls: 6 hurt in Jhalakathi

Six people including the mayor and rebel candidate of Awami League were injured in Jhalakati Sadar upazila amid the ongoing municipal elections, being held in nine districts.
20 March 2016, 05:38 AM

Jamaat leader arrested

Police arrested a Jamaat leader from Khamar Bazar area in Muktagachha upazila of the district yesterday.The arrestee is Maulana Abdullah
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Septuagenarian murdered

A septuagenarian man was killed in an attack allegedly by a young man over a trifling matter at Baruikhali village in Morelganj upazila on
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

35 hurt in clash over stalking schoolgirl

At least 35 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people over stalking a schoolgirl in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district on
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

3 fishermen jailed for netting jatka

A mobile court on Friday sentenced three fishermen to one year's rigorous imprisonment each for cathing jatka (hilsha less than 10 inches
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Road crash takes another kid's life

A nine-year old girl was killed when a bus of Unique Paribahan hit her while she was crossing the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Paniumda in
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Eminent neurosurgeon Rashiduddin critically ill

Bangladesh’s pioneer of neurosurgeon Prof Rashiduddin Ahmad has been admitted to a hospital in Dhaka in critical condition.
19 March 2016, 09:48 AM

Book fair begins at Shishu Academy

A nine-day Bangladesh Shishu Academy Book Fair began yesterday on its premises on the occasion of 97th birthday of
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM