3 traders fined for using plastic sacks

A mobile court here on Tuesday fined three rice traders Tk 30,000 for using plastic sacks instead of jute sacks for rice packaging at
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Biosafety awareness urgent

Experts at a workshop in the capital yesterday laid importance on increasing awareness on biosafety and biosecurity issues with a view to combating infectious diseases targeting the human body and environment.
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Five Jamaat men held

Law enforcers arrested at least 25 people, including five activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district in the last two
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Trader rescued hours after abduction

Police rescued a trader and arrested three alleged abductors from Bhagiratpur area of the district town nearly eight hours into his
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

26 students of Bhasani university charge-sheeted

Charges have been pressed against 26 students of Maulana Bhasani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) in the case for killing
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Families of disappeared 19 for govt intervention

Families of the 19 persons, who were picked up allegedly by law enforcers about two years ago and never returned, demands the government to take necessary steps to find them.
4 December 2015, 11:00 AM

Murder of easy-bike driver sparks protest

A human chain was formed beside Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway at Mission Intersection in Lalmonirhat town yesterday, demanding
3 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Clash over football match leaves 15 hurt in Meherpur

At least 15 people were injured as people of two villages clashed over a football match at Govipur village in Meherpur Sadar upazila yesterday.
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Turkey also sad over executions

After Pakistan, the Turkish government feels “sorrow” over the execution of two war criminals in Bangladesh and called for national reconciliation.
23 November 2015, 15:46 PM

Paediatric ICU opens at CMCH

A 10-bed paediatric intensive care unit was inaugurated at Chittagong Medical College Hospital yesterday to provide
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM

8 Shibir men held with bombs in Kushtia town

Eight Shibir men among nine people were arrested along with bombs in Kushtia and Jessore districts yesterday and the day before.
26 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Shakhawat criticises 'partisan local govt polls'

The government's move to hold local government polls on partisan lines will increase nomination business in local elections, says former election commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain.
26 October 2015, 13:32 PM

Sabotage fear: Security beefed up at Dhaka airport

Security has been beefed up at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following tip-off on subversive activities provided by detectives, the airport director says. The alert came after the killings of two foreign nationals and a blasts during Shia Muslim community's Ashura programme.
26 October 2015, 07:28 AM

N'ganj clinic ransacked over child's death

Relatives ransacked a hospital in Narayanganj after a three-month-old baby girl died right there on Saturday night.
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM

CMCH accused of gross negligence in surgery

A probe report on a "botched surgery" by Chittagong Medical College Hospital on a six-year-old girl that led to
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM

No ambulance service for five months

The only ambulance of Savar Upazila Health Complex has been lying useless for the last five months as there is no driver, causing
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Stalker’ kills schoolgirl in Gazipur

A schoolgirl is stabbed to death allegedly by a stalker in front of her school at Sutrapur in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
13 October 2015, 12:54 PM

3 die in Bogra road crash

Three people including two garment workers are killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogra.
24 September 2015, 05:27 AM

No atmosphere to enjoy Eid: Khaleda

Frightful anarchy is prevailing in the country as people’s lives and their properties have no security, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says.
23 September 2015, 13:37 PM

ICU facilities scanty at government hospitals of Bangladesh

Seventy-year-old Lal Mia Matabbar was rushed to Faridpur Medical College Hospital when he suffered a major stroke on September 2 morning.
15 September 2015, 18:00 PM