UK envoy shocked at Avijit murder

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson expresses deep shock at the murder of Avijit Roy.
27 February 2015, 09:52 AM

Due process for Khaleda: US

United States hopes due process to be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia
27 February 2015, 09:28 AM

2 Bangladeshis die in Malaysia

Two Bangladeshi construction workers were buried alive when the ground caved in on them inside a pit at Tapah, in the state of Perak, of Malaysia
27 February 2015, 09:15 AM

BSF guns down Bangladeshi in Kurigram

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi near the Khalisha Kotal border at Phulbari upazila of Kurigram
27 February 2015, 09:12 AM

Dr Kamal for fair probe into Manna’s phone talks

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain calls for a fair probe into the leaked conversations of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna
27 February 2015, 07:43 AM

4 killed in N’ganj road crash

Four people including a child killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a three-wheeler auto-rickshaw in Narayanganj
27 February 2015, 06:47 AM

German MPs back Greek loan extension

German parliament has voted to extend financial aid to Greece by another four months.
27 February 2015, 06:29 AM

Case filed over Avijit's killing

Victim’s father Ajay Roy, a physics teacher at the University of Dhaka, filed the lawsuit against unidentified assailants with Shahbagh Police Station
27 February 2015, 06:22 AM

1 more succumbs to mindless arson

One more innocent commoner succumbed today to the gruesome firebomb attack, raising the death toll arising from political violence to 76 this year
27 February 2015, 05:20 AM

Astronomers spot quasar fueled by the mass of 12 billion suns

Scientists say they have found the brightest quasar yet in the early universe, a region around a supermassive black hole that blazes with the brightness of 420 trillion suns
26 February 2015, 15:56 PM

Rare birth of baby encased in amniotic sac

Baby born completely encased in his amniotic sac in Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
26 February 2015, 09:59 AM

Avalanches kill 186 in Afghanistan

More than 180 people die in north Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years
26 February 2015, 09:14 AM

Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre

Pakistan government tightens cellphone control, making sure the name, number and fingerprints of Pakistani citizens are on record
26 February 2015, 08:51 AM

Feni land office torched, UP chairman held

Miscreants set fire to a land office in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni
26 February 2015, 06:49 AM

New York trio 'tried to join IS'

FBI arrests three foreign nationals living in Brooklyn who agents say sought to join the Islamic State
26 February 2015, 05:21 AM

Madonna falls off stage at Brits

Pop star Madonna falls off stage during her performance at the 2015 Brit Awards
26 February 2015, 05:02 AM

3 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab

Three alleged robbers are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the Sundarbans under Sharankhola range of Bagerhat
26 February 2015, 04:52 AM

Row between US and Netanyahu worsens

Row between US and Benjamin Netanyahu deepens, with the Israeli leader accusing America and others of "giving up" on trying to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons
26 February 2015, 04:38 AM

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 92 runs

Sri Lanka made 330 on centuries from Tilakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara and an abysmal field performance by Bangladesh in the World Cup match at Melbourne today. However, Sri Lanka having lost only a single wicket to post the total would have liked an advantage of about 40 more runs on the scoreboard.
26 February 2015, 03:34 AM

Tomorrow’s SSC exam now to be held Mar 7 due to hartal

The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal
25 February 2015, 09:41 AM