6 held with firearms, 2 with petrol bomb

Cops detain six people including three children and seize eight round bullets, four foreign pistols and seven magazines from Dakskhin Badda in Dhaka and Fatullah in Narayanganj last night
12 February 2015, 04:27 AM

Last chance for Tigers to gain momentum

Bangladesh are expected to beat Ireland comfortably. They have won five out of the seven games between the two sides. The question remains whether they can stamp their authority over the Irish; something that might help them boost their confidence to their desired levels.
11 February 2015, 10:36 AM

Dhaka, Riyadh sign deal to resume recruitment in KSA

Riyadh sign deal with Dhaka to resume recruitment from Bangladesh on a gradual basis, beginning with domestic helps and drivers
10 February 2015, 15:09 PM

Tigers lose 3rd warm up match

Bangladesh today lost against their Asian rival Pakistan by 3 wickets in their third warm up match ahead of the ICC World Cup 2015.
9 February 2015, 17:30 PM

Drone kills Afghan IS commander

A drone strike in Afghanistan has killed a militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS), officials say.
9 February 2015, 16:15 PM

5 ex-BCL men get death

Five expelled activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League of Jahangirnagar University unit were sentenced to death and six others to life term imprisonment today for killing Zubair Ahmed, a student of the university, in 2012.
8 February 2015, 08:30 AM

2 alleged criminals killed in Jessore and Comilla 'shootouts’

Two youths who were accused for murder of a politician are killed in separate “gunfights” with Rab and police in Jessore and Comilla districts today. They are Shamim Ashraf and MH Sunny.
8 February 2015, 07:45 AM

2 die of Nipah virus in Naogaon

Two people died of Nipah virus at Manda upazila in Naogaon last week, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research today.
2 February 2015, 16:13 PM

Falu on 5-day remand in arson case

A Dhaka court today placed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Mosaddak Ali Falu on a five-day remand in a case filed for torching a bus in Khilgaon area of Dhaka on January 30.
2 February 2015, 12:15 PM

Woman, 2 children burnt as auto-rickshaw torched with petrol

A woman and her two children were injured as miscreants set fire to their CNG-run auto-rickshaw by pouring petrol at Kazipara in Dhaka this evening ahead of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s hartal.
28 December 2014, 13:40 PM

BAF gets first female combat pilots

For the very first time in the history of Bangladesh, two female officers of Bangladesh Air Force were commissioned as combat pilots at BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore this afternoon.
17 December 2014, 08:00 AM

Facebook, Twitter data do not reveal true human behaviour

Using social media such as Twitter and Facebook to gather data on human behaviour may be fraught with biases, scientists say.
29 November 2014, 13:27 PM

Death for Khokon Razakar

A tribunal in Dhaka today sentenced BNP leader MA Zahid Hossain Khokon to death on six charges of crimes against humanity committed in Faridpur during the Liberation War in 1971.
13 November 2014, 03:41 AM

27 journalists get DRU-GP award

Twenty-seven reporters, including Porimol Palma of The Daily Star, have received the DRU-Grameenphone Reporting -2014 Award for their reports on 27 different issues this year.
10 November 2014, 18:00 PM

US underestimated IS threat: Obama

President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria.
29 September 2014, 04:59 AM

Infosys' new CEO allows staff to use Twitter, Facebook

Infosys Ltd's new CEO has come up with a novel approach to reviving the financial fortunes of India's trailblazing outsourcing firm: use Facebook at work, tweet, but get the job done.
24 September 2014, 18:00 PM

Twitter, Facebook spammers exploit MH17 crash

Scammers are using the MH17 disaster in east Ukraine to spread objectionable links, online security experts have warned.
22 July 2014, 11:03 AM

World Cup final breaks Facebook, Twitter records

Germany’s World Cup final victory over Argentina smashed global records on Twitter, and has become the biggest sporting event in Facebook’s history, reports The Guardian.
14 July 2014, 12:38 PM

Bangladesh gets 19,467sq km area in Bay

Bangladesh gets 19,467sq km area in Bay
8 July 2014, 09:00 AM

Buet student Dwip dies

Arif Raihan Dwip. Photo: Facebook A Buet student, who was stabbed at his dormitory on April 9, died at a city hospital early Tuesday. Arif Raihan Dwip,
2 July 2013, 05:59 AM