Missing covered van found empty in Savar

Police yesterday found a covered van, which had gone missing on the way to Dhaka from Chittagong early Thursday
23 October 2015

State-run Khulna Hard Board Mill in limbo

Valuable machinery and hardboard stocks worth Tk 2 crore have been lying idle at state-owned Khulna Hard Board
23 October 2015

7 mountaineers to scale Nepal mountain

A seven-member Bangladeshi mountaineering team is to leave for Nepal on October 27 aiming to climb Mt Kyajo Ri in 20 days and afterwards their leader, MA Mohit, who conquered Mount Everest twice, will seek to scale Mt Ama Dablam in 15 days.
23 October 2015

Pro-Jamaat lawyer 'held by lawmen'

A pro-Jamaat lawyer was picked up by law enforcers from a bus on the way to his village home in Sirajganj from Dhaka on October 22,
23 October 2015

Shariatpur people not to join Faridpur division

Opposing the move to put Shariatpur district under Faridpur division, the people of Shariatpur demand the government
23 October 2015

Workers seek more compensation

The workers of a Rana Plaza factory, who survived the nine-storey building collapse in 2013, yesterday demanded
23 October 2015

Hold fair local polls to remove past 'stigma'

Special Envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina HM Ershad yesterday suggested the ruling Awami League (AL) to hold the upcoming local
23 October 2015

Eco-friendly 'light-trap' cuts use of pesticides

Light-trap and parching, environmentally sound methods for controlling harmful insects, especially Brown Plant Hopper, are helping
23 October 2015

Boy beaten mercilessly

Despite a huge public outcry, the number of children torutured and killed is getting bigger with nine-year-old Habibur Rahman of
23 October 2015

Running in the Rain

The sky was grey and the world barely lit when I opened my eyes. I lingered in bed for a few minutes. By then a light
23 October 2015

Firm faces penalty if Spanish nationals don't rejoin work

If the 43 Spanish nationals do not rejoin construction work of the 335MW power plant in Siddhirganj by November 5, the company
23 October 2015

Demostic help, another 'raped' in capital

A retired civilian staff of the army was arrested on Thursday after a fifteen-year-old girl filed a case alleging he had raped her on several
23 October 2015

Polluting A Possibility

Bangladesh's leather industry is one of the very few industries if not the only one for which Bangladesh does not have to import the main raw materials. Cheap labour, top quality raw materials that is hides of Bangladeshi cattle and global demand for luxury leather products has made it one of the most productive industries and foreign currency earners of Bangladesh. In 2014, Bangladesh's leather industry set a record for increasing exports up to 32.12 percent; for the first time it reached the US$1 billion mark for annual export.
23 October 2015

Use Ashura's spirit to restore democracy

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged people to instill holy Ashura's spirit to restore democracy in Bangladesh and termed
23 October 2015

Baniachang upazila vice-chairman Iqbal Bahar suspended

Iqbal Bahar Khan, vice-chairman of Baniachang Upazila Parishad in Habiganj district and Jamaat leader, was suspended on Wednesday as
23 October 2015

Blasts kill one at Hossaini Dalan

At least one person was killed and about 87 others were injured in homemade bomb explosions in front of Hossaini Dalan in old Dhaka early hours today.
23 October 2015

BPL match in Bogra demanded

Facebook Friends' Society, a Facebook group comprises of the local people of Bogra, formed a human chain at Satmatha in Bogra
23 October 2015

MMCH probing if gauze left inside c-section patient

Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) yesterday formed a three-member body headed by an assistant director to investigate
23 October 2015

Holy Ashura tomorrow

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country tomorrow with due religious fervour and solemnity.
23 October 2015

Most building designs lack fire safety measures

Fire safety measures are ignored in most building designs in Bangladesh posing a high risk to human lives, a leading architect told a seminar in the capital yesterday.
22 October 2015