Rain-induced floods engulf a dozen districts in Bangladesh

Heavy rain has deteriorated the flood situation inundating fresh areas in over a dozen districts of the North and the Northeast.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Int'l Business,Social Science Research Confce Jan 20

Aiming to create a network among the scholars in various fields of research, a three-day “Dhaka International Business and Social Science
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

No arrest made yet over Ctg Jubo League man murder

Police could not arrest anyone till yesterday in connection with Jubo League activist Badal murder in Chittagong on Tuesday.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka drainage struggles to deal with unusual rain levels

Even the areas of Dhaka with a well equipped sewerage system that usually do not get waterlogged due to rain were inundated yesterday as rainfall exceeded normal levels.
2 September 2015, 10:42 AM

Dhaka Deluged

Just one hour of heavy rains led to the collapse of the capital's traffic system as most of the roads, lanes and bi-lanes were inundated with hundreds of vehicles stranded for hours yesterday, causing immense sufferings to tens of thousands of commuters. Waterlogging compelled many to walk miles after getting off buses stuck in nearly unending tailbacks in all major roads, including the Kazi Nazrul Islam avenue, Mirpur road, Manik Mia avenue, Pragati Sarani.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Appeal for help

Anowar Hossain Mazumder, 37, a former employee of UNDP, is suffering from severe renal failure and in need of immediate kidney
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Publishers of Zafar Iqbal to hold sit-in over Sust assault today

Publishers of noted writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal will hold a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar today, protesting the assault on his
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Nepalese envoy visits Scholastica

Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha on Monday visited the Scholastica senior campus in the capital's Mirpur.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Ctg city under water again

Most of the low-lying areas of Chittagong city again went under knee- to waist-deep water after the heavy shower since Monday night.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Proposal on stopping re-survey worries officials

Private launch owners yesterday put forward two new proposals that aim to make large profits, but also put passengers' lives at risk.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

SCBA demands re-election to Bar Council

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), dominated by pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday demanded suspension of the results of recently held elections to Bangladesh Bar Council, and holding its re-election citing "unprecedented irregularities."
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Only 1hr rain waterlogs low lying RCC areas

Due to a lack of proper drainage system, most of the low-lying areas have been waterlogged after only one hour of incessant rain in Rajshahi city yesterday causing untold sufferings to the dwellers.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

RU teacher barred from exam activities

A Rajshahi University teacher has been barred from taking part in any examination related activities for tampering a tabulation sheet and forging a thesis paper
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bench asst on three-day remand for 'issuing fake bail orders'

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a bench assistant of Dhaka Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, on a three-day remand in a case filed for
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Taher, Nani implicated in Netrakona freedom fighter murder again

A prosecution witness yesterday corroborated testimonies of previous witnesses that Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani killed freedom fighter Dabir Hossain in Netrokona town during the Liberation War in 1971.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Public univ teachers strike for third day

Teachers continued demonstrations and observed a three-hour work stoppage at public universities across the country yesterday demanding cancellation of the proposed eight national payscale and a new one for them.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Prof Zafar Iqbal shell-shocked as students swoop on teachers

Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal perhaps could not believe what had just happened -- some students of his university swooping on their teachers right before his eyes.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM

UN chief calls for refugee action

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed yesterday to governments to step up their response to Europe's migrant crisis following more drowning at sea and the discovery of migrant bodies in an abandoned truck in Austria.
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Mahatma Gandhi Smarak Sadan holds discussion in capital

Mahatma Gandhi and Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam were poles apart, but they both had a common dream to free their motherland from British
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Rescuing water bodies from grabbers an imperative

The government must immediately reclaim the designated flood flow zones, water retention areas and canals from realtors and
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM