Villagers guard grave to protect slain farmer's body

Villagers have been guarding the grave of slain farmer Shafiqul Islam from Sunday night for fear that the body may be taken away by the killers.
23 August 2016, 18:00 PM

River vessel workers on indefinite strike

River vessel workers throughout the country go on an indefinite strike to press home their four-point demand.
23 August 2016, 04:53 AM

Eid advance bus ticket sale begins

Private bus operators start selling advance tickets for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
23 August 2016, 04:36 AM

Mild tremor jolts country

A mild tremor jolts Dhaka and other parts of the country on Tuesday morning.
23 August 2016, 04:15 AM

Teacher's punishment demanded

Guardians and locals staged a sit-in in front of Baluchar High School in Sadar upazila yesterday, demanding punishment to the
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

For not wearing pyjamas!

A teacher of Nesariya Madrasa in Lalmonirhat town yesterday cut off trousers of eight students of the institution allegedly for attending
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Water transport workers’ indefinite strike from tonight

Water transport workers will go for indefinite work abstention from tonight to press home their 15-point demands including wage hike.
22 August 2016, 14:36 PM

Fishing resumes in Kaptai Lake

The authorities allowed the fishermen to resume fishing in the Kaptai Lake from yesterday, ending a ban imposed earlier on May 12.
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM

25 more infected with anthrax in Sirajganj

Twenty-five more people have been infected with anthrax in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj in the last couple of days, bringing the
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Tea workers' strike today

Workers of 23 tea gardens in Habiganj will observe a strike today, demanding due wages and rations for 16 weeks of 400 permanent
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Dyke construction demanded

Hundreds of erosion victims of eight villages in Kawkhali upazila formed a human chain on boats on Sandha River
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Guardian turns crazy, beats teacher

A guardian of a student beat up a primary school teacher at Pirojpur Sadar upazila of the district yesterday as her child
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Bamboo bridge only means

Local people, mostly students of three educational institutions in Kalapara upazila, are crossing a bamboo bridge on a
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Petrol pump owners threaten strike Aug 28

Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers have threatened for a countrywide token strike on August 28 if the government does not meet its 12-point demand by then.
20 August 2016, 07:05 AM

Man dies during cops' raid in Rangpur

A Saudi Arabia expatriate dies when police went to his house in Rangpur city to detain him as a suspect in a theft case.
20 August 2016, 06:16 AM

Bismillah of India

In a delightful paradox, the man who best represented the holy Indian city of Varanasi was Bismillah Khan. Born on March 21,
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

5 ‘ABT, Hizb ut-Tahrir’ men held in Dhaka, Ctg

Law enforcers claim to have arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and two of Hizb ut-Tahrir in separate drives in Chittagong and Dhaka.
19 August 2016, 05:10 AM

Orphaned by lightning, 8 siblings in despair

The seven sisters and one brother had a somewhat happy life under the care of parents at their Purbo Jalalpur village home in Adampur
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Indigenous people keep vigil for safety in Bandarban

Life in Dabong Khali Marma Para in remote Baishari union of Bandarban's Nykkhongchhari upazila has been anything but usual of late.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

2 girls die from snakebite

Two schoolgirls died from snakebite at different villages in Monirampur upazila early yesterday. The deceased are Muslima Khatun, 11,
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM