Biswa Ijtema starts in Barisal

The regional Biswa Ijtema started in Nabagram Road area of Barisal city after the Asar prayers yesterday.
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Tangail poetry festival starts today

A two-day fourth Bangla Poetry Festival-2015, organised by Sadharan Granthagar, begins in Tangail's Bhasani Hall
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Stay alert to protect country

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the newly commissioned members of the Bangladesh Army to always stay vigilant to protect the country's independence and sovereignty.
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Money laundering from Bangladesh hits decade high

Illegal capital flight from Bangladesh surged 33.78 percent year-on-year to $9.66 billion in 2013 through trade misinvoicing and other channels, according to a report of Global Financial Integrity. The highest in a decade, the amount was more than six percent of the country's GDP and one-third of the export receipts in 2013. It is three times the size of average foreign direct investment Bangladesh received in recent times.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Cricketer Shahadat gets bail till March 31 on health ground

The High Court yesterday granted bail to cricketer Shahadat Hossain in connection with a case filed for torturing his 11-year-old
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh for recasting Saarc role

Bangladesh yesterday stressed on efficiently recasting the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's (Saarc) role in context to
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Citizens can learn from history for better future

A concerned citizen can learn from history and play an effective role in building an independent and sovereign country, said Executive
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM

RMG workers go berserk in capital over road death of colleague

Several thousand garment workers resorted to vandalism and blocked roads around the capital's Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM

RMG workers block road, vandalise 3 buses

Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.
8 December 2015, 08:12 AM

SCC to begin drive to pull down illegal billboards

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) will start a drive to pull down illegal hoardings in Sylhet city on Sunday night.
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

12 get TIB awards for anti-graft cartoons

While a physician holding a small syringe looms over a sick child, a thin shabby man injects the former with a large dose of money.
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Society anxious due to killings, disappearances

Deep-seated anxiety exists in Bangladesh over the continuation of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances while there are immense problems centring protection and promotion of civic and political rights, said NHRC Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday.
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

'Huge gold' recovered at Dhaka airport

Customs intelligence officials recover a huge amount of gold from inside a flight from Kuala Lumpur at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
7 December 2015, 17:19 PM

New Jalalabad wells to add 130mmcfd gas per day to national grid

About 130 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) would be added to the national grid as three new gas wells were
6 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Bomb blasts near Kantaji Temple

At least six people were injured in an explosion next to the 18th century Kantaji Mandir of Dinajpur early yesterday when spectators
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Families of 19 victims ask Bangladesh govt to bring them back

The aggrieved families of 19 people, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers about two years ago and never returned, have demanded that the government take necessary steps to bring them back.
4 December 2015, 18:00 PM

In conversation with Selina Hossain

Born on June 14, 1947, Selina Hossain is one of the most prolific authors in Bangla literature. She has penned numerous short stories, novels, essays and books for children.
4 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Traffic gridlock grips N'ganj city

Traffic congestion on Narayanganj city thoroughfares has taken a serious turn nowadays, causing immense sufferings to commuters on a
4 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Rangpur cable TV operator's right forearm cut off

The right forearm of a cable TV operator was chopped off allegedly by his business rivals in Rangpur city on
3 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Hindu, Buddhist, Christian unity council to hold rally today

Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council will hold a grand rally today in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan.
3 December 2015, 18:00 PM