Bangladesh
Crackdown on, so is killing
Targeted killing continues. Even on the first day of a nationwide special crackdown on militancy yesterday, a volunteer of a Hindu monastery was hacked to death, the latest in a spate of such killings in the country.
The victim, Nityaranjan Pandey, 60, was a sebak at Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Satsang ashram in Pabna Sadar upazila.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Abahani, Usha keep winning
Usha KC and Abahani extend their winning streaks in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League with big-margin victories in their respective matches at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Pious, polite, friend to all
A polite, pious and peace loving man, Nityaranjan Pandey had no enemies. So the brutal way he was killed in Pabna yesterday has
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
13 lakh apply for college admission
More than 13 lakh students have applied for admission to the 11th grade at colleges across the country as the deadline for application online and through mobile text expired yesterday.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Jubo League man hacked to death
Unidentified assailants hacked a Juba League activist to death reportedly over previous enmity in Library Bazar area in the district on Thursday night.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Women keep vigil to protect homes
Khasi women of two punjees in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal upazila have started guarding their houses and betel leaf gardens in a bid to
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
50 hurt, 190 held after fierce clash
Traders of Dhaka Trade Centre and street hawkers clashed again in the capital's Gulistan area yesterday, barely a day after the two sides fought over eviction of hawkers from footpaths.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
A blessing for haor families
In Sylhet's Hakaluki Haor a new generation of villagers is discovering the economic potential of duck farming. Many previously
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
'Outlaw' killed in Satkhira 'shootout'
An alleged outlaw was killed in a "gunfight" with police in the district's Tala upazila early yesterday.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP questions motive of crackdown
The BNP yesterday expressed its fear that the government might suppress the opposition on the pretext of launching a crackdown on extremists across the country.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
One year a slave
A 15-year-old who boarded a boat in 2014 at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar believing he would earn a fortune in Malaysia, returned home on
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Saudi wants active role of Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia wants Bangladesh to stand by it for backing the 34-nation Islamic military coalition and Saudi measures against Iran. The
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM
18 hilly mynas rescued from Tongi
Forest officials rescue 18 hilly mynas from Tongi, at the outskirts of Dhaka.
10 June 2016, 13:58 PM
Crackdown a pretext to suppress opposition: BNP
BNP fears that the government may suppress the opposition on the pretext of carrying out a crackdown on extremists across the country.
10 June 2016, 10:09 AM
JMB man arrested in Bogra
An alleged member of the killing squad of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been arrested from Baganbari area in Sherpur municipality of Bogra.
10 June 2016, 09:06 AM
Militant crackdown: 50 including Jamaat men held in Satkhira, Natore
On the first day of the nationwide police crackdown on militants, two Jamaat-e-Islami activists and 48 criminals were arrested from Satkhira and Natore in separate drives.
10 June 2016, 07:51 AM
Jubo League activist stabbed dead in Pabna
An activist of Jubo League, the youth wing of ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death over previous enmity at Library Bazar in Pabna town.
10 June 2016, 05:38 AM
One killed in Satkhira ‘gunfight’
An alleged member of outlawed Purba Bangla Communist Party was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers in Tala upazila of Satkhira.
10 June 2016, 04:59 AM
Hindu monastery worker killed in ‘militant style’
Unidentified assailants hack dead a worker of a Hindu ashram (monastery) in Pabna in a style similar to the recent suspected militant killings. Nitya Ranjan Pande, 60, was a saint of Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsanga Ashram at Hemayetpur in Pabna Sadar upazila.
10 June 2016, 04:49 AM
At least 2-week wait for Sussex
Fizz returns to his workplace at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur with a broad smile that hinted that the time spent at his beloved Tetulia home wiped away the mental fatigue he had been suffering from his maiden IPL stint.
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM