Bangladesh
2.5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs Intelligence detains man along with 2.5 kilograms of gold hidden in his shoes and belt from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
1 May 2016, 10:04 AM
Denmark approves 5-yr dev partnership with Bangladesh
Denmark has approved a five-year development partnership with Bangladesh.
1 May 2016, 09:43 AM
May Day observed
The historic May Day was observed in the country as elsewhere in the world in solidarity with the movement for establishing the socio-economic rights of the working class.
1 May 2016, 05:07 AM
Tangail tailor killing: 3 held, 2 cases filed
Three people including a local Jamaat leader detained in connection with the killing of a Hindu tailor in Tangail. Two cases were filed with Gopalpur Police Station.
1 May 2016, 04:45 AM
Two business persons held
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday arrested two businessmen in a case filed over a Tk 76 crore loan scam at BASIC Bank.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Surplus in capital, shortage outside
Colleges in the capital have more teachers than there are posts but government colleges across the country have had teacher
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Sisters 'raped' after being drugged in Gazipur
Two sisters have allegedly been raped after they were made to drink spiked juice and lose consciousness in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
SIM re-registration: New deadline May 31
The government has extended the deadline for biometric SIM re-registration by a month after a third of the mobile phone subscribers could not complete the process within the given time that ended yesterday.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Cargo stalemate at Chittagong port
The outer anchorage of Chittagong port is seeing long queues of ships as offloading of imported goods from these ships has been mostly suspended for the last 10 days due to non-operation of lighter vessels.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Even a coffin-carrying ambulance not spared
An ambulance carrying a body and a microbus with family members of the deceased were attacked by robbers at capital's
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
2 Bagerhat Hindu teachers jailed for insulting Islam
A court has jailed two teachers in Bagerhat for making derogatory comments about Islam, invoking a rare law from the British
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Troubles of Bangladesh's transport workers
The usual eight-hour working time a day is not applicable for him. He has to work almost double the time.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Of delectably different guy from Bangladesh district of Jhenidah
Head towards Chuadanga for six kilometres from Jhenidah town and you would reach a small bazaar called Nagarbathan. Ask anyone about Jahir Raihan.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Machetes strike again: This time, a tailor killed in Bangladesh district of Tangail
Another day, another brutal murder.
In the latest attack, unidentified assailants hacked a Hindu man to death in his tailoring shop in Tangail in broad daylight yesterday.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Illegal houses sprout on govt land in Pabna
At least 170 new houses have popped up on both sides of the Bonpara-Dashuria highway in Muladuli of Ishwardi upazila on Roads and Highways Department land.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Claim of IS baseless: minister
Reiterating that there is no presence of Islamic State in the country, Bangladesh home minister terms IS claim of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless.
30 April 2016, 14:08 PM
Bangladesh beat hosts Tajikistan 9-1 in semifinal
The defending champions put nine past the hosts as they enter the final to defend the title they won last year in Nepal.
30 April 2016, 13:02 PM
16 lakh SIMs used by people with special needs won’t be deactivated May 1: Tarana
State Minister for Post and Telecommunication Tarana Halim says the SIMs used by people with special needs which are yet to have biometric re-registration will not be deactivated on May 1.
30 April 2016, 11:24 AM
Those who conspired to kill Joy won’t be spared: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to bring to justice those who conspired both at home and abroad to abduct and kill her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA.
30 April 2016, 09:24 AM
Tailor killed in Tangail, ‘IS claims responsibility’
Bike-riding assailants stab dead a middle-aged Hindu tailor in Tangail. Hours later, US-based SITE Intelligence Group tweet that international militant outfit Islamic State have claimed credit for the murder saying that he blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
30 April 2016, 09:01 AM