Bangladesh
Move to curb sexual exploitation of children
A website has been launched in Dhaka city with a view to curb commercial use of sexual exploitation of children in Bangladesh.
28 April 2016, 10:01 AM
Court accepts Rana Plaza murder case charge sheet
A Dhaka court takes cognisance of the charges against 41 people including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in connection with a murder case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse which killed at least 1,136 people.
28 April 2016, 08:37 AM
Killings aimed at harming religious harmony: Minister
The recent killings have been carried out to harm religious harmony across the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.
28 April 2016, 08:01 AM
Legal aid services to be ensured at grassroots level: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government had taken steps to ensure legal aid services at the country's grassroots level.
28 April 2016, 07:59 AM
EP delegate condemns murders, lauds protests
Jean Lambert, chair of European Parliament’s delegation for South Asia, has condemned the recent killings in Bangladesh, including those of an LGBT magazine editor and his friend.
28 April 2016, 07:52 AM
Fakhrul flown to Bangkok for treatment
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been flown to Bangkok for treatment.
28 April 2016, 07:17 AM
RU professor killing: Teachers observe 1-hr work abstention
Teachers of Rajshahi University observe a one-hour work abstention demanding punishment to the killers of Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
28 April 2016, 07:11 AM
AL man killed in Kushtia pre-poll violence
An activist of ruling Awami League is killed in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates contesting the upcoming fourth phase union parishad (UP) elections in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
28 April 2016, 06:05 AM
ESCAP projects 6.8% growth for 2016
In contrary to the government’s growth expectation of beyond 7 percent for 2016, a United Nations body has said it would not exceed 6.8 percent.
28 April 2016, 05:14 AM
Bring culprits to book thru’ swift probe
Calling for swift investigations into the recent murders and bringing the culprits to justice, the European Union and three other
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
US with Bangladesh in fight against terror
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said what have been happening in Bangladesh are not its “characteristics” at all.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
RU teacher killing: Who will now run the music school?
The fate of the music school that slain Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee had endeavoured to give an institutional structure has
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Shafik sent to jail after remand
Journalist Shafik Rehman was sent to prison yesterday having been held in remand for 10 days in connection with an alleged
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
BB's instant steps helped avert large scale heist
Bangladesh Bank's prompt actions averted large scale hacking into its account with the New York Fed, Prime Minister Sheikh
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
‘JMB man’ arrested with arms
Police arrested a suspected member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) at Shajahanpur upazila early yesterday for his alleged involvement in a gun attack on a Shia mosque in Shibganj upazila that left the mosque muezzin dead last year.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Cops claim to have got vital information
Police yesterday claimed to have important information regarding the killers of Rajshahi University teacher Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Three ‘robbers’ beaten to death in Ctg
Three suspected robbers were beaten to death by locals at Uttar Kattali in Chittagong city early yesterday.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh students could make Mars rover
Imagine a rover wandering on the surface of Mars. It should not be too hard. We have plenty of films illustrating what it is like,
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh govt moves to boost harmony
The government is to launch a new initiative to get leaders of all religions together and speak against militancy and try to boost religious harmony, said police sources.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
LGBT magazine editor's killers left a list of targets, say cops
Some important documents left behind by the killers of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy include a list of targets, police said.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM