Bangladesh
Bangladesh condoles deaths at Kerala temple
Bangladesh offers condolences over the death of devotees at a Kerala temple in India – that claimed the lives of at least 100 with twice more injured.
10 April 2016, 15:59 PM
PM pays toll for travelling on Hanif Flyover
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid the toll for her motorcade while crossing the Mayor Hanif Flyover while going to Keraniganj to inaugurate of the newly-constructed Dhaka Central Jail and her way back to the capital.
10 April 2016, 14:14 PM
HC verdict on biometric SIM registration Tuesday
High Court will deliver Tuesday its verdict on a writ against biometric re-registration and registration for mobile phone’s subscriber identity module (SIM) cards.
10 April 2016, 14:09 PM
3 injured in Ctg car cylinder blast
Three persons are injured as a gas-cylinder of a car blasted at a CNG filling station in Chittagong’s Khulshi area.
10 April 2016, 09:41 AM
Rangpur medical interns postpone strike
Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital postpones their indefinite strike after a meeting with the hospital authorities.
10 April 2016, 08:43 AM
Opinion: Pahela Baishakh and Olama League’s Haram ‘fatwa’
Bangladesh Awami Olama League claims Pahela Baishakh celebration is ‘Haram’. So then, is our government upholding a ‘Haram’ culture as it is a public holiday? Are the 160 million Bangalis observing a Haram festival? How could one organisation openly declare this and walk away without any protest from any quarters or action from the government?
10 April 2016, 08:40 AM
PM slams those opposing coal-based power plants
Taking a swipe at those protesting the government's move to construct coal-based power plants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says some people have a bizarre imagination about coal and coal-based power plants which have already led to the loss of a few lives.
10 April 2016, 08:32 AM
Graft case: 13-yr jail term for Maya remains
The Supreme Court upholds 13 years’ jail for Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.
10 April 2016, 07:42 AM
Khaleda greets Hasina on Pahela Baishakh
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
10 April 2016, 07:35 AM
Rahmatullah, Hasnat made AL’s Dhaka north, south presidents
AKM Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat have been made presidents of Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units.
10 April 2016, 06:48 AM
PM opens central jail in Keraniganj
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the newly-constructed central jail in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
10 April 2016, 05:03 AM
Manju, Shahidul made chairman, secretary of JP (Manju)
Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam are reelected as Jatiya Party (Manju) chairman and general secretary.
9 April 2016, 16:02 PM
Nazim murder: Cops yet to find any clue
Three days into the killing of secular online activist Nazim Uddin Samad, investigators have yet to find out clue to the gruesome murder.
9 April 2016, 13:31 PM
People’s money being looted: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the money of the general people of the country is being looted indiscriminately.
9 April 2016, 12:44 PM
Colleague of Tonu’s father gives statement to CID
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) receives statements from colleagues of slain Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s father in connection with the much-talked-about murder.
9 April 2016, 11:26 AM
Nizami’s review plea hearing likely tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hold hearing on the review plea filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami Sunday.
9 April 2016, 11:03 AM
‘Will not have Hilsa on Pahela Baishakh’
Hilsa, our national fish, has become an inseparable part of Pahela Baishakh (Bangla New Year) celebrations, but experts say the practice has no roots in a thousand years of Bengali tradition.
9 April 2016, 09:19 AM
Nazim killing: Ansar al-Islam ‘claims responsibility’
Ansar al-Islam, a suspected militant group, claims the responsibility for the murder of secular activist Nazimuddin Samad, says SITE Intelligence Group.
8 April 2016, 15:24 PM
Bangladeshi citizen found in Pakistan jail dies 4 years later
A man who returned to Bangladesh four years ago from a Pakistani prison, where he spent 15 years on suspicion of being an Indian spy, died Thursday, his family says.
8 April 2016, 13:04 PM
CID quizzes 5 people over Tonu murder
CID interrogates five people over the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
8 April 2016, 11:49 AM