Bangladesh

Vuvuzela banned at Bangla new year celebration

Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister says.
3 April 2016, 08:54 AM

Missing Drik official found dead in Narayanganj

An official of Drik Picture Library Limited is found dead in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj hours after he went missing from Dhaka.
3 April 2016, 08:51 AM

Tonu murder: Striking student bodies to lay siege to home ministry April 7

Protesting murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and demanding punishment of killers, Progressive Students' Alliance and Anti-Imperialist Students Union will lay siege to the home ministry on April 7.
3 April 2016, 06:41 AM

Writ seeks judicial probe into Tonu killing

A writ petition is filed with High Court seeking its directives upon the government to constitute a judicial committee to launch an enquiry into the killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
3 April 2016, 06:01 AM

SC to hear Nizami’s review plea next week

The Supreme Court will hear next week the petition filed by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for his wartime offences.
3 April 2016, 04:47 AM

Nahid avoids entering HSC exam hall

Amid previous controversies and considering the state of mind of the candidates, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid avoids entering exam hall on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination.
3 April 2016, 04:36 AM

Chhatra Union rally demands trial of rapes, murders

Bangladesh Chhatra Union brings out a stick procession demanding trial of the incidents of murder and rape including the recent murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
2 April 2016, 15:11 PM

Cops foil Independence Day discussion where Fakhrul was made chief guest

Police foil an event of Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh where BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been made the chief guest.
2 April 2016, 14:23 PM

BNP to stage demo protesting arrest warrant for Khaleda

BNP will stage demonstration across the country on Monday protesting the arrest warrant against the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
2 April 2016, 13:24 PM

Tonu murder: CID records parents’ statement

Criminal Investigation Department of police recorded statements from slain Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s parents in connection with her murder.
2 April 2016, 11:07 AM

UP polls violence: Madaripur bullet-hit man dies at DMCH

Man shot in Madaripur post-UP polls violence yesterday, dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
2 April 2016, 06:09 AM

Rab man killed in Uttara road crash

A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) member is killed in a road accident in Dhaka’s Uttara area.
2 April 2016, 05:45 AM

Bank robbery foiled in Bhola, guard injured

A security guard is stabbed by robbers as he attempts to resist a robbery bid at a branch of Krishi Bank in Charfashion upazila of Bhola.
2 April 2016, 05:05 AM

Sri Lankan in Bangladesh cyber heist says she was set up by friend

When Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, a small Sri Lankan businesswoman, got a deposit of $20 million in her account last month, she said the funds were expected but had no idea they were stolen from Bangladesh's central bank in one of the largest cyber heists in history.
1 April 2016, 10:16 AM

‘Bangladeshi women trafficked to Mumbai brothels increasing’

The number of women being trafficked from Bangladesh into Mumbai brothels is rising as part of greater migration from India's eastern neighbour, and police and social groups need to do more to rescue and repatriate them, a charity says.
1 April 2016, 10:01 AM

CID team visits Tonu murder spot

A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visits the spot in Mainamati Cantonment area where the body of Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was found.
1 April 2016, 09:07 AM

Hope fades for survivors as India flyover toll hits 25

The death toll from a collapsed flyover in eastern India rises to 25, after emergency workers toiled through the night to find any remaining survivors trapped under huge slabs of concrete and metal girders.
1 April 2016, 05:07 AM

Govt lowers furnace oil price by 30%

The government reduces the price of furnace oil by 30 percent.
31 March 2016, 15:55 PM

Inform whether summons reached Tarique’s address: HC

High Court asks chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka whether the summons on BNP leader Tarique Rahman has reached his London address.
31 March 2016, 15:47 PM

Polls fair: AL

Citing an oblique reference to the first phase of Union Parishad elections, the ruling Awami League claims that the second phase of UP polls is held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
31 March 2016, 14:11 PM