Bangladesh
Pakistani among 6 held with fake currency notes
Rapid Action Battalion detains six people including a Pakistani citizen of international currency smuggling and human trafficking ring from different parts of the capital.
4 December 2015, 05:24 AM
Dinajpur municipality mayor sacked
The government sacks Dinajpur Sadar municipality mayor Jahangir Alam on charges of irregularities.
3 December 2015, 15:00 PM
CJ for using Bangla at apex court
Chief Justice SK Sinha stresses the need for introducing Bangla, the mother tongue of the country, in judicial proceedings of the Supreme Court to meet up the expectations of people.
3 December 2015, 14:02 PM
37kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seize 320 pieces of gold bars weighing 37 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
3 December 2015, 13:33 PM
3 Shibir men held for anti-govt Facebook posts
Law enforcers detain three Islami Chhatra Shibir activists for using Facebook via proxy servers and posting anti-government remarks
3 December 2015, 12:45 PM
AL names municipality polls candidates
Ruling Awami League announces the list of its nominated candidates for the upcoming municipality elections scheduled to be held on December 30.
3 December 2015, 12:29 PM
Raw jute export banned
The government bans export of all sorts of raw jute from Bangladesh for an indefinite period.
3 December 2015, 11:55 AM
AL mayoral aspirant dies from drinking alcohol in Rajshahi
Awami League nominated mayor aspirant of Arani municipality in Rajshahi dies after heavy drinking of alcohol.
3 December 2015, 11:36 AM
Arrest United Hospital’s ‘sex offender’ nurse: HC
High Court directs police to arrest Saiful Islam, a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka, and produce him before it on December 7 allegedly for sexually harassing a female patient.
3 December 2015, 10:04 AM
PM opens mobile therapy for autistic people
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the countrywide mobile therapy van service for the welfare of autistic and other physically-challenged people.
3 December 2015, 07:58 AM
15 Bangladeshis detained in Malaysia
Malaysian Immigration Department detained 89 foreigners of eight nationalities including 15 Bangladeshis for various immigration offences in a raid at a plywood factory in Kedah state on Tuesday.
3 December 2015, 07:00 AM
Rumana four-for takes Bangladesh to India
Rumana Ahmed stars with the ball as Bangladesh women cricket team crush Zimbabwe by 31 runs to qualify for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 India in 2016.
3 December 2015, 06:41 AM
6 ‘militants’ held while ‘preparing to kill pir’
Detectives claim to have detained six alleged militants in Dhaka yesterday when they were preparing to kill a 'pir' (spiritual leader) . The detainees are active members of newly-introduced militant organisation, Mujahid of Bangladesh, DMP Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam says.
3 December 2015, 04:59 AM
Construction of structure at Pantha Kunja illegal: HC
The High Court declares illegal the construction of secondary transfer station (STS), a structure for waste management, at Pantha Kunja park in capital’s Karwan Bazar area.
2 December 2015, 14:30 PM
Chittagong destroy Sylhet by 10 wickets
A superb unbeaten opening stand of 140-runs between Tamim Iqbal and Tillakaratne Dilshan take Chittagong to a resounding victory over Sylhet in the 18th match of BPL-2015.
2 December 2015, 12:47 PM
Bangladesh offers Bhutan duty-free export of stones
Bangladesh offers Bhutan duty-free and quota-free export of stones and boulders for using those in the construction of Padma Bridge.
2 December 2015, 12:43 PM
5 get posting as acting secretary
The government today appointed five acting secretaries to different ministries and divisions to fill the vacant positions.
2 December 2015, 12:09 PM
Call to set roadmap for CHT accord’s implementation
The government must set a definite road map for effective implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord and eliminate frustrations of the region’s people, speakers at a discussion said today.
2 December 2015, 11:41 AM
Hasina among 100 leading global thinkers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas.
2 December 2015, 10:02 AM
Youth’s body found on no-man’s land
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recover the body of a young man on no-man’s land along with Sylhet border.
2 December 2015, 08:54 AM