Bangladesh

Prison guard attacked in Faridpur

A prison guard is attacked by unidentified miscreants on his way to the post office with official documents in Faridpur.
11 November 2015, 11:09 AM

US’ fear of attack baseless: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Kamal says US’ fear of fresh attacks on foreigners residing in Bangladesh is “baseless” asserting that there is nothing to panic.
11 November 2015, 09:52 AM

Bangladesh whitewash Zimbabwe in ODI series

Bangladesh won the 3rd match of the series against Zimbabwe by 61 runs to complete a remarkable 2015 in ODI cricket.
11 November 2015, 06:44 AM

Writ challenging Maya’s JS membership sent to new bench

The acting chief justice has assigned a High Court bench for final hearing of a writ petition that challenged Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya's holding offices of minister and lawmaker after the Supreme Court had scrapped his acquittal in a corruption case.
11 November 2015, 06:42 AM

Bangladesh 'hands over' Ulfa leader Anup Chetia to India

In a major boost to bilateral security cooperation, Bangladesh 'hands over' Ulfa leader Anup Chetia to India. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan denied it initially, but said later that Chetia was 'freed' as he expressed his desire to leave the country on completion of his jail term.
11 November 2015, 06:10 AM

College student killed in Banani road crash

A college student is killed when a truck rammed his motorbike in Banani area of Dhaka.
11 November 2015, 05:46 AM

US sees threat of more attacks on foreigners in Bangladesh

Foreigners may be attacked again in Bangladesh, the US State Department said in a travel alert on Tuesday that urged Americans to be cautious and vigilant in that country.
11 November 2015, 03:35 AM

THE BEST 7 SERIES EVER MADE?

A car that you can park remotely. BMW just launched the new 7 Series in Singapore where Shift went for a test drive and review the 3.0 740Li
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Apologise, Bangladesh tells Amnesty

A protest note is sent to Amnesty International through Bangladesh High Commission in London asking them to withdraw their statement against pro-liberation forces and apologise.
10 November 2015, 15:00 PM

SLC to refuse NOCs to 16 players for BPL

Sri Lanka Cricket will refuse no-objection certificates to at least 16 centrally-contracted players seeking to take part in this year's Bangladesh Premier League, an SLC official says.
10 November 2015, 13:47 PM

Tofail hopes for restoring GSP during Ticfa talks

Bangladesh expects to restore the generalised system of preferences (GSP) status during the upcoming Ticfa meeting, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says.
10 November 2015, 13:18 PM

Raping student: Parimal’s verdict Nov 25

The court’s verdict on Parimal Chandra Joydhar in the rape case filed over violating a Viqarunnisa Noon School student is set to be delivered on November 25.
10 November 2015, 12:03 PM

Rajon, Rakib killings: Death references at HC

The death references in two cases filed for killing 13-year-old boys Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon and Rakib reach the High Court for examining the verdicts that sentenced six people to death.
10 November 2015, 08:42 AM

Arson case: Arrest warrant for Bulu, Sohel, 12 other BNP men

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrant against 14 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance including Barkatullah Bulu and Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel in a case filed for torching a bus in Dhaka.
10 November 2015, 07:37 AM

Worker killed, 4 hurt in Munshiganj boiler explosion

A worker is killed and four are injured in a boiler explosion in a current net-manufacturing factory in Munshiganj.
10 November 2015, 07:13 AM

Military police attacked at Dhaka checkpost

An unknown assailant stabs a member of military police at Kochukhet checkpost in Dhaka. Confirming the incident, Syed Qaiyum Zaman Khan, deputy commissioner of Mirpur zone of police, told The Daily Star that a man has been arrested in this connection.
10 November 2015, 05:54 AM

11 JMB men held at Uttara

Detectives arrest 11 members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) at Uttara in Dhaka. Some books on Jihadi and explosive materials also seized during the drive at Abdullahpur under Uttara West Police Station.
10 November 2015, 04:39 AM

MPs slam TIB for its statement over JS

Several treasury and opposition bench lawmakers calls upon the Speaker of the parliament to summon Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to the Privilege Committee of the House to grill the anti-corruption watchdog for its derogatory remarks about the parliament.
9 November 2015, 15:26 PM

[WATCH NOW] The blind Teacher

Fazlul Haque is visually impaired but he is teaching voluntarily at two schools including a govt primary school and a junior high school at the same campus at a remote village Charkhatamari in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila at the Dharla river basin.
9 November 2015, 12:50 PM

Democracy is confined: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the country’s democracy is under attack in a bid to destroy it forever.
9 November 2015, 12:19 PM