Bangladesh

It is a girl for Shakib and Shishir!

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and his wife are ready to begin the new innings in their married life when they will welcome the newest member of their lovely family.
26 October 2015, 06:55 AM

8 Jamalpur 'Al-Badr men' indicted

A tribunal in Dhaka frame five charges against eight Jamalpur “Al-Badr men” for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
26 October 2015, 06:33 AM

US updates security alert after Hossaini Dalan blasts

The United States has updated its security alert for its citizens residing in Bangladesh after the bomb attack on Shia Muslim community in Old Dhaka.
26 October 2015, 04:50 AM

Tavella killing: 'Target was any white man'

Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder suspects confess to being hired for killing “a white man” to create anarchy in the country, according to chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
26 October 2015, 04:17 AM

Jubo League activist hacked to death in Noakhali

A local Jubo League activist is hacked to death by miscreants at Showani Togba village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali today morning.
25 October 2015, 15:42 PM

Shafiul Alam new cabinet secretary

The government appoints senior land secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary.
25 October 2015, 12:46 PM

5 including ex-JP MP sued for war crimes in Mymensingh

A case was filed today against five people including a former lawmaker of Jatiya Party for their alleged involvement in war crimes in Mymensingh district.
25 October 2015, 11:23 AM

Positive changes in JS, but effectiveness under question: TIB

TIB's parliament watch study reports positive changes but says expected effectiveness was under question most of the time. The positive changes include average meeting duration, time spent while passing a law, and increase in the average attendance of parliament members on workdays and decline in quorum crisis on average.
25 October 2015, 09:22 AM

Hossaini Dalan blasts: Case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act

Police file a case under Anti-Terrorism Act in connection with the blasts at Hossaini Dalan in old part of Dhaka that left one killed and at least 87 injured.
25 October 2015, 08:16 AM

Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.
25 October 2015, 07:32 AM

Ex-BNP MP, Savar poura mayor on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court places former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin and Municipality Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah each on a 10-day remand in two cases filed for keeping firearms and explosives illegally.
25 October 2015, 04:54 AM

3 killed in Tangail road crash

At least three people are killed and three others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler in Madhupur upazila of Tangail.
25 October 2015, 04:50 AM

Muggers kill youth in Dhaka

Muggers stabbed a youth to death in Kuril Bishwa Road area of Dhaka.
25 October 2015, 04:14 AM

IS claims Hossaini Dalan bomb attack: SITE Intel

Islamic State claims responsibility of bomb attacks on the headquarters of Shiite Muslim group in Bangladesh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
24 October 2015, 12:11 PM

It's BNP-Jamaat job: Hanif

Awami League Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif blames the BNP-Jamaat political alliance for today's bomb attack at Ashura programme at Shia headquarters in old part of Dhaka.
24 October 2015, 09:47 AM

BNP demands impartial investigation into Shia procession attack

BNP demands impartial investigation into bomb attack at Shia Muslim group's headquarters in old part of Dhaka that killed one and injured 87 others.
24 October 2015, 09:36 AM

US, UK condemn bomb attack

US Ambassador and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh condemned the bomb attack that killed one person and injured 87 others in front of Huseni Dalan in old Dhaka.
24 October 2015, 07:31 AM

Huseni Dalan culprits will be identified through footage: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the Huseni Dalan attackers will soon be identified through video footage.
24 October 2015, 07:08 AM

Huseni Dalan attack planned to destabilise country: DMP

Terming the blasts at Dhaka’s Huseni Dalan as a planned attack, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia says a vested quarter carried out the attack to destabilise the country.
24 October 2015, 03:57 AM

Blasts kill one at Hossaini Dalan

At least one person was killed and about 87 others were injured in homemade bomb explosions in front of Hossaini Dalan in old Dhaka early hours today.
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM