Bangladesh
2 ‘Razakars’ held in Moulvibazar
Police arrest two war crimes accused in Moulvibazar hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for five suspects.
13 October 2015, 12:51 PM
Rajon murder accused Kamrul to be brought back Thursday
The prime accused in 13-year-boy Rajon murder case Kamrul Islam is to be brought back to the country from Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
13 October 2015, 12:27 PM
Tk 10cr default, Kader Siddique’s Kalihati nomination scrapped
Abdul Kader Siddique’s nomination for the Tangail-4 by-polls is scrapped for charges of over Tk 10 crore in loan default.
13 October 2015, 12:17 PM
Ecnec sends back Secretariat shifting project
Ecnec sends back the project of shifting Bangladesh Secretariat to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar for further review in line with the original master plan of famous Architect Luis I Kahn who had designed the iconic Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
13 October 2015, 11:37 AM
Torturing minor: Cricketer Shahadat lands in jail after remand
Ex-national cricketer Shahadat Hossain is denied bail and sent to jail today after completion of a three-day remand over torturing an 11-year-old.
13 October 2015, 11:01 AM
Bangladesh to set up textile park in Gujarat
Bangladesh is set to join Gujarat’s textile park bandwagon, reports Times of India.
13 October 2015, 08:19 AM
Pastor attack: 4 ‘JMB men’ on 5-day remand
Four out of five suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, who were arrested yesterday over the attack on a pastor in Pabna, are placed on a five-day remand.
13 October 2015, 07:19 AM
The hardliners behind India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
13 October 2015, 06:37 AM
4 killed as bus hits human hauler in Gazipur
Four people are killed and three injured as a bus hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
13 October 2015, 05:03 AM
2 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Brahmanbaria
Two suspected robbers are beaten to death by a mob when they were fleeing after committing a robbery in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.
13 October 2015, 04:37 AM
Blake named as UK envoy in Dhaka
The UK government announces Alison Blake as the next British high commissioner to Bangladesh.
12 October 2015, 12:39 PM
2 CU students die falling off waterfall
Two Chittagong University students die after falling off a waterfall on the campus this afternoon.
12 October 2015, 12:11 PM
2 Dhaka ward councillors summoned for ‘grabbing canal’
The High Court summons two ward councillors of Dhaka to appear before it on charge of constructing their offices by grabbing the land of a canal in Jatrabari area of Dhaka.
12 October 2015, 09:57 AM
41 Biranganas get recognition as freedom fighters
Forty-one Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
12 October 2015, 08:50 AM
HC tells Liton to surrender before Gaibandha court by Oct 18
Manzurul Islam Liton, ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1, appears before the High Court in a case filed for shooting a minor boy. After hearing, court scraps his bail pleas and orders him to surrender before a local court by October 18.
12 October 2015, 06:12 AM
103 Bangladeshis return from Myanmar
A total of 103 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have been repatriated from Myanmar.
12 October 2015, 06:10 AM
5 ‘Kishoreganj Razakars’ indicted
International Crimes Tribunal-1 frames seven specific charges against five suspected Razakars for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
12 October 2015, 05:48 AM
2 RMG workers killed in Savar road crashes
Two garment workers were killed in separate road accidents in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka.
12 October 2015, 04:45 AM
7 killed as truck falls into Mirsharai ditch
Seven people are killed in Chittagong’s Mirsharai upazila after a truck veered off the road and landed into a roadside ditch. The incident takes place on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway’s Sonapahar area around 5:30am.
12 October 2015, 02:22 AM
Japanese officials seek cooperation in probing Hoshi murder
A two-member team from the Japanese embassy in Dhaka seek Rangpur district administration’s cooperation in probing the murder of its national Kunio Hoshi.
11 October 2015, 12:28 PM