Bangladesh

Govt failed to ensure people’s right to live: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad alleges that the government has failed to ensure people’s right to live.
18 August 2015, 13:00 PM

6 killed, 1 injured as truck hits 3-wheeler in Rajshahi

At least six people including two children and three women die as a truck rammed a battery-run three-wheeler in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.
18 August 2015, 12:35 PM

PM to attend funeral of Indian president’s wife

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly to New Delhi tomorrow to attend the funeral of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife.
18 August 2015, 11:43 AM

MK Anwar sent to jail in Comilla

A Comilla court sends BNP standing committee member MK Anwar to jail in a case filed for petrol bomb attack on a bus in the district earlier this year.
18 August 2015, 11:02 AM

Lost & found: Tale of a Sarail puppy

This is a story of a Sarail hound puppy being lost and later found 103 days later by the owner.
18 August 2015, 09:06 AM

Journalist Probir on 3-day remand

Journalist Probir Sikder is placed on a three-day remand in connection with the case under Information and Communication Technology Act for “tarnishing the image” of LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.
18 August 2015, 07:45 AM

Indian President Pranab’s wife passes away

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra Mukherjee, who was suffering from respiratory illness, passes away at a hospital in Delhi aged 74.
18 August 2015, 07:28 AM

Dhaka BCL leader, who ‘beat dead’ teenage boy, killed in ‘gunfight’

Arzu Mia, chief of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Lalbagh unit who allegedly beat dead a teenage boy in Dhaka, has been killed in what Rab says gunfight.
18 August 2015, 04:54 AM

CPJ demands journo Probir’s release

Committee to Protect Journalists calls upon the government to release journalist Probir Sikdar immediately.
18 August 2015, 03:28 AM

Boy beaten to death at Hazaribagh, BCL leader held

A teenage boy is beaten to death in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area allegedly by a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and his associates.
17 August 2015, 14:44 PM

Kushtia AL infighting: 7 leaders’ arms license cancelled

The district administration in Kushtia cancels licenses of 10 firearms of seven local Awami League (AL) leaders.
17 August 2015, 12:00 PM

India hands over memorabilia of INS Vikrant to Bangladesh

India hands over to Bangladesh the memorabilia of Indian Naval aircraft carrier INS Vikrant for showcasing at National War Museum.
17 August 2015, 10:18 AM

‘Drinkable books’ provide safe drinking water in Bangladesh

A book with pages that can be torn out to filter drinking water has proved effective in its first field trials.
17 August 2015, 09:52 AM

2 held over Badda triple murder

Detectives claim arrest of two people in connection with the sensational Badda triple murder case of Dhaka.
17 August 2015, 09:32 AM

Split order on Maya’s legitimacy as MP

The High Court gives split order on Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s legality in holding parliament membership with a conviction in graft case.
17 August 2015, 07:54 AM

3 dead fetuses found in Mymensingh

Bodies of three fetuses are found from a canal in Mymensingh town.
17 August 2015, 07:30 AM

2 jailed in 2007 share scam case

A special tribunal for capital market lawsuits sentences three years jail to the managing director of BD Welding Electrodes and one other in a case over share price manipulation of the company.
17 August 2015, 07:06 AM

Deaths in toxic paracetamol: 6 officials jailed

A Dhaka court jails six owners and employees of the now-defunct BCI (Bangladesh) for 10 years for producing lethal paracetamol.
17 August 2015, 05:44 AM

Ctg ‘yaba trader’ killed in ‘gunfight’

An alleged trader of contraband yaba was killed early today in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said gunfight in Chittagong city.
17 August 2015, 04:38 AM

Suraiya on her mother’s lap, finally

The newborn baby, who received bullet injuries while in her mother’s womb during a Jubo League factional clash in Magura, has been finally handed over to her mother after 25 days of her birth.
16 August 2015, 16:11 PM