Bangladesh

City polls: Apr 26-28 HSC exams postponed

HSC and its equivalent examinations of all boards scheduled for April 26-28 have been postponed due to Dhaka, Chittagong city corporations polls.
29 March 2015, 06:27 AM

PM acted against creating level-playing field, alleges mayor aspirant

A mayor aspirant in Dhaka alleges that PM Sheikh Hasina acted against level-playing field in the upcoming city corporation polls by introducing ruling Awami League-backed mayor aspirants
28 March 2015, 14:19 PM

Blockade on, demo new element in 20-party programme

Shortly after announcing fresh agitation programmes for tomorrow, the BNP-led opposition alliance realizes that it had forgot to include blockade. So, it revised the programme and sent out fresh news release
28 March 2015, 12:52 PM

Pakistan, Bangladesh fans call BCCI, sing 'mauka mauka'

The calm at the BCCI office was shattered by the constant ringing of the landlines as fans from Pakistan and Bangladesh calls after team India lost in the quarterfinals against Australia, reports Indian Express.
28 March 2015, 12:34 PM

‘Violent acts to save war criminals’

Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) Vice-Chairman Abu Osman Chowdhury said that violent activities are being carried out in the country to save the war criminals.
28 March 2015, 12:02 PM

Eliminate terrorism, PM tells law enforcers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism
28 March 2015, 11:32 AM

UC Berkeley first to have Bangladesh studies centre

Improving garment-industry safety, designing apps to solve social problems and gathering data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on fruits and vegetables: These are among the innovative research projects made possible by UC Berkeley’s new Subir & Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies
28 March 2015, 07:28 AM

Garment worker's death in road crash sparks protest in Narayanganj

Garment workers set a bus afire after it ran over one of their colleagues in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj this morning. Agitating workers also vandalised at least 10 vehicles, witnesses say.
28 March 2015, 05:41 AM

Loan to women entrepreneurs made mandatory

Commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions must provide minimum Tk 50,000 as loan to at least a woman entrepreneur each year
28 March 2015, 05:21 AM

Intrepid Bangabandhu

AS the nation celebrates the forty-fourth Independence Day grateful Bangladeshis need to remember Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the intrepid architect of our freedom struggle.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

US cares for Bangladesh: Biswal

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal says the United States cares Bangladesh mentioning that Bangladesh-US relations are larger and stronger than ever
27 March 2015, 14:21 PM

Khaleda awaits level-playing field: Emajuddin

Prof Emajuddin Ahmed says BNP will participate in the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections if “level-playing field” is ensured
27 March 2015, 13:09 PM

Prevent banking by militants: BB chief

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman asks the commercial banks to take the highest cautionary measures so that no one can use the banking channel for financing terrorism both at home and aboard
27 March 2015, 11:05 AM

Work for AL-blessed candidates, Hasina asks party’s Dhaka city leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks grassroots leaders of Awami League’s Dhaka city unit to work together for the party-backed candidates in the upcoming Dhaka city corporation elections
27 March 2015, 09:27 AM

Dumped, madrassa teens commit suicide together

Love ends in death for two teenage Madrassa girls as they commit suicide together, side by side, dumped by their lovers in Lalmonirhat
27 March 2015, 07:48 AM

Manju quits as Chittagong mayor to run for it again

Incumbent BNP backed Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor M Manjur Alam Manju resigns and joins the next mayoral race for the port city
27 March 2015, 06:49 AM

Man burnt to death in Ctg fire

A man burnt alive as a fire broke out at a slum in Chittagong city
27 March 2015, 02:12 AM

Teen killed in Dinajpur bomb blast

A teenage boy is killed as a crude bomb went off in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur
26 March 2015, 14:18 PM

Haji Salim in India for ‘treatment’

Haji Mohammad Salim, a mayoral candidate who was reportedly advised by the Awami League high command not to contest the Dhaka South City Corporation elections, goes to India for ‘treatment and offering special prayers at a religious place’
26 March 2015, 12:51 PM

Ctg BNP backs Manju

Chittagong unit of BNP extends its support to M Manjur Alam Manu for the mayoral post in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation polls
26 March 2015, 12:20 PM