Bangladesh
27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal
Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
6 March 2015, 07:01 AM
President off to London
President Abdul Hamid left here for London this morning for eye treatment and health checkup.
6 March 2015, 06:52 AM
12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka
Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka
6 March 2015, 06:27 AM
Khoka, Manna sued for sedition
A sedition case has been filed against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna.
5 March 2015, 15:27 PM
3 hurt in Dhaka bomb blasts
3 people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka
5 March 2015, 15:19 PM
Chapainawabganj arson victim dies
A truck helper, who suffered burns in an arson attack on a truck in Chapainawabganj, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
5 March 2015, 14:31 PM
UK urges end to violence
British Foreign Minister Hugo Swire urged all political parties in Bangladesh, the government and others in society to take confidence-building measures necessary to stop the violence.
5 March 2015, 14:09 PM
Obaidul donates book royalty to arson victims
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today donated the royalty he got for his two books to arson victims of the current political unrest.
5 March 2015, 11:39 AM
Kamaruzzaman files review petition
Condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman files review petition with Supreme Court against its verdict that upheld his death penalty
5 March 2015, 06:23 AM
Driver burnt as truck set afire in Lalmonirhat
A truck driver suffers burn injuries as miscreants set fire to his vehicle by hurling a petrol bomb in Lalmonirhat
5 March 2015, 05:05 AM
''The people of Bangla Desh are united in the fight for their just demands.''
Here is Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's interview with Ramesh Chandra, Secretary-General, World Peace Council, published on August 30, 1971.
3 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Ex-ETV reporter Kanak Sarwar held
Detectives detain former Ekushey Television (ETV) reporter Kanak Sarwar in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area on charge of sedition.
3 March 2015, 15:23 PM
Foreign powers linked to violence: Matia
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,
3 March 2015, 14:16 PM
Tomorrow’s SSC exams postponed
(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.
3 March 2015, 13:03 PM
Soumya Sarkar's shot in the dark
In dreams a woman or man you do not know may step out into view, and some quality pressing out of them is so unsettling, yet in such sharp focus, it is like they are sunset-lit.
3 March 2015, 09:38 AM
Unabated violence
SO far BNP's political programme has cost 113 lives. Sixty of them were victims of arson attacks on buses and public transport. More than 1,200 vehicles have been destroyed by fire or damaged by miscreants. One hundred thirty people are writhing in agony in the burn units.
2 March 2015, 18:00 PM
2 Netrakona ‘Razakars’ indicted
A special tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two war crimes suspect of Netrakona for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971
2 March 2015, 10:14 AM
Indian foreign secy meets Mahmood Ali
Indian Foreign Secretary Subramanyam Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka to convey New Delhi's intention of resolution of pending water and land issues and explore new areas of talks focusing on connectivity and energy cooperation
2 March 2015, 07:43 AM
Farabi admits of threats to kill Avijit: Rab
Farabi Shafiur Rahman, the prime suspect in the sensational murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has admitted making online postings threatening to kill Avijit, according to Rab
2 March 2015, 06:51 AM
Journo among 4burnt in Dhaka firebomb attack
At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka
1 March 2015, 16:08 PM