Dhaka

Together, against all terrorism

Amid the spate of attacks and killings in Bangladesh, Dhaka and New Delhi yesterday announced that they would work
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Shilpa Shetty coming to Dhaka for fashion show

Bollywood diva Shilpa Shetty is scheduled to come to Dhaka for a grand fashion show.
12 May 2016, 15:06 PM

Lightning kills at least 17 countrywide

At least 17 people are killed, struck by lightning, when a sudden thundershower prevailed over Dhaka and other parts of the country.
12 May 2016, 14:57 PM

80% of world’s city dwellers breathing bad air: UN

Over 80 percent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, with Dhaka being the third most polluted, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warns.
12 May 2016, 07:17 AM

Bangladesh, India to fight terrorism together: Jaishankar

Bangladesh and India will closely work together to counter violent extremism and terrorism, visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says.
12 May 2016, 05:51 AM

JMB Dhaka district unit chief, 3 others held

Rapid Action Battalion arrests four members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Dhaka district unit chief in the capital.
12 May 2016, 04:47 AM

Khaleda charged for Darussalam arson attack

Police presses charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 23 others in two cases filed for arson attacks in Darussalam area of Dhaka.
11 May 2016, 07:54 AM

88.29% pass SSC

A total of 88.29 percent students pass this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, which is 1.25 percentage points higher than that of last year.
11 May 2016, 04:23 AM

Jaishankar due today to convey Delhi's support

Indian Foreign Secretary Subramanyam Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka this afternoon to convey New Delhi's full support to
10 May 2016, 18:00 PM

‘US, India to work together to help Dhaka fight terror'

In the wake of the recent spate of targeted attacks on secular activists, bloggers, writers, professors and minorities, the US
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Australia relaxes ban on freight from Bangladesh

Four and a half months after imposing a ban on freight to Australia from Bangladesh, the country of the southern hemisphere
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

DPL's exciting run continues

The Dhaka Premier League continues its exciting run as the fifth round began with a couple of upsets and some noteworthy individual performances.
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

‘Come to my office’

They have been waiting for several years to change the ownership of their vehicles. Some of them are told by BRTA officials that their “documents are missing” while others are caught up in red tape.
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Pakistan high commissioner summoned

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Bangladesh foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Pakistan
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Security beefed up at Dhaka jail

Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail, where death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been kept, was strengthened this afternoon.
9 May 2016, 12:46 PM

Kamrangirchar power house fire doused

A fire that broke out at a power house in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka this evening has been doused after an hour.
9 May 2016, 12:26 PM

Statement on Nizami verdict: Bangladesh govt hands Pakistan envoy protest letter

Foreign ministry hands ‘strongly-worded’ protest letter to Pakistan envoy in protest against the country’s statement on Supreme Court verdict dismissing the review plea of condemned war criminal and Jamaat leader Nizami. Bangladesh terms the May 6 Pakistan statement "unacceptable".
9 May 2016, 08:58 AM

‘Extortion by sergeant’: Court orders judicial probe

A Dhaka court orders a judicial enquiry into an extortion case filed against a sergeant of Motijheel traffic (East Zone).
9 May 2016, 08:30 AM

Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar score big as Prime Doleshwar, Abahani suffer defeats

In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.
9 May 2016, 07:31 AM

ICT indicts 2 Kishoreganj men

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 May 2016, 06:23 AM