Dhaka

7 took part in Kalabagan twin murder: Guard

Seven people took part in the killing of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy on Monday evening, according to a security guard who was also injured in the attack.
27 April 2016, 08:56 AM

RU professor killing: Students block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for 3hrs

Students of the Rajshahi University blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for three hours demanding justice for Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
27 April 2016, 08:32 AM

Kalabagan killings: Nothing to panic, says DMP chief

Terming the twin murder of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy as “isolated incident”, DMP commissioner advises people not to panic.
27 April 2016, 07:00 AM

UNDP suggests stronger urban governance for Bangladesh

Bangladesh, like most other Asian countries, witnessed a rapid rise in urban population, a fact that requires stronger urban governance to make the cities liveable and thriving, said a new report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Sudden water crisis affects parts of Dhaka

With a heat wave sweeping the country for more than two weeks in the absence of rain, sufferings of the residents in several parts of the city have worsened due to an acute crisis of water for the last few weeks.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

HRW urges probe into Xulhaz killing

The Human Rights Watch calls upon the government to immediately investigate the killings of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tonoy Fahim.
26 April 2016, 16:05 PM

Xulhaz ‘killers’ as seen in CCTV footage

Law enforcers find a CCTV footage that shows some suspected killers of LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tonoy Fahim running away after committing the murder in Kalabagan area of Dhaka.
26 April 2016, 13:01 PM

Ansar Al Islam claims Kalabagan twin murders

Bangladesh unit of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent, Ansar Al Islam, has claimed responsibility of murdering a LGBT magazine editor and his friend in Kalabagan.
26 April 2016, 09:17 AM

How can PM blame BNP so quickly: Rizvi

BNP senior Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her comments claiming BNP to be linked with recent murders.
26 April 2016, 08:15 AM

Tracked for days before murder: IGP

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque today said Kalabagan’s double murder was “planned extensively and the victims were being followed” for days.
26 April 2016, 06:11 AM

Khilgaon plastic factory fire doused

A fire that broke out at a plastic factory in Khilgaon area of Dhaka has been doused after one and a half an hours.
26 April 2016, 05:34 AM

Kalabagan twin murder: Family, cops sue unknown attackers

Two cases have been filed – one by family over the murders and the other by police for assault on a cop – in connection with yesterday's gruesome Kalabagan double murders. No one has been arrested yet.
26 April 2016, 04:21 AM

UN, US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Norway, CPJ condemn Xulhaz killing

UN, US, UK, CPJ, Denmark and Norway condemn the murders of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area.
26 April 2016, 02:44 AM

Youth workforce to lead future development in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has a huge young and productive workforce that will continue to increase until 2030 and can contribute to
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

2 hacked to death in Dhaka flat

In an assault that bears the hallmarks of militant attacks, unidentified assailants yesterday hacked to death a local staff member of the USAID and his friend in a flat in the capital's Kalabagan, police said.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh cabinet approves draft law to probe misconduct

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law specifying the procedures for investigation into allegations of misconduct or incapacity against a Supreme Court judge and the judge's removal by the Jatiya Sangsad.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Jail guard killed in Gazipur

In broad day light, bike-riding criminals gunned down a jail guard yards away from the gate of the country's largest high-
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

LGBT magazine editor stabbed dead at Dhaka home

Posing as courier service staff, miscreants enter the house of an editor of the country’s first LGBT magazine and stab him dead along with his friend at his flat in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area. Cops suspect involvement of militant groups in the killing.
25 April 2016, 13:13 PM

Kashimpur prison guard shot dead in broad daylight

Three assailants on a motorcycle have gunned down a prison guard of Kashimpur jail in Gazipur in broad daylight and fled away, police say.
25 April 2016, 06:09 AM

Shahbagh blocked during students’ hartal for Tonu

Student bodies blockade Dhaka's key intersection Shahbagh ‎to begin the countrywide hartal clamped protesting government's failure to arrest the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
25 April 2016, 03:08 AM