Dhaka
6 members of dope gang held
Detectives claim detention of six members of a dope gang from Darussalam area of Dhaka.
25 March 2016, 08:10 AM
Pro-AL candidates bag SCBA polls
Awami League-backed panel Sammilita Ainjibi Samannaya Parishad (SASP) wins eight posts including president among 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association election.
25 March 2016, 03:46 AM
3 people burnt in Bangshal shoe factory fire
At least three people are burnt as fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing factory in Bangshal area of Dhaka.
24 March 2016, 13:29 PM
Bangladesh will go ahead thrashing barriers: PM
Urging everybody to work together to materialize the cherished goal of independence, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh will surely go ahead conquering all barriers and hurdles in the coming days to make its position amidst world comity as a victorious nation.
24 March 2016, 11:55 AM
Colours of Holi in Dhaka
The colourful festival of Holi in Dhaka, takes place across the country as well as at the thousand-year old Dhakeswari Mandir.
24 March 2016, 05:53 AM
‘IT expert’ Zoha found after 6 days
The “technology expert” who was missing for nearly a week after speaking to the media over cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank has been found from Dhaka.
23 March 2016, 05:57 AM
Fire at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza doused
The fire that broke out at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza in capital Dhaka has been doused after two hours of frantic efforts of the firefighters.
23 March 2016, 04:47 AM
4 suspected militants held in city
Detectives have arrested four suspected militants from Kalyanpur bus stand area in Dhaka and sezed religious books from their possession.
22 March 2016, 10:11 AM
Man pours hot water on wife in Dhaka
A woman suffers burns after her husband allegedly poured boiling water over her following an altercation in Badda area of Dhaka.
21 March 2016, 15:04 PM
Actress Diti laid to rest
Famed Bangladeshi actress Parveen Sultana Diti was laid to rest in Sonargaon of Narayanganj next to her parents in a family graveyard.
21 March 2016, 11:38 AM
Bus rams car in Khilkhet, 3 killed
Three people of a family including two women are killed and another injured after a passenger bus hit a private car from the rear in Khilkhet area of Dhaka.
20 March 2016, 13:00 PM
Raw hide bar for Hazribagh tanneries from Apr 1
Government decides that raw hide will not be allowed in the tanneries at Hazaribagh in Dhaka from April 1 in order to force the tanneries to relocate out of the capital.
20 March 2016, 10:33 AM
FBI to assist CID to identify hackers
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is to team up with Bangladesh police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank’s account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank.
20 March 2016, 09:22 AM
bKash agent killed in Dhaka, Tk 1.25 lakh robbed
Unidentified miscreants kills a bKash agent and looted Tk 1.25 from him in the Uttar Badda area of Dhaka.
20 March 2016, 09:15 AM
SI Ratan sent to jail on surrender
A Dhaka court sends Ratan Kumar, a sub-Inspector of Adabor Police Station, to jail in a case filed for allegedly harassing a private university student sexually in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area on January 31.
20 March 2016, 07:27 AM
BNP councilors endorse Khaleda, Tarique re-election
Councilors of BNP approve Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman as chairperson and senior vice-chairman of the party respectively through the party’s sixth national council in Dhaka.
19 March 2016, 13:37 PM
Eminent neurosurgeon Rashiduddin critically ill
Bangladesh’s pioneer of neurosurgeon Prof Rashiduddin Ahmad has been admitted to a hospital in Dhaka in critical condition.
19 March 2016, 09:48 AM
Airport security: Deal with British company by Mar 21
The government will sign a deal with a British security company by March 21 to ensure security screening at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the civil aviation minister says.
19 March 2016, 09:43 AM
Banani building fire blamed on gas pipe leak
The fire at a Banani building in Dhaka that injured at least one person has been blamed on “a leak in the gas supply line” by owner and tenants.
18 March 2016, 04:26 AM
‘IT expert’ Zoha goes missing
An “IT expert”, who talked to different media as a cyber security specialist after the recent heist from Bangladesh Bank account, has been missing since Wednesday night, family claims.
17 March 2016, 15:08 PM