Dhaka

Writ seeks halt to cop drive for Dhaka citizens’ info

A Supreme Court lawyer moves a writ petition with the High Court seeking a halt to Dhaka police’s drive to collect identification information about the city dwellers.
3 March 2016, 11:45 AM

BNP to hold national council at IEB

BNP gets permission to hold its sixth national council on March 19 at the Institute of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB).
3 March 2016, 07:08 AM

Khaleda’s time petition accepted in sedition case

A Dhaka court grants a time petition submitted by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case filed over her comments on the number of Liberation War martyrs, and asks her to appear before it on April 10.
3 March 2016, 06:04 AM

Mother confesses killing her kids: Rab

Mother, Mahfuza Maleq alias Jesmin, confesses to killing her two minor children who were found dead in Dhaka’s Banasree area on February 29, according to Rapid Action Battalion.
3 March 2016, 05:49 AM

PM at stadium to watch Bangladesh-Pakistan match

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could not control her deep passion for cricket as she came to watch the Bangladesh-Pakistan Asia Cup T20 match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.
2 March 2016, 16:02 PM

Dhaka, Delhi discuss water, trade, security issues

Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India discuss various issues of Bangladesh-India bilateral relations including water resources, trade and commerce, security and border management.
2 March 2016, 12:00 PM

1000 fake ATM cards seized at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence seizes 1000 counterfeit ATM cards at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
2 March 2016, 10:54 AM

Dhaka girl made Danish ‘shadow ambassador’ for Women’s Day

A girl from Dhaka has been selected to become the shadow ambassador for a day with the Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh.
2 March 2016, 09:47 AM

Asia Cup: BAN, PAK seek to clear path to final

Both Bangladesh and Pakistan will look for a win against each other to clear their path to the finals of Asia Cup 2016.
2 March 2016, 08:54 AM

Legal notice seeks halt to biometric SIM registration

A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking a halt to biometric registration for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards of mobile operators claiming it violates privacy and has a potential malafide intention.
2 March 2016, 08:47 AM

Foreigners under scanner after ATM scam

Foreigners living in Bangladesh are now under the scanner following the arrest of a German citizen in connection with the recent ATM scam, says home minister.
2 March 2016, 08:29 AM

Bus crushes schoolteacher in Kamalapur

A schoolteacher was crushed under the wheels of a rashly-driven bus at Kamalapur in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
2 March 2016, 07:20 AM

War crimes: 2 Moulvibazar accused sent to jail

A tribunal in Dhaka sends two war crimes accused to jail a day after their arrest from Moulvibazar in a war crimes case.
2 March 2016, 06:57 AM

Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests

Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.
2 March 2016, 06:12 AM

ACC relieves ex-Rajuk chairman of corruption allegation

The Anti-Corruption Commission has relieved former Rajuk chairman Md Nurul Huda of corruption allegation after primary enquiry, say official sources at the ACC.
1 March 2016, 15:56 PM

Held German citizen revealed names of 50 persons, organisations: Cops

German citizen Piotr Szczepan Mazurek, who was arrested in connection with the recent ATM scam, has revealed names of 50 individuals and institutions who have link with the crime. Police are working to verify the information.
1 March 2016, 10:08 AM

Banasree siblings killed, doctors suspect

Two siblings - aged six and 14, whose death last night after taking food from a Chinese restaurant in Dhaka’s Banasree sparked mystery, were killed, doctors primarily suspect after autopsy.
1 March 2016, 08:08 AM

Legal notice seeks halt to DMP’s personal info collection

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice seeking a halt to the move by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to collect identification information of landlords and tenants in Dhaka terming it as “violation of rights to privacy”.
1 March 2016, 07:09 AM

War crimes: 2 Moulvibazar ‘Razakars’ held

Two war crimes accused from Moulvibazar are arrested hours after International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for three alleged Razakars, who were involved in crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
1 March 2016, 06:46 AM

College boy who ‘left home in rage’ found dead in Dhanmondi Lake

A college boy, who went missing two days ago after storming out of his house in rage, has been found dead in Dhanmondi Lake.
1 March 2016, 06:16 AM