Dhaka
Prime suspect of Comilla minors’ killing held
The prime suspect in a case filed over killing of two children in Comilla has been arrested from Dhaka.
1 March 2016, 05:22 AM
10 ‘yaba traders’ held in Dhaka
Detectives arrest 10 alleged Yaba traders along with 70,000 pieces of the contraband tablets from Darus Salam in Dhaka.
1 March 2016, 04:34 AM
Rawhide won’t be allowed at Hajaribagh tanneries: Amu
Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu says that rawhide would not be allowed to enter tannery factories at Dhaka’s Hajaribagh to avert environment pollution in this area.
29 February 2016, 14:33 PM
Funding militancy: Stay on accused lawyer’s bail extended
Apex court extends the stay on bail for Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana, accused of funding militancy, until March 20.
29 February 2016, 05:05 AM
Eskaton double murder: Order on indictment Mar 6
A Dhaka court fixes March 6 to decide whether it will frame charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, in connection with the double murder in the capital’s New Eskaton area last year.
28 February 2016, 07:56 AM
Road crashes kill 8 in Munshiganj, Comilla, Manikganj
At least eight people are killed and 22 injured in separate road crashes in Comilla, Munshiganj and Manikganj.
28 February 2016, 04:50 AM
Mosquitoes go out of control
City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito problems for the last couple of weeks, as the two city corporations have failed to take
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Uttara gas fire: After kids, father dies as toll rises to 3
Father of five members of a family, who were burnt in a gas stove fire at their Uttara house, succumbs to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
27 February 2016, 12:29 PM
Who is favourite as old rivals India and Pakistan lock horns?
The marquee clash between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup is set to be a mouth-watering one as the teams do not play each other often enough in the international circuit thanks to the political tension between the two countries.
27 February 2016, 11:28 AM
34th BCS non-cadre candidates stage demo in Dhaka, 5 held
Candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.
27 February 2016, 11:19 AM
Robbers loot gold from Dhaka jewellery shop
A group of robbers loot around 100 bhori of gold and ornaments from a jewellery shop under broad daylight in Dhaka’s Demra area.
26 February 2016, 11:32 AM
Bangladesh target turnaround in form against UAE
Bangladesh are making some bold bets themselves: the occasional green pitch,
26 February 2016, 10:22 AM
Govt mulls Dhaka-Ctg express train service: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government has a plan to introduce Dhaka-Chittagong express train service for easier and quick communications between the country's two major cities.
25 February 2016, 15:04 PM
Cops claim identifying 3 killers of blogger Avijit Roy
Police claim to have identified three persons “who directly took part” in the killing of secular writer and blogger Avijit Roy last year. The three are members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, according to cops.
25 February 2016, 11:19 AM
Ex-minister Enamul Haque dies
Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, a former social welfare minister, dies at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 82.
25 February 2016, 09:54 AM
Baby thrown from Bailey road house dies
The newborn baby who miraculously survived a fourth-floor fall after he was allegedly dropped from a flat by his teenage mother in Dhaka on February 1 dies.
25 February 2016, 09:32 AM
Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg
Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016, 05:09 AM
Stay alert so that Jamaat-Shibir cannot sneak into police: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to stay alert so that the Jamaat-Shibir activists and those involved in terrorist and militant acts could not be recruited in the police force.
24 February 2016, 16:02 PM
Titumir Clg ‘BCL activists’ attack students, 2 hurt
At least two students are injured as alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League activists attacked a group of protesting students at Government Titumir College.
24 February 2016, 09:15 AM
Are you a true Dhakaite?
After living all these years in Dhaka can you truly call yourself a Dhakaite?
24 February 2016, 08:10 AM