Dhaka
DU female student sets herself afire
A female student of Dhaka University allegedly tries to commit suicide by setting herself on fire at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the campus following a quarrel with her boyfriend.
17 December 2015, 15:26 PM
30 hurt as Dhaka College students, traders clash
At least 30 people are injured and several shops and motorcycles vandalised as Dhaka College students fight with traders of different markets in the New Market area of Dhaka.
17 December 2015, 12:07 PM
Man shot in New Market area
An employee of a cloth shop is shot by unidentified assailants in New Market area of Dhaka.
17 December 2015, 05:36 AM
‘Poor infrastructure, slow bureaucracy major challenges’
World Bank Senior Vice President and chief economist Dr Kaushik Basu says poor infrastructure and slow bureaucracy are two major challenges for Bangladesh’s economy, which is according to him, is standing at the ‘takeoff stage’.
15 December 2015, 14:59 PM
HC seeks illegal structures’ list in Dhaka car parking areas
The High Court directs Rajuk chairman to submit before it in two months a list of unauthorised structures built at car parking areas beside roads in Dhaka.
15 December 2015, 07:33 AM
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14 December 2015, 15:32 PM
Pak bank official sent back from Dhaka airport
A joint director of the State Bank of Pakistan was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as she had no Visa to visit Bangladesh.
14 December 2015, 13:15 PM
'Moja Losss?' admin gets bail
A Dhaka court grants bail to Refayet Ahmed, admin of the popular Facebook page “Moja Losss?” in a case filed against him for running campaigns against the government and the state through the page.
14 December 2015, 12:04 PM
Market’s legality near Baldha Garden questioned
The High Court questions the legality of constructing a kitchen market on a residential area near Baldha Garden in the capital’s Wari area.
14 December 2015, 08:44 AM
Include provision to try 7-murder conspirators: HC to lower court
The High Court asks the trial court concerned in Narayanganj to include relevant section of penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy in sensational seven murder case.
14 December 2015, 05:56 AM
Shannon meets Khaleda, leaves without briefing
United States Department of State official Thomas Shannon meets BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence.
14 December 2015, 04:56 AM
Dinajpur temple attack: Suspect on 10-day remand
A court in Dinajpur places Mosabberul on a 10-day remand for Thursday's gun attack on a Hindu temple in the district that left two people injured.
13 December 2015, 11:48 AM
Tk 30 lakh sought for Nirob’s family
A rights group file a writ petition seeking High Court’s order on the government to compensate Tk 30 lakh to the family of Nirob who died after falling into a sewer in Dhaka.
13 December 2015, 11:27 AM
Journalist Faruk buried at Azimpur graveyard
Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.
13 December 2015, 04:57 AM
Solo exhibition ‘Amorar Akkhyan’ opens
A solo multimedia exhibition heralding the atrocities on women during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh opens in Dhaka today.
12 December 2015, 16:12 PM
Barisal beat Dhaka by 18 runs
Barisal Bulls beat Dhaka by 18 runs in the eliminator and advance to the 2 nd qualifier on Sunday against Rangpur Riders in BPL-2015.
12 December 2015, 12:16 PM
7 hurt in Titumir College BCL infighting
At least seven activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, are injured in a factional clash at Titumir College in Dhaka.
12 December 2015, 08:43 AM
5 missing as trawler sinks in Narayanganj
Five persons are missing after a trawler capsizes in the river Buriganga in Narayanganj city.
12 December 2015, 07:48 AM
Accused flees from Pallabi police custody
An accused, who was on a two-day remand, escapes from the custody of Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka
11 December 2015, 13:06 PM
Labourer killed as truck hits him in Secretariat
A labourer is killed after a truck hits him while working inside the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka.
11 December 2015, 12:56 PM