The owners and manufacturers of battery-run rickshaws on Friday expressed their concern over imposing ban on plying such rickshaws in Dhaka city, despite giving permission to import and assembling such rickshaws. President of Dhaka District Rickshaw Owners Cooperative Society Fazlur…
A suspected robber was shot and wounded in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chhoyghoria in Sadar upazila on Friday noon.
Police in their separate drives arrested 37 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different places of Chittagong and Bogra districts on Thursday night and Friday on charges of their involvement in vandalism and subversive activities. In Chittagong, at least 24…
A couple sustained splinter injuries in a bomb attack by robbers at Hinda village in Gangni upazila on Thursday midnight.
Thousands of Muslim devotees staged demonstrations in the district town on Friday in protest against Thursday’s attack on madrasah teachers and students and members of Tabligh Jamaat by miscreants in a local mosque.
A mobile court on Thursday night sentenced a man to one year imprisonment for taking drug in Sadar upazila of the district.
The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed. The organisation found this in their nation-wide survey…
Rachel Denber The Russian-government-funded television network RT (formerly Russia Today) has reported a “leaked” phone call between EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that is getting a lot of attention, but all…
The 8th March, the international women’s day will be celebrated in Bangladesh as in other countries of the world. The theme of the day is INSPRING CHANGE. The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA) and many NGOs will squander…
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Twenty Eight species of indigenous fish have become extinct in Jhenaidah district during the last 8 to 10 years, a source at the Department of Fisheries said. Drying up of rivers, pollution and indiscriminate use of pesticides…
Anita McKone Have you ever been provoked by someone into fear, anger or pain, and then blamed, punished or humiliated for feeling and expressing these feelings? This is a form of psychological torture which has very serious consequences. Here are…
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BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will give a proposal to the government to sit across the table for holding free ad fair polls be participated by all political parties. Secretary General of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Maj (Retd) Abdul Mannan told…
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned the argument of the case in connection with the Ramna Batamul carnage till March 9. Judge Ruhul Amin of Dhaka’s Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court heard the arguments of the for three consecutive…
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed March 13 to hear on the bail petition of Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain in the case filed in connection with the devastating fire in the garment factory in 2012. Dhaka’s District…
China wants to contribute to Bangladesh’s development, ambassador of the world’s second largest economy, Li Jun, has said. Meeting diplomatic correspondents in Dhaka on Thursday, he said Bangladesh “really matters” to China, as it is an important developing country with…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday asked the assigned local counsel for the New York-based 5 Human Rights Watch (HRW) to submit its reply on the show cause notice in order to contest the contempt of court case before it…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir and three others for reportedly causing a loss of about Tk 15.52 crore to the government by allocating a…
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed June 16 to hear on charge framing against BNP-led 18-party leaders including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case filed in connection with cocktail explosion in side Bangladesh secretariat. Earlier,…
Police recovered the body of a youth from a paddy field at Nilkuthi Boumaridanga in Manda upazila on Thursday after 26 days of his abduction. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 18, an HSC examinee and son of Mohammad…
The historic 7th March, marking the epoch-making speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calling upon the Bangalees to prepare for the war to liberate Bangladesh from the exploitative Pakistani regime, will be observed on Friday. ‘Ebarer Sangram Amader Muktir Sangram,…
The government has taken a plan to plant saplings along 652 km roads in the current fiscal year with a view to recouping damages recently done to the environment by felling trees in the name of movement. Environment and Forest…
A dozen of former minister, state ministers, whips and lawmakers, including former speaker and incumbent President Abdul Hamid had received 4,202 cft “segun wood” at a nominal price from the forests department during the previous Awami League led grand alliance…
The ruling Awami League has finalised 39 nominees, mostly new faces, for elections to reserved women seats in the 10th Parliament. The candidates were listed in a media statement signed by the party’s Office Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap on Thursday.…
Sri Lanka smartly reached the final of the five-nation Asia Cup Cricket with all win record packing Bangladesh empty hand in the continental meet beating the Tigers by three wickets in the last league match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket…
Apprehending vote fraud in the remaining phases of the upazila polls, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will throw the ruling party into dustbin if it tries to manipulate the vote further. “You’ve been…
Chinese ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun believes a “peaceful dialogue” between the two major parties can end Bangladesh’s political impasse, but says Bangladeshis know “much better” than outsiders what to do. “You (people) are the real players,” Li Jun said…
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has claimed police are looking for the people the BNP says have been ‘abducted’. These very people are accused of being involved in violent activities, he said on Thursday. The BNP has been…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday accused the government of turning the country into a fascist state through repression and misrule. “A man accused of attacking Awami League leader Asaduzzaman Noor was shot dead in Bogra about one and a half…
It’s an event that Microsoft has been warning people and businesses about for months. And it is one that hi-tech thieves have been looking forward to as those digital protections start to diminish. In a bid to get users shifting…