Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Saturday said, “Police know nothing about the whereabouts of Salhauddin. We were looking for him, but no law enforcement agency arrested him. The policechief was addressing a discussion titled ‘The contribution of…
Speakers at a dialogue at Tangail on Saturday demanded ensuring greater involvement and participation of local people in the district budget to gear up the development of the districts. Taking part in a pre-budget dialogue they also said formulation and…
Ruling out the possibility of sitting for a dialogue with the BNP chairperson to end the ongoing “political stalemate”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday advised Begum Khaleda Zia to surrender to the court by showing respect to the law…
Five houses were gutted and an elderly woman was killed in a fire at Nitira village under Arial-Baligaon union in Tongibari of the district today, police said.
A man who received burns after an explosion while making crude bombs at Khaskandi village in Sadar upazila on Thursday died from his wounds at a hospital in Dhaka city early Saturday.
Police today arrested Shahraj Miah on charge of throwing acid on an examinee of this year’s SSC examination in Sadar upazila here.
Police arrested a total of 46 persons, including seven leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh and Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different places here last night, police sources said.
A schoolteacher was found dead inside the office room of a school where he used to work as a part-timer in Puran Munsefi residential area of the district town on Saturday.
Police in an overnight drive on Friday arrested 46 people on various charges from different parts of Jessore district.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 15 people while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border here on Saturday morning.
A local leader of Jubo League was shot and injured by miscreants at Bhalikia in sadar upazila on Friday night.
The 39th death anniversary of Polli Kabi Jasimuddin was observed here this morning here in a befitting manner.
Emphasis should be given on soil health management rightly for protecting its productivity as the soil nutrients has gradually been declining, researchers concerned said.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered a firearm, a magazine and four rounds of bullet from Rokonpur bordering area in Gomostapur upazila on Friday.
Police arrested an outlawed party leader from Poilanpur village in Harinakundu upazila early Friday.
A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has announced that its leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has accepted the pledge of allegiance from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram.
A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed mostly with monuments to men who served the British Empire that Gandhi helped destroy.
An Atlas 5 rocket has blasted off from Florida with a quartet of NASA science satellites designed to map bursts of energy and charged particles triggered by criss-crossing magnetic fields around Earth.
Aamir Khan has etched an image as Bollywood’s ‘Mr Perfectionist’ in action-packed, comedy, romantic and emotional movies in his career of over 25 years.
Australia finished second in Pool A after Mitchell Starc bowled the World Cup co-hosts to a seven-wicket victory against Scotland in a match that lasted just 41 overs at the Bellerive Oval on Saturday.Starc (4-14) and Pat Cummis (3-42) set…
A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called another 72 hours of hartal from Sunday to protest abduction, killing, enforced disappearance, arrest of Bnp joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and press the demand for his release.
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a new capital to the east of the present one, Cairo. Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the project would cost $45bn (£30bn) and take five to seven years to complete. He said…
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday once again rejected the assertion that there was any political problem in Bangladesh. In an interview with the BBC he said that the people of Bangladesh are now concerned about…
March 14 is the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams. Every year, thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world’s rivers and those who struggle to protect them. The International Day of…
Detective Branch of police arrested KM Ziauddin Fahad, chief coordinator of publicity wing of Shibir and editorial admin of over 50 radical facebook pages including Basher Kella, from his sister’s house on Comilla Cadet College teachers’ residential area on Thursday.…