Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has reiterated her call to law enforcing agencies to produce the party joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed before the court. This was disclosed by Advocate Masum Ahmed Talukdar, the newly elected president of the Dhaka…
The decomposed body of a minor boy, who was kidnapped on Wednesday, was found in sacks at the house of a policeman at Jharnapar in the city on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Abu Sayeed, 9, a class-IV…
Blaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the country’s current political crisis, Bikolpa Dhara Bangladesh president (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday said the Prime Minister is showing off her power and egoism instead of serving regular duties after assuming office…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 400 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup, 30 bottles of liquor, 2,000 pieces of Anagra tablet and 64 kilograms of steel from Bashdah area in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
Miscreants blasted two crude bombs on the premises of Bindubasini Government Girls’ High School in the district town on Sunday morning.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the beam of her room in Goalapara area of the city on Saturday morning.
Drugstores without any authorisation from the authorities concerned are springing up in a large number in all the ten upazilas of the district.More than 2,500 drugstores have been set up in the upazilas without obtaining drug license.
A suspected robber was killed in a mob beating at Miar Char village in sadar upazila early Sunday.
A fire broke out at a government-run library in Uttar Patuapara area of the district town on Sunday morning.
Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle on the Satkhira-Khulna highway in Chuknagar area of Dumuria upazila on Sunday morning.
A minor boy who had gone missing four days back was found dead in Jhornarpar area of the city on Saturday night.
A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected the bail pleas of BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Mosaddek Ali and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in five separate cases filed with Motijheel, Paltan, Jatrabari and Mirpur Model Police Stations. Judge-in-Charge of Dhaka’s Metropolitan…
A minor school boy was killed when a battery-run auto rickshaw crushed him in Chengmari area on the Gangachara-Gajoghontha road under Gangachara upazila here today, police said.
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has started implementing a canal water conservation project aims at lessening the gradually increasing pressure on groundwater for irrigation purposes.
Speakers at a function underscored the need for flourishing merits of children to make them worthy citizens of the country to lead it towards desired development.
Cultivation of tobacco still continues at larger scale following its high price and lucrative incentives being provided by the tobacco companies alluring the farmers in farming the crop almost everywhere in Rangpur region.
Emphasis should be given on promoting more export from the region for making its economy vibrant coupled with elevating its socio-economic condition, speakers at a participatory discussion said here today.
Two bomb blasts have killed at least 10 people near two churches in a Christian neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Lahore, local officials say.
The first truffle to have been cultivated on UK soil has been harvested from a field in Leicestershire, according to a plant biologist.
Ireland were knocked out of the World Cup by Pakistan, who qualified for the quarter-finals with a seven-wicket win.
West Indies secured a place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable, if unconvincing, victory over the United Arab Emirates.
Dhaka has reiterated its enthusiasm to do business with New Delhi.
Original artwork for an Asterix cartoon has sold for €150,000 (£106,782), with proceeds going to families of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Battle-worn old enemies sat side by side at Waterloo in a display of historic British-French reconciliation 200 years after their epic showdown — or at least their hats did.
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance on Sunday demanded of the government to immediately release Bnp joint secretary general. Salahuddin Ahmed who has been missing since Tuesday night. The government has to bear the responsibility of Salahuddin is not returned immediately. In…
Security forces say they have ‘no knowledge’ of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed’s whereabouts. The Special Branch, CID, RAB, DMP and police headquarters filed separate reports to the Attorney General’s office on Sunday in response to a court ruling.
Saiful Islam Talukdar, special correspondent of daily Amader Somoy died of a heart attack at 11 pm on Saturday night at his residence, said a BFUJ leader. A joint secretary general of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Saiful was…
By Maud Jullien The Democratic Republic of Congo says it wants to redraw the boundaries of Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site, to allow for oil exploration. Prime Minister Matata Ponyo told the BBC that there were ongoing discussions…
The president of Vanuatu has told the BBC most of his people are homeless after the devastating cyclone that hit the Pacific island nation on Friday. Speaking from Japan, Baldwin Londsdale told the BBC that most of the buildings in…
The 2-day election of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association has begun at 10 am on Sunday. Voting will continue up to 5 pm with an hour of lunch break on both days.