Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested four alleged members of the banned Islamic militant-Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and recovered explosives and petrol bombs. The arrested persons have been identified as Abdur Razzak Haider alis Mamun, 35, Ziaul Bari alias…
Detectives have arrested an Awami League leader of Narayanganj on Friday in connection with the sensational seven murder case involving some Rab officials. The arrested man was identified as Abul Bashar, assistant publicity secretary of Siddhirganj thana unit of Awami…
Leader of the Shoto Nagorik Committee Prof. Emajuddin Ahmed said on Friday that the Bnp would take part in the city corporation elections of Dhaka and Chittagong if a level playing field and congenial atmosphere was created for the same.…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to call off her blockade programme, saying that her motive to overthrow the government would not come true as she had failed to do it even in 81 days.…
A couple was killed in a lightning strike in Ranisankail upazila headquarters early Friday.
A drug addict youth was rescued from a container while it was being unloaded at Mongla port on Thursday night.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested four members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in possession of a grenade and some explosives from Kasai Bazar in Dakkhin Khan area of the city early…
Seven members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police have been suspended on charge of crossing Bangladesh border here on Thursday.
A schoolboy drowned in the Brahmaputra River while taking bath on the occasion of Astami Snan, a religious festival of the Hindu community, at Noumahal in the town on Friday.
Two bikers were killed in two separate accidents in Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday.
Sunflower (scientific name Helianthus annuus) has turned out to be a strong medium for economic uplift of the farmers in the district as the oilseed’s cultivation has risen around 35 times here over the last three years.
A newspaper press employee was killed and four other people were injured as a pickup van carrying newspapers overturned on the road near Kamalapur Pir Jangi Mazar in the city’s Shahjahanpur area early Friday.
The man suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings A320 plane in the French Alps required treatment for depression, German media say. Regular assessments were recommended in Andreas Lubitz’s official notes after a serious episode some years ago. The Barcelona-Duesseldorf plane…
At least 10 Hindu devotees were stampeded to death and 30 others injured during ‘Astami Snan’, one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community, at Langalbandh in Bandar upazila on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Friday.
Samedur Rahman alias Mithu Biswas, the younger brother of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, was released early Thursday, hours after he was picked up by people masquerading as detectives. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)…
Ten days after her abduction, a class VIII girl was rescued from Shukria Market area of Jindabazar in the town on Tuesday. A joint team of Kanaighat Police Station and Kotwali Model Police Station conducted a drive in Jindabazar area…
Although the party is yet to make its stance on joining the polls clear, the city unit BNP on Thursday extended its support to Chattagram Unnayan Andolan platform’s mayoral candidate M Manjur Alam Manju in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation…
Legal actions will be taken against the candidates facing criminal cases if they contest the Dhaka city corporation elections without securing bail, said a senior police official on Thursday. “The law enforcers will take legal actions against the candidates who…
BNP will take part in the ensuing city corporation polls if a level playing filed is created for all, said party standing committee member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman. Talking to reporters after placing wreath at the mazar of party…
A grateful nation celebrated the 45th Independence and National Day on Thursday paying deep homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War. The day was heralded with a 31-gun salute in Tejgaon Old Airport area at dawn. The national flag…
With just one month left for the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, several organisations negotiating compensation for its victims are reminding brands to stick to their commitments of donating to the victims of the garment industry’s deadliest disaster.…
A man, who suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in Chandpur district eight days ago, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early hours on Thursday.
A woman was killed and seven others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensing highway at Salna on Thursday morning.
Robbers looted 18 ‘bhori’ gold ornaments and Tk 86 thousand from a house in Tala upazila early Thursday.
Ten days into her abduction, a class VIII girl was rescued from Shukria Market area of Jindabazar in the town on Tuesday.
Shooter Samedur Rahman alias Mithu Biswas, the younger brother of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, was released early Thursday, hours after he was picked up by people masquerading as detectives.
The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to “pursue a thorough investigation.” Rafida Bonya…
Police recovered a petrol bomb, two crude bomb and some bottles filled with petrol from the house of a ‘BNP activist’ at Derua village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
A fire broke out at a shopping centre in the city’s Science Laboratory area on Thursday morning.
Some 65 business establishments were gutted by a fire that broke at Joy Mondap bus stand on Singair-Hemayetpur road in Singair upazila early Thursday.