Police have arrested 12 persons in the capital, hours before the Dhaka University’s ‘Ka’ unit admission tests began.Detectives claim these men had taken money from candidates against the promise of giving them the entrance test questions.Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman says the foreign exchange reserves crossing the $27 billion mark is a ‘pleasant problem’.“Many countries face deficit. But we are in a nice problem…a problem of surplus. It’s very pleasing news,” he said. The foreign…
The Speedy Trail Tribunal-1 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) sentenced four BNP leaders and activists to death in a case lodged for killing two Awami League activists in 2003.
Cricket Australia’s decision to cancel a two-Test series in Bangladesh in October citing security concerns has been a victory for extremists, Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said in an article published in The Age.Joy, who advises his mother Prime Minister…
Energy experts and economists here on Thursday called for prioritising environmental issues while taking energy projects by the nations in the South Asia and South East Asia region.
Visiting World Bank Senior Vice President (Operations) Kyle Peters on Thursday pledged enhanced support for Bangladesh’s efforts to reform its economy saying these efforts will spread prosperity faster to the country’s people.
A man who suffered burn injures in bomb blasts in front of Old Dhaka’s Huseni Dalan on October 26 died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning.
Expressing that the metro rail project is in progress, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the government is hoping to start the physical work on the mega project in February 2016.
Dhaka-Police arrested an employee of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’ from the city’s Motijheel area on Thursday over the killing of hotel worker Riyad.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Thursday framed charges against now closed the daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and eight others in an arson case.
Senior Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed November 5 to record the depositions more witnesses in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to ten years’ imprisonment in a case filed in connection with serial bomb blasts in Gopalganj on August 17, 2005.
The Coast Guard personnel seized 10 lakh meters of banned current net in a drive from river Meghna under Hizla upazila of Barisal district on Wednesday.Acting on a tip off, the members of the Coast Guard conducted the drive at…
A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2009.The lifers are Rahim Uddin, 45, son of Asmat Ali, Sabuj Miah, 40, son of Gias Uddin, Kazimuddin, 35, son of Amjad Ali…
Police rescued three boys three hours into their abduction at Jawabazar in Chhatak upazila on Wednesday night.Family sources said some unidentified miscreants picked up three boys Emon, 13, son of Ubayer Miah of Wagekhali, Akash, 12, son of Kadnas Miah…
An elderly man was killed and 29 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over previous enmity at Raibangali village in Dirai upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Chamak Ali, 85, a resident of the…
Three Bangladeshi young women returned home from India on Wednesday, after languishing in a jail there for two and a half years. Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Benapole checkpost at…
Two housewives allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Singra and Baraigram upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.In Singra upazila, Jannati Begum, wife of Rubel Hossain of Agpara village, committed suicide by hanging herself form the ceiling of…
A young man was killed allegedly by his cousin over a trifling matter at Raita village in Kalaroa upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Enamul Haque,22, son of Yunus Ali, a resident of the village.
Police arrested two young men in possession of one foreign-made pistol and one round of bullet from Guripara area in the city on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Qamrul Islam Moon, 27, son of Anwar Hossain, a resident of Zinnanagar…
A 12-hour hartal enforced by ‘Samya Mancha’ and different professional bodies demanding the arrest and punishment of the killers of schoolboy Ashiqur Rahman Samya, is underway peacefully in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday.The deceased Ashiqur Rahman Samya was son of Ataur…
Muggers took away Tk3 lakh from a stone trader after beating him at Alipur in Osmaninagar upazila on Tuesday night.The victim was identified as Shutatar Miah, 30, son of late Mobarak Hossain of the village.
A cargo vessel carrying 510 tonnes of coal capsized in the Pasur river in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans on Tuesday night. Sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam, officer-in charge of Chandpai Navy police camp, said a Khulna-bound coal laden cargo ship…
A madrasah teacher was crushed under the wheels of a speeding bus at Dharmagram area on Pabna-Dhaka highway in Sadar upazila on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 55, head teacher of Puspapara Kamil Madrasha in the upazila…
Police in a drive seized a huge quantity of country made wine from Kalibari Wrishipara area in Muktagacha upazila of the district on Tuesday.Based on secret information, a police team, led by Abu Mohammad Fazlul Karim, officer-in-charge of Muktagacha Police Station…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive recovered 183 bottles of phensidyl from South Jhiltuli area of the town on Tuesday.According to RAB sources, acting on secret information, members of RAB-8 led by Assistant Police Md. Hafizul Islam…
BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury announces to go on retirement from politics resigning from all posts of the party on health ground. “I am a war-wounded freedom fighter. At present, I am very sick. Now, I am not in a…
Sudhirendar Sharma What you read, see, and eat (and even think) is under gaze of self-styled moral custodians of social and cultural behaviour. If freedom of expression is what democratic societies aspire for, then the use of ink to smear…
The first round of tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have sold out, with producers releasing a second batch, available to fans who registered for priority booking.The first four months of tickets, for performances from 7 June-18 September…
US Republicans have traded blows in a heated presidential debate in Colorado that featured several angry exchanges.Frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with no political experience, were under attack from the start.Ohio Governor John Kasich condemned their “fantasy tax plans”…