Dhaka-On the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Gulshan, Rajdhani Unnayan Kortipokkho (Rajuk) is planning to go hard against the illegal commercial establishments across the capital operating inside the residential area without proper permission.
Dhaka-A rising Brahmaputra flowing over its danger level the along with smaller rivers have threatened more areas in Kurigram whose flood condition may deteriorate further in next 48 hours, the flood forecasting and warning centre(FFWC) said yesterday.
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed on Monday announced a Tk 10 lakh bounty for any member of militant outfit if he or she shuns militancy and provides information over their activities.
Dhaka-The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday framed charges against 41 accused, including Rana Plaza building owner Sohel Rana, in the murder case in connection with collapse of the building in 2013.
STAFF REPORTER Priests of six temples and Hindu community leaders in Pirojpur, Rangpur and Patuakhali districts have received death threats by unknown elements during the previous 24 hours, according to correspondents and police sources in the district concerned.
Dhaka-The government will not spare illegal occupants those who have erected structures on the bank of rivers across the country including city rivers, shipping minister Shajahan Khan has said yesterday.
Legendary singer-composer Lucky Akhand, who has been suffering from lung cancer for long, has sought assistance from the government to continue his treatment.
BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Sunday dropped a broad hint at keeping aside Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in the interest in forging a national unity to tackle terrorism and militancy.
BNP on Sunday cautioned that the entire nation may pay a heavy price for the government’s denial to forge a national unity to tackle the growing militancy and terrorism.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday bemoaned that the Gulshan terror attack has dented the country’s well-regarded position at the global stage earned through facing militancy, terrorism and gearing up development activities.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Bogra Zone arranged scholarship awarding ceremony for the underprivileged meritorious students on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Bogra Convention Center, Bogra. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank distributed scholarship and academic instruments…
Dhaka-A court of Dhaka on Sunday took cognizance of the charge sheet in Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case and issued warrant of arrest for arrest of two fugitives.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed four persons, including acting Pro-Vice Chancellor of North South University, Gias Uddin Ahsan, arrested for not keeping tenant information and renting house to Gulshan attackers, on eight-day remand each.
National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Natural Resources and Power-Port on Saturday announced fresh action programmes, including demonstration towards Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on July 28, in protest against the signing of a contract for implementing the Rampal Power Plant project near…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Saturday got renewed support from a number of Asian and European leaders to fight terrorism and violent extremism as she held bilateral meetings with them.
Some 140 police inspectors have been promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
Pakistani fashion model Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself with a Muslim cleric on social media, was strangled to death by her brother, police said Saturday.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Saturday issued arrest warrants against 13 suspects of Bagerhat district for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A senior Turkish official says a total of 1,563 military personnel have been detained across Turkey as the government cracks down on the attempted coup.
The man responsible for turning a night of celebration into one of carnage in the seaside city of Nice was a petty criminal who hadn’t been on the radar of French intelligence services before the attack.
Human Rights Watch, a New York-based rights body, has urged the Bangladeshi authorities to guarantee all the due process rights of two detainees–Hasanat Karim and Tahmid Khan–who had been held hostage by armed gunmen during siege on the Holey Artisan…
The migration cost for Bangladeshi workers is the highest in the world that eats up a bulk part of the remittance sent by its expatriates, said Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Prof Mustafizur Rahman here on…
Saudi officials are hoping that the release of a top secret chapter of an early congressional inquiry into 9/11 will end accusations of Saudi complicity in the attacks — allegations that have never been substantiated. Those who pushed for its…
The Cuban Coast Guards has said that they’d captured a ghost ship heading for the island, which is acknowledged to be the SS Cotopaxi.
Dhaka-BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said the BNP would do whatever is possible for them to resist terrorism and extremism in the country.
Dhaka-Pro-BNP intellectuals this time have suggested Jamaat-e-Islami either to seek apology for its role during the war of liberation or stay away from the BNP-led 20-party alliance willingly.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government would take help from Russia, if necessary, in combating terrorism and militancy.
Four people including a woman and her daughter, were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a pick-up van on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Tara in Ghior upazila on Friday.
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday condemned the terror attacks in France and called for resisting and eliminating totally the ongoing terrorism across the world.
Dhaka-The government set the country’s export target at $37 billion for the FY 2016-17, which is 8.06 per cent higher compared to export earning of the immediate past fiscal, said commerce minister Tofail Ahmed. “We achieved the target and earned…