Doctors of BIRDEM have stopped working in protest of an alleged assault by relatives of a patient who died in the hospital. In a press release on Tuesday, the doctors said they will not treat patients until the ‘attackers’ were…
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Ganjagaran Manch activist ‘stabbed’
A Ganajagaran Manch activist has been stabbed in the capital’s Banglamotor. Hasibi Shahidi Shishir, who took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday afternoon, accused Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker of masterminding the attack. Right after the incident,…
College girl among 2 commit ‘suicide’ in Ctg, Sylhet
Two people, including a college girl, allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Chittagong and Sylhet on Monday.
Missing flight MH370: Robotic sub first mission cut short
A robotic submarine deployed to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has had its first mission cut short. The Bluefin-21 was sent to search the sea floor for wreckage after signals believed to be…
Truck rams into Leguna kills 4 at Chandra
A truck rammed into a four-wheeler, ‘Leguna’, killing four passengers at Chandra of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir Upazila on Tuesday. Police said five more were injured in the accident in front of Chandra Forest Office on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at 8am.
Bank official crushed under wheels of train in Rajshahi
A bank official was killed as a train hit him at Charkhutar intersection level crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the city on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, 55, a resident of Hargram Munshipara in the…
7 killed in road crashes across country
Seven people were killed and 42 others injured in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj, Manikganj, Joypurhat and Faridpur districts on Monday. In Kishoreganj, two people were killed and 25 others injured as a night coach plunged into a roadside ditch…
2 varsity students drown in bay, 4 go missing
Four students of a private university in Dhaka went missing and two others died as they drowned in the bay in Saint Martin Island here on Monday.
Bank official crushed to death by train in Rajshahi
A bank official was killed as a train hit him at Charkhutar intersection level crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the city on Monday morning.
Student dies in road accident
A private university student was run over by a bus in Dhaka’s Shukrabad on Sunday afternoon and he died later in hospital. Shahin Ferdous, 20, was a second-year student of journalism at Daffodil University, police said. His classmate Anwarul Haque…
CEC returns home Monday after 42-day vacation
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad returns home on Monday after his 42 days of vacationing in the USA. The CEC is scheduled to arrive on Monday morning by a Turkish flight, said CEC’s Personal Secretary Mazharul Islam said.
Leaders greet people
President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have greeted the people on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year. They sent out separate messages on…
Two burned to death in Jamalpur fire
A woman and her grand daughter were burned to death as a fire broke out in their house at Tilakpur village in Dewanganj upazila here early Sunday.
Woman killed in Rangpur road crash
A woman was killed and four people were injured as a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw at Paglapir in the city early Saturday.
3 die in Noakhali road mishap
Three people were killed and two ohers injured when a tractor hit an auto-rickshaw at Noakhali’s Companyganj. The accident occurred around 1am on Sunday in Rastar Matha area under Charkakra union, said Companyganj Police Station OC Sajedur Rahman. All those killed…
Trains collide at Sirajganj: 2 killed 12 hurt
Two passenger trains rammed into each other early Sunday at Ullaparha in Sirajganj, leaving at least two passengers dead and injuring at least 12 others, when the ‘Ekta Express’ and ‘Lalmoni Express’ going in opposite directions ended up on the…
City to see special road dividers soon
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will introduce special road dividers at the end of this month to deter the prevalent tendency of driving in wrong directions on the city roads. Whenever a vehicle will be driven in the wrong direction on…
DU students, Nilkhet traders clash
A group of Dhaka University (DU) students fought pitched battles with shop owners at the nearby Nilkhet market on Saturday evening. Several shops in Nilkhet, which is the biggest book market in Dhaka, have been torched. The 30-minute-long clash also…
50 bottles of Indian wine seized in Sunamganj
Police arrested one person and recovered 50 bottles of Indian wines from Chandpur Harun Market under Jamalgonj upazila of the district this morning. On secret information, police raided the shop of one Dulu, son of Joynal Miah of Kalipur village…
8 shops gutted in Rajbari market
At last eight shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Nurnahar Market in the district town early Friday.
Youth dies falling from bus roof in Jessore
A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running bus in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district early Saturday.
Noakhali school catches fire
A fire broke out at Shibpur Muslim High School in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
4 die in Rangpur crash
Four people have been killed and 17 others injured as a bus fell off a bridge after colliding with a truck in Rangpur’s Peerganj, police say. The accident took place around 5:30am on Saturday on the Rangpur-Bogra highway, said Peerganj…
2 more Dhaka fire victims die
Two more victims of Thursday’s hardware store fire in Dhaka have died, taking the death toll to three. Khalilur Rahman, 36, and Shafiul Azam, 45, passed away at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Friday afternoon, doctors say.…
Mirpur CRP fire doused
The fire that broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening was extinguished after an hour. Assistant Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (Dhaka) Rafiqul Islam…
Fire breaks out at Mirpur CRP
A fire broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening.
ACC detects illegal gas connections to 500 companies by Titas
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has provided gas connections to about 500 companies over the last four years violating rules, according to an inquiry conducted by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
8 foreigners held while fishing illegally in BD territory
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight foreign nationals and their two Bangladeshi watchmen from the Karnaphuli Bridge ghat here on Thursday night for illegally fishing in the Bangladeshi water territory.
Teenage boy found dead in city
Police recovered the body of a teenage boy from Turag Eidghah field in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, 15, son of late Baset Talukder of Ghatail in Tangail. Sabbir was residing with his family…
Bike crash kills one in Jessore
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as the vehicle they were riding rammed into a roadside tree at Goga Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Thursday morning.