Police say the murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella inside Dhaka’s diplomatic zone was aimed at putting the government under international pressure.The assailants’ plan was to ‘murder any white person’ to lead the other countries to believe that ‘Bangladesh…
Police on Monday claimed a major breakthrough over the Sep 28 murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella, saying they have detained some of those involved in the killing.The four detained are ‘Russel’ aka Vagne Rusel, ‘Rubel’ aka Shooter Rubel,…
The case filed over Saturday’s bomb explosions at Huseni Dalan, the Shia community’s headquarters in old part of Dhaka city, has been transferred to Detective Branch of police.
State-run mobile phone operator Teletalk’s SIM cards are widely used in illegal Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP) business as it is not complying with the telecom regulator’s directives to prevent illegal call termination and fake registration, according to a BTRC letter.
Six people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts on Saturday morning.
Miscreants stabbed to death an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Darus Salam Police Station in the city’s Gabtali area on Thursday night.
M Nizam Uddin, a Jatiya Press Club member and a consultant editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), died at a hospital in Canada on Wednesday. He was 69.
Dhaka-Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will start special drive in the capital from early Sunday to ensure smooth observances of Durga puja as well as the Holy Muharram.
Meanwhile, BNP acting secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for medical check-up.
Police detectives in Dhaka have arrested Gaibandha-1 MP Manjurul Islam Liton, accused of shooting a nine-year-old schoolboy in his own constituency.The Awami League lawmaker was nabbed from Uttara around 10pm on Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Muntasirul Islam told…
Bangladesh has slipped 16 places to 73rd in the Global Hunger Index 2015, despite significant longer-term achievements over the last quarter-century in fighting hunger.
Seven people were killed when a truck loaded with rice lost control and fell into a ditch at Chittagong’s Mirsharai on Monday.Zorarganj police OC Jahidul Kabir said the accident happened around 5.30am near South Sonapahar on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.Those killed…
At least 95 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labour activists outside Ankara’s main train station just weeks before elections, in the worst attack of its kind on Turkish soil.Bodies covered by…
Five people sustained burns in an explosion, possibly due to a leakage in the gas pipe, at a Dhaka home on Sunday.Fire Service Control Room Official Brojen Kumar Das said that the explosion happened around 7am at a house in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman has been declared the Central Bank Governor of the Year for Asia 2015 by The Emerging Markets Newspaper (UK based financial newspaper of the Euromoney Group), signifying the growing recognition and confidence…
Staff reporter A labour was killed and four others were injured as a boundary wall collapsed in Bangshal area of the city on Saturday afternoon.
A Bangladeshi meritorious student – Prottyue Parna Barua – has been elevated to International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme with ‘gold medal’ from David Starr Jordan High School is a public high school in Long Beach, California, USA.
The government for the first time this year designated 538 spots across Dhaka for slaughtering of animals during Eid-ul-Azha, but the initiative has failed to get much response from the people.
Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
The body of Aman Momtaz Moudud, the only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, arrived here from Singapore on Wednesday evening.
A minor boy died as a marble stuck in his throat at Hamkuriya village in Tarash upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Zakaria, 5, son of Babu Hossain of the village.Police said the marble struck in Zakaria’s throat…
Railways Minister Mujibul Haque was taken to Singapore at the wee hours of Saturday as he fell sick due to gastrological problems.
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) five gold bars weght around 600 grams and arrested two receivers of its from the car parking of Hazrat Shahjalal International airport on Tuesday. The arrested persons are—Md Firoz, 38, and Md Nazif,32. Sources…
Former Speaker Sheikh Razzak Ali died at his Farzipara residence in the city on Sunday. He was 87. Sheikh Razzak, who had long been suffering from cancer, breathed his last around 2:45pm, Razzak’s daughter Dr. Shahnaz Razzak told journalists. He…
A man was killed and 10 people were injured in a stampede at the wedding party of local MP’s daughter at Bajanabo village in Shibpur upazila on Saturday afternoon. The victim was identified as Fazlu Miah, 60, son of Jamal…
Advocate Abdul Mobin, chairman of Bangladesh Islamic Party (BIP), an ally of BNP-led 20-party alliance, died of stroke Lab Aid Specialised Hospital in the city yesterday. Abdul Mobin, 63, left behind his wife, five sons, one daughter and a host…
The Customs Intelligence has arrested two Biman employees with 40 gold bars weighing 4.6 kilograms while those were reportedly being from belt area at Shah Amanat Airport Chittagong on Sunday.
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will sate demonstrations across the country on Sunday to press for their various demands, including a fresh inclusive general election under a non-party administration and safe return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed.