A three-day training for the elected people’s representatives of Sadullapur upazila in the district ended on Friday. SKS Foundation, a local non-government organization, arranged the function at its training center at Radhakrishnapur area of Sadar upazila under strengthening Democratic Local…
An organised gang unleashing a reign of terror has continued repression of the fishermen in the Hindu dominated Rangpur union of Dumuria Upazila of Khulna. They have grabbed a few Jalmahal (water bodies) in the area from the fishermen’s possession…
A man died at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) on Wednesday evening allegedly because of excessive torture in police custody in Chhatak upazila of the district. The victim was identified as Waris Ali, 45, son of late Abdur Rahim,…
At least 47 Bangladeshi nationals including women and children retuned after serving two years in prison in India for dwelling illegally on Friday night.
Police arrested Sumi, wife of Sohel Rana, owner of collapsed Rana Plaza, and his three other relatives to know his whereabouts.
Pakistan will hold nationwide parliamentary elections on May 11, said a presidential spokesman on Wednesday. The vote is expected to produce the country’s first transition from one civilian government to another.
The 93rd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed as the National Children’s Day on Sunday with due respect and festivity.
A six-day director general-level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India begins in Indian capital New Delhi tomorrow (Monday).
SYLHET: Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly beat up at least three Shibir activists in Majortila area of the district on Thursday.
DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed and 50 injured in a series of blasts in a busy commercial area of Hyderabad this evening.
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) injured a Bangladeshi national by firing and abducted another along Kironganj frontier under Shibganj upazila on Wednesday evening.
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Thursday rejected the retrial pleas of Jamaat’s former Ameer Ghulam Azam, Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee detained for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the liberation war in…
DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Sunday said the government would not accept the recommendations made by Turkey President Abdullah Gul for forgiving the war criminals. The foreign minister came up with the assertion in her reaction Sunday about the…
CHITTAGONG: Robbers looted 200 tolas gold from a jewelry shop in Baryerhat Mosque Lane area under Mirsarai upazila of the district on Sunday evening.
NARAYANGANJ: Police rescued a baby after two hours of his abduction at Rauganj upazila in the district. Police rescued the baby, Pial Mia, 4, son of late Afjal Mia from Gutiabo Agarpara area in the upazila. Earlier, local terrorist Akhtar…
MYMENSINGH: Muggers killed two persons, including a woman, by throwing outside from the running train in Trishal and Gaforgaon area of the district on Sunday.
Court Correspondent Another suspect in Biswajit killing case confessed before the court admitting his involvement in causing serious injuries to the victim.
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed 33 members of banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir on a 3-day remand for police interrogation.
Major General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq has been promoted to Lieutenant General. The Ministry of Defence announced the promotion in an order on Sunday. A source in the government said Huq is going to be named the new Principal…
At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday when a bus collided head-on with a micro-bus on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Chaitannya in Narsingdi’s Shibpur Upazila.
New Delhi: The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi early on Sunday and was quickly cremated at a private ceremony.
bdnews24.com BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to address a number of street rallies in the capital on Wednesday to press the government for a non-partisan body to oversee the next national elections. She is scheduled to attend the first…
bdnews24.com Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called on the mass media to be more ‘responsible’ even as it enjoyed its professional freedom. The Prime Minister was inaugurating the programme marking four decades of state owned Bangladesh Television (BTV). At…
bdnews24.com Senior politician and journalist Nirmal Sen has been on life support at the capital’s LabAid Hospital since Monday midnight. His nephew Kangkan Sen told bdnews24.com that his condition was critical and he was under intensive care. “He was brought…
Bdnews24.com/Reuters A military transport plane crashed in southern Kazakhstan on Tuesday, killing all 27 people on board, the RIA news agency quoted a senior Kazakh emergencies ministry official as saying. “The plane has burnt up, only some of its fragments…
banglanews24.com KISHOREGANJ: Assailants chopped to death a Madrasa student in Kharampotti area of the district town on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Rakib, 24, a student of Fajil (hons) of Jamia Kashemia Madrasa in Narsingdi and son of…
banglanews24.com DHAKA: India and Bangladesh are scheduled to sign the much-awaited extradition treaty next month in Dhaka. However, Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia will not be handed over to India until his petition seeking asylum in a third country other…
bdnews24.com Journalists will stage a hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday to mount pressure on the authorities to arrest the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. A statement, signed by the general…
bdnews24.com The BNP on Friday threatened to enforce shutdowns for at least three straight days if the government bars its Dec 26 mass contact campaign aimed at whipping up public support for the call to reinstate the caretaker government. BNP…
bdnews24.com The Awami League-led 14-Party Alliance will hold mass processions in the city and across the country on Saturday in protest against what it said the violent acts carried out by the BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in the…