Man commits suicide in Ctg police custody

Man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Chittagong police custody.
30 May 2015, 08:45 AM

Shortage of labourers affects boro harvest in Rangpur

Boro farmers in Rangpur agriculture zone are facing problem in harvesting the crop this season for want of sufficient farm labourers.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Abducted madrasa girl traceless for 2 months

A 15-year-old madrasa girl, who was allegedly abducted in Sadar upazila of the district over two months ago, still remains traceless.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi, Hasina to open border haat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate a border 'haat' (market) at Kamalasagar in Tripura's Sipahijala district beside the border of Brahmanbaria.
28 May 2015, 13:57 PM

Arrest those who incited Bithi to commit suicide

Students of Zila Sadar Girls' High School formed a human chain in the district town yesterday, demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the people responsible for the death of a fellow.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Trader stabbed

Criminals took away Tk 10,000 from a milk trader after injuring him in Mirzapur Primary School road area at Mirzapur village in Sadar
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Moglu gets elderly allowance, finally

At last centenarian Moglu Pramanik got his rightful elderly allowance from the government's social service department as well as financial help from Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF).
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM

6 including 5 prisoners killed in Gazipur road crash

Six people including five prisoners die as two human hauliers collide head-on in Gazipur.
25 May 2015, 10:58 AM

Villagers still in panic as killer elephant yet to be sent back

Panic still haunts the villagers as the circus elephant that trampled three people to death in Garfa, Kahalpur, and Basabari villages in
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Diplomats to determine ‘Bangladeshis’ in Malaysia mass graves

Bangladesh High Commission will be in touch with Kuala Lumpur to determine whether the mass graves, believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants in Malaysia, are of Bangladesh citizens.
24 May 2015, 13:46 PM

HC orders post mortem on Nargis' corpse

The High Court orders government to exhume and examine body of the Bangladeshi citizen who was allegedly killed after rape in India two months ago.
24 May 2015, 08:55 AM

Another war crimes suspect held in Maheshkhali

Another war crimes suspect is arrested from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, three days after a tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrant against him and 15 others.
24 May 2015, 05:01 AM

Bus-truck collision kills 10 in Sirajganj

At least 10 people are killed and 30 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at the west end of Bangabandhu Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge in Sirajganj.
23 May 2015, 10:15 AM

1 killed, 2 hurt as engine of oil tanker explodes

Three workers of a ship sustained burn injuries as engine of a small oil tanker exploded in Karnaphuli area under Paitya upazila yesterday.
21 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Derailment halts Ctg rail link for 5hrs

Chittagong's rail link with rest of the country remains snapped for over five hours after a Dhaka-bound train derailed in Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria.
21 May 2015, 05:43 AM

Jihad's death: Railway engineer gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court grants bail to the railway engineer who was charged over death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.
21 May 2015, 04:57 AM

Ensure bloggers’ security, Bangladesh rights body tells govt

Human Rights Forum (HRF), national coalition of 19 rights and development organisations, calls upon government to provide protection to bloggers and online writers who are at risk.
20 May 2015, 08:14 AM

Shab-e-Barat on June 2

The holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed in the country on June 2 as the Shaban moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday.
19 May 2015, 14:20 PM

Charges pressed against 2 Habiganj 'Razakar'

Prosecution presses four charges against two war crimes suspects of Habiganj for their alleged crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
17 May 2015, 08:12 AM

Pahela Baishakh sex attack: Rewards to find 8

Eight people are identified from the close circuit camera footage of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University, and Tk 1 lakh has been announced as reward for capture of each assaulter.
17 May 2015, 06:07 AM