HSC examinee murdered

An HSC examinee was killed in an attack allegedly by rivals over land dispute in Madarganj upazila of the district on Monday.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Completed rubber dam unutilised for months

A 30-metre-long rubber dam constructed over the Ratnai River at Shalmara village of Bhelabari union in Aditmari upazila under the district has remained inoperative, depriving local farmers of irrigation facilities during the ongoing Irri-boro season.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Ruling party man shot dead

Criminals shot a local Bastuhara League leader dead on Khaldhar Road in Jessore district town yesterday afternoon.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh greets Iran nuclear talks

Bangladesh welcomes the understanding reached between Iran and five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany on key parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran's nuclear programme.
7 April 2015, 12:03 PM

16 more Bangladeshis to be evacuated from Yemen

India evacuates 16 more Bangladesh nationals from Sana'a, the capital of war-torn Yemen, to African nation Djibouti.
7 April 2015, 10:04 AM

Kamaruzzaman’s verdict drafted

The Supreme Court has completed drafting the verdict that upheld the death penalty of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for his crimes committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
7 April 2015, 05:43 AM

Hartal progressing peacefully

The first day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal (shutdown) sponsored by the Jamaat-e-Islami is progressing peacefully across the country.
7 April 2015, 04:45 AM

Cops redeployed at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

A day after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence, the government Monday evening redeploys police personnel in front of it to ensure her security.
6 April 2015, 17:39 PM

Charges against Kamaruzzaman

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 finds Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman guilty on five, out of seven war crimes charges.
6 April 2015, 07:06 AM

SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death penalty

Supreme Court upholds its verdict on Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for 1971 war crimes.
6 April 2015, 03:34 AM

End repression on farm employees

A human chain was formed in Thakurgaon Old Bus Stand area of the district town yesterday, protesting alleged repression on local
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

3 Bangladeshis taken to Djibouti from Yemen

Three Bangladeshi expatriates who were stranded in war-torn Yemen reach Djibouti from Aden yesterday by an Indian ship, a foreign ministry official says.
5 April 2015, 13:29 PM

Accused escapes from police custody

An accused in a drug case fled after breaking the lock-up of Louhajang Police Station in the district early yesterday.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Cricket Board doesn’t share views of outgoing ICC president Mustafa Kamal

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon on Thursday said that the 'Kamal episode with the ICC' has nothing
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to send workers to Singapore under govt management, says minister

Bangladeshi jobseekers will be sent to Singapore under government management, said Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister, today.
2 April 2015, 11:20 AM

Rajshahi plane crash: Injured instructor flown to Singapore

Chief instructor of Bangladesh Flying Academy, who was wounded in a plane crash in Rajshahi yesterday, was flown to Singapore from Combined Military Hospital of Dhaka for better treatment.
2 April 2015, 07:32 AM

BGB man among 2 trampled by elephants

Wild elephants said to have trampled a Border Guard Bangladesh trooper and a woodcutter in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong in separate incidents.
2 April 2015, 06:41 AM

Boro cultivation hampered as canal blocked for pisciculture

Blocking of a canal for fish farming hampers irrigation for boro cultivation and pollutes environment in Uttar Satla area of Wazirpur
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Mustafa Kamal of Bangladesh resigns as ICC president after World Cup snub

Ever since the wide-scale changes in the International Cricket Council's constitution were made last year, the president's post was
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Four gamblers jailed

A mobile court yesterday sentenced four gamblers to seven days' imprisonment in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh district. The convicts are
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM