Culprit threatening Anisuzzaman identified: IGP

Police have identified the individual who threatened Professor Anisuzzaman with life, chief of the force AKM Shahidul Haque says.
16 November 2015, 07:32 AM

Bangladesh on high alert to tackle terror attack: Minister

In the wake of deadly gun and bomb attacks in Paris, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Bangladesh is now on high alert to tackle any possible terror attack.
15 November 2015, 09:55 AM

Industrialist Tajul killed in road crash

Industrialist Kazi Tajul Islam Farooq, 60, is killed when a truck hit him on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Habiganj Sadar upazila.
3 November 2015, 07:30 AM

UZ offices under threat as embankment breaks

Erosion by the Padma River has taken a serious turn in Harirampur upazila under the district.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM

3 held with Yaba, pistol

Police arrested three people with 1,000 Yaba tablets, 27 bottles of phensidyl and one pistol at Dhulirpar village in Daudkandi upazila of
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Pabna ‘JMB chief’ held

Pabna regional chief of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is arrested from Tebunia of the district, law enforcers claim.
28 October 2015, 12:39 PM

Jubo League activist hacked to death in Noakhali

A local Jubo League activist is hacked to death by miscreants at Showani Togba village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali today morning.
25 October 2015, 15:42 PM

Law enforcers or law breakers?

When law keepers are the ones breaking the law, the general people might be encouraged to do the same.
20 October 2015, 11:35 AM

BCL infighting over committee formation leaves 10 hurt

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League over formation of Kashinathpur union unit committee of BCL in Santhia upazila of the district yesterday.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Plot was there to create a situation in Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there was a plot to tarnish Bangladesh’s image through creating a situation in the country with the "foreigner" killings.
14 October 2015, 11:34 AM

Teesta, Dharla continue to devour homesteads, cropland

Over 2500 people of Hatibandha and Lalmonirhat Sadar upazilas, hit by Teesta and Dharla erosion, have been living under the open sky
12 October 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Hoshi murder suspects held in Rajshahi

Law enforcers pick up two suspects -- Nahid and Shahriar -- in killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio from Rajshahi city.
9 October 2015, 12:52 PM

Mojaheed hopes 'justice' in verdict review: Family

Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed hopes that he will get "justice" after he seeks review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty.
9 October 2015, 07:06 AM

Mother burns kid to death, attempts immolation

A housewife burnt her baby to death and attempted the same on herself yesterday, allegedly failing to bear with the torture inflicted by
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM

No clue yet to Pabna ASI killing

Police have not yet found any clue to the killing of ASI Sujaul Islam of Pakshey Police Camp, even three days after the incident.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Alleged killer of ex-army man held in Patuakhali

Police arrested an alleged killer of a former army man at his house at Kumbhokhali village in Baufal upazila of the district early Monday.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Youth found dead

Police recovered the body of a youth from his house at Baropukuria village in Kahaloo upazila of the district yesterday morning. The
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Japan 'outraged' by killing of its citizen in Bangladesh

Japan's top government spokesman expresses outrage over the killing of a Japanese citizen who became the second foreigner to be gunned down in Bangladesh in less than a week.
5 October 2015, 09:50 AM

Cricketer Shahadat lands in jail after surrender

Suspended national team cricketer Shahadat Hossain surrenders before a Dhaka court and seeks bail in a case filed for torturing an 11-year-old domestic help.
5 October 2015, 05:25 AM

3 babies dead in shady Dhaka hospital

Authorities have sealed a shady private hospital in Dhaka’s Lalmatia after three newborns died allegedly from negligence.
3 October 2015, 11:34 AM