How Islamic State in Bangladesh began

Radicalised worker Rahman Mizanur recruited countrymen in Singapore with help of material linked to terror groups.
5 May 2016

Abu Sayyaf releases Canadian hostage beheading video

Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines has releases a video of Canadian hostage John Ridsdell being beheaded by their militants. The harrowing 52-second video shows four militants and Ridsdell in jungle surroundings.
4 May 2016

Messi boy flees Afghan threats

A five-year-old Afghan boy whose image went viral after he was photographed wearing a homemade Lionel Messi shirt has fled with his
3 May 2016

Icecream factories, house catch fire

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 8 lakh, of two ice-cream factories and a house in Pahartali area of Chittagong city yesterday.
3 May 2016

Sylhet Agri Institute graduates want admission to universities

Students of Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) in Sylhet yesterday demanded that the government allow its diploma graduates to get
3 May 2016

Ticket scalper held in Ctg

Police arrested a ticket scalper from Chittagong Railway Station in the city on Monday.
3 May 2016

Man's body found in port city

Police recovered the body of an unidentified person, aged around 50, from Anderkillah intersection in Chittagong city early yesterday.
3 May 2016

CCC installs LED lights in city streets

The authority of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) installed LED lights in 1.25 kilometre of the city streets, stretching from Kazir Dewry intersection to Tigerpass intersection.
3 May 2016

Birthday wishes pour in for Sir Abed

Wishes poured in from the global leaders in celebration of the 80th birthday of Brac Founder and Chairman Sir Fazle Hasan Abed on April 27.
3 May 2016

BNP against govt move to amend Press Council Act

BNP yesterday said the government's move to amend the Press Council Act was aimed at limiting media freedom.
3 May 2016

Nilkhet shopkeepers being evicted

Owners of Bakusha Hawkers Market in Nilkhet has started evicting its tenants from Monday, allegedly without giving proper time to shift shops, leaving over 1,200 shopkeepers in huge trouble.
3 May 2016

Ministry starts probing 'graft' by own officials

The education ministry has opened an investigation into an allegation of demanding a “remuneration of Tk 10 lakh” by its officials from the Khulna University (KU) authorities for evaluating the university's infrastructure project.
3 May 2016

Road crashes kill 7

Seven people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday.
3 May 2016

1 killed, 6 hurt as bus hits 2 private cars at Gabtoli

A man is killed and six others are injured as a bus hit two private cars at Gabtoli in Dhaka.
3 May 2016

Gold bars found in man’s rectum

Six bars of gold are recovered in a man’s rectum at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
3 May 2016

Scientists discover three 'potentially habitable' planets

An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system.
3 May 2016

Businessman’s body found at Chawkbazar house, wife held

Law enforcers recover the body of a businessman from his rented house at Chawkbazar in Dhaka.
3 May 2016

Mujibur Rahman Fakir passes away

Capt (retd) Mujibur Rahman Fakir, ruling Awami League (AL) MP from Mymensingh-3 (Gouripur) and a freedom fighter, died of cardiac
2 May 2016

Two of Shariatpur war crime suspects indicted

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday framed four charges against two Shariatpur men, who allegedly committed crimes against humanity and genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.
2 May 2016

Unemployed nurses call off demos

Unemployed nurses on Sunday withdrew their month-long demonstration following the government's assurance on “humanitarian grounds” that recruitment would follow the traditional seniority and merit basis and not be through tests.
2 May 2016