Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents & Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out
13 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
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