Civil body questions EC role over UP polls

A civil society platform has questioned the role of the Election Commission over its role in the union parishad elections in view of the poll-time irregularities and violence.
27 April 2016, 08:20 AM

Kalabagan killings: Nothing to panic, says DMP chief

Terming the twin murder of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy as “isolated incident”, DMP commissioner advises people not to panic.
27 April 2016, 07:00 AM

Exportable electric fans siezed

Customs Intelligence officials siezed two covered vans loaded with electrical fans, which were made from the raw materials imported
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Blame game starts again

The government should accept responsibility and be held accountable for the murders starting from Italian national Cesare Tavella's on
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Fire guts valuables of bank in Ctg

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 3 lakh, of a private bank on Jubilee Road in Chittagong city yesterday morning.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

20 women honoured as Joyeetas in Sylhet

Twenty grass-roots level women were selected as Joyeeta, a Bangla word for victorious woman, for their feats under five categories in Sylhet division yesterday.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Port city Shibir GS arrested

Police arrested a Shibir leader in Chawk Bazar area of Chittagong city on Monday night.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Waste bins to make a cleaner South Dhaka

After emptying the water bottle, Aminul Islam looked around for a suitable place to discard it. Eventually he found one -- the street -- and dropped the bottle there. He did not have a choice.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

1 lakh Yaba siezed in Ctg

Bangladesh Coast Guard (east zone) recovered 1 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets, worth around Tk 5 crore, from Gohira Chipatolirghat area of
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Two found dead in capital

Police recovered body of an ethnic minority student and a former flight attendant, in two separate incidents, in the capital yesterday.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Pro-AL panel sweeps Cuta election

Awami League-backed yellow panel won all the eleven executive posts in the election of Chittagong University Teachers' Association
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Country experienced 516 tremors since 2001: Maya

Earthquakes jolted the country 516 times in 14 years since 2001, the maximum, 42, in 2002, Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya replied to lawmakers' queries in parliament yesterday.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Either proctor's resignation or strike

Alleging that Proctor Prof Tapan Kumar Saha directed the police action on Monday's blockade, Jahangirnagar Sangskritik Jote yesterday
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Photojournalist Pavel Rahman's birthday celebrated thru exhibit

A photo exhibition was held at Dhaka University (DU) marking the 60th birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist Pavel Rahman.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Sher-e-Bangla's anniversary of death today

The 54th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque will be observed today with due respect.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Mahfuzul Haque Khan, former news editor of now-defunct daily Bangladesh Observer, died from old age complications in the capital's Square Hospital yesterday, aged 70.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Jessore man held for 'stealing Tk 3.8cr'

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested a fertiliser trader for allegedly misappropriating over Tk 3.8 crore of Agrani Bank with the help of the then Jessore's Noapara branch manager in 2009.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Obituary

AKM Rezaur Rahman, former additional secretary, died on Sunday while under follow-up treatment in Bangkok Hospital, subsequent to open heart surgery in Dhaka on April 4. He was 75.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Juta, Cuta protest RU teacher killing

Teachers of Jahangirnagar and Chittagong universities yesterday formed human chains demanding an immediate arrest of the killers of
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Road crashes kill 3, injure 8

Three people were killed and eight others, including two HSC examinees, injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM