Mortar shell found while digging

A dead mortar shell was found in Hili area under Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur on Thursday noon.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Man killed by his brother over 'extramarital affair'

A man was beaten to death by his younger brother yesterday at Moulvi tea garden in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila following an altercation
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Man dies as train hits him

A man was killed as a train ran him over in Deoul in Kamlaganj upazila of Moulvibazar early yesterday.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Protecting Khowai river from pollution, land grabbers demanded

Habiganj chapter of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), and the Khowai River Waterkeeper jointly formed a human chain in Habiganj
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

5 pro-AL men hurt in bomb attack

Five activists of Jubo League were injured in a bomb attack by unidentified criminals in Macherdia village of Sadar upazila in Chuadanga
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Mymensingh schoolboy found dead

Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from a jute field in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh yesterday afternoon.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Girl 'raped by ex-UP member' in Kushtia

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by a former Union Parishad member in Bheramara upazila in Kushtia on Thursday night.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Gazipur mayor arrested in violence case

Law enforcers arrested Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur last night, reports UNB.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

26 fall sick drinking tea

Twenty six people fell sick after drinking tea mistakenly made with insecticide instead of sugar at Sonahar Balapara village in Debigaj
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Five personalities honoured

bbarta24.net, a news portal, on Wednesday honoured five personalities with gold medals for their contributions to their respective fields,
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

26 fall sick drinking tea

Twenty six people fell sick after drinking tea mistakenly made with insecticide instead of sugar at Sonahar Balapara village in Debigaj
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Nat'l Bar Association demands 'complete separation' of judiciary

National Bar Association of Bangladesh (NBAB), a lawyers' organisation, has placed a five-point demand including a “complete separation”
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Sale of low quality OMS rice protested

Protesting distribution of low quality rice under the open market sale (OMS) programme, low-income people of ward 10 and 11 of
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Indo-Bangla destinies interlinked

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla yesterday said Bangladesh and India were interlinked in their destinies and
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM

BBC dismisses anti-GMO activist complaints over Panorama film’s portrayal of Bangladesh Bt brinjal

BBC dismisses complaints by anti-GMO activists that its Panorama film ‘GM Food: Cultivating Fear‘, broadcasted in June 2015, is biased and inaccurate. In a lengthy judgement just published (pdf), the BBC’s highest complaints body, found that all the complaints made about the programme were without merit.
15 April 2016, 09:58 AM

Man stabbed dead by muggers in city

A man is stabbed to death by muggers at Siddikbazar in the capital’s Bangshal area this morning.
15 April 2016, 07:25 AM

1 killed as car gas cylinder explodes in Ashulia

A person is killed and three others are injured as a gas cylinder of a car explodes at Ashulia, on the outskirts area of the capital, Dhaka.
14 April 2016, 13:13 PM

DU hall provost confined for raid against outsiders

A group of students, including Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, confined the provost of Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University
13 April 2016, 21:32 PM

Court orders judicial probe against 2 cops for abuse

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered a judicial inquiry into the allegations against two police officials of Rampura Police Station of detaining
13 April 2016, 21:30 PM

Death anniversary of five martyrs of a family tomorrow

The 45th martyrdom anniversary of Engineer Fazlur Rahman and four of his family members will be observed on Friday, said a press
13 April 2016, 21:24 PM