27 rescued from traffickers on Benapole border

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 27 people from Sadipur border area under Benapole Police Station yesterday while
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Top men fled; risk too high

The JMB threat is still there as two of its key leaders slipped through police fingers during a raid into a JMB “bomb and ammunition
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM

JMB regroups without watch

Ahmadiyya Muslim community leaders in Rajshahi are of the opinion that those who are hostile to their ideology orchestrated Friday's
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM

It's suicide bombing

It was a suicide attacker who blew himself up inside an Ahmadiyya mosque in Rajshahi on Friday, initial police findings and the autopsy report have confirmed. While the investigators point finger at the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for the attack, US-based SITE Intelligence Group has reported that the Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for it.
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Enact law to try those who deny 1971 history’

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee urges the government to enact law to try people who challenge the historical facts of the 1971 Liberation War.
26 December 2015, 16:08 PM

Urdu speaking voters likely to play decisive role

A crowded railway town by tradition, Saidpur has long been home to a significant Urdu-speaking community. The
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Tied to tree, journo hacked to death

Unidentified assailants hacked to death a journalist of a local daily, tying him to a tree in an isolated place in Rangpur city on Wednesday night.
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

AL, BNP face rebel candidates

Both Awami League and BNP face rebel candidates in five of the seven municipalities the district for the election to
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

15-hour raid on 'JMB den'

In a 15-hour crackdown in a militant den on the capital's Mirpur, detectives yesterday seized 16 improvised grenades, other ingredients, including power gel enough to make over 200 bombs and grenades, and a suicide vest, police said. Six youths, aged between 20 and 30, were said to be arrested during the raid at two apartments on the top floor of a six-storey building in Shah Ali area. Two of them are key operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the four others are suspected militants, detectives said, but did not disclose their identities.
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

SMS threats continue

Just two days before Christmas, Bishop Bejoy D'Cruze, a top spiritual leader of Christians in the country, received a death threat via text message on Tuesday night, a continuation of acts of terrorising the community leaders since early October.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

20.5kg gold seized

Customs Intelligence officials seized 20.5kgs of gold worth around Tk 10 crore and detained six people, including two Malaysians, in two separate incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday. Of the gold, 14.5kgs were seized from the possession of two female passengers who travelled from Chittagong to Dhaka on Biman Bangladesh Airlines' Kuwait-Chittagong-Dhaka flight, customs officials said.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Youth electrocuted in Jessore

A youth died from electrocution in Bostapotti area of Jessore town early yesterday.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Immediate action if polls code violated’

Election Commissioner M Shah Newaz once again warns of actions if someone violates the electoral code of conducts.
23 December 2015, 10:47 AM

HC rules for accepting Kachua’s rebel candidate

The High Court directs Election Commission to accept nomination of Awami League’s rebel-candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol for Kachua municipality’s mayor election in Chandpur.
23 December 2015, 07:56 AM

A murder in cold blood

He went out of his Mugdapara house in the capital for work around 7:00am yesterday like any other day.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

2 held in Jamalpur health worker murder case

Police arrested two accused in health worker Aleya Begum murder case from CNG-run-auto-rickshaw stand in the district town on
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Fire at packaging factory

Machines and goods of a packaging factory were gutted in a fire in Boratnagar area under Dhamrai municipality yesterday.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Gafargaon municipal polls stayed for 3 months

The High Court stays the process for holding elections to the Gafargaon municipality in Mymensingh for three months due to anomalies in area demarcation.
22 December 2015, 12:38 PM

Umrah visas open for Bangladeshis

The government of Saudi Arabia lifts restrictions on issuing Umrah visas to Bangladeshi pilgrims.
21 December 2015, 12:07 PM

Ferry terminal, homesteads under serious threat

Ferry terminal and homesteads in Amrajhuri area under Kawkhali upazila of the district are under serious threat as erosion by the
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM