VDP member killed

A Village Defence Party (VDP) member was killed when a patrol team of joint forces locked in a clash with a terrorist group and exchanged fire in Seprupara area in the deep forest of Roma in Bandarban yesterday.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Bus workers go on instant strike in Dhaka

Hundreds of people in Dhaka suffered immensely as transport workers suspended bus operations for hours protesting the sentencing of a bus helper to one-month imprisonment and the alleged beating up of a bus driver.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Tavella murder blueprint unearthed: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said they have unearthed the conspiracy and blueprint behind the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella.
18 October 2015, 07:01 AM

6 idols desecrated in Satkhira Hindu temple

Miscreants desecrate six idols at a temple in Satkhira Sadar upazila early today, hours before start of the Durga Puja, the biggest Hindu religious festival.
18 October 2015, 05:16 AM

'JMB organiser' arrested

Chittagong detectives have detained a suspected organiser of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over the
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Terror threat in Bangladesh 'real, credible'

Amid concerns following the killing of an Italian aid worker and a Japanese citizen, the US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday updated its
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Durga Puja: BGB to guard 5 Ctg districts

The authorities have decided to deploy paramilitary BGB in Chittagong, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar from today to ensure security during Durga Puja – the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country.
17 October 2015, 12:20 PM

Train service thru Kushtia resumes after 5hrs

Rail communication of Goalando in Rajbari with Rajshahi and Khulna is restored five hours after a train derailed in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia.
17 October 2015, 08:37 AM

'Couple' found dead in Rajshahi

Police recover the bodies of young man and a woman from a rented house in Rajshahi city.
17 October 2015, 07:58 AM

[WATCH NOW] Bangladesh's codeine cough syrup crisis

Bangladesh is a major market for addictive codeine-based cough syrup smuggled from India where authorities are trying to crack down.
15 October 2015, 11:00 AM

Tavella murder: DMP rules out militant link

Dhaka Metropolitan Police find no militant link to the murder of Italian national Cesare Tavella blaming local and foreign conspiracy.
15 October 2015, 07:00 AM

62 gatemen for 1006 level crossings in Pakshey divn

Believe it or not, over 90 percent of the level crossings in Pakshey division under the West Zone of Bangladesh Railway (BR) are without any officially arranged gatemen.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Woman found murdered

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a woman from Jagannathpur upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Girl knifed to death at school gate in Gazipur

A schoolgirl was stabbed to death allegedly by a stalker in front of her school at Boardghar in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur yesterday.
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Killers of foreign nationals in Bangladesh must be punished

Accusing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia again of conspiring to tarnish the country's image through killing of foreign nationals, the prime
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM

'Missing' MP now seeks HC bail

Amid police failure to find him in nine days, ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton yesterday filed a petition with the
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Bribe-taking govt official withdrawn

Controller of the Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports (CCI&E) Md Shahidul Haque, who was filmed taking bribes from service seekers, was withdrawn from his office yesterday and attached to the commerce ministry.
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Murder accused flees from DMCH

A murder case accused flees while under treatment in police custody at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
10 October 2015, 05:49 AM

Bangladesh official caught in camera while receiving bribe

Administrative and legal action may be taken against a senior government official, who was filmed taking bribes from service seekers on a number of occasions at his Motijheel office in the capital.
9 October 2015, 18:00 PM

MP, his men sued for vandalism, looting house in Bangladesh

A case has been filed against ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton, who allegedly shot a 10-year-old boy recently, and nine “of his men” on charges of vandalising a house and looting its corrugated tin sheet roofs and furniture in a Gaibandha village.
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM