Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in road crash

An official of Bangladesh Army working in UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic killed in a road crash on April 9.
13 April 2015, 12:24 PM

40 get khas land

Forty ultra poor people got documents of government khas land from Kishoreganj upazila administration yesterday.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Publish ad asking Khaleda to face court May 17: Court

A Dhaka court ask state-owned Sonali Bank to publish an advertisement asking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three of her members to appear before it by May 17 in Dandy Dyeing loan default case.
12 April 2015, 08:03 AM

Adivashi new year procession faces obstruction

Law enforcers obstruct indigenous people of Khagrachhari from bringing out a procession marking ‘Biju’ festival as they failed to show the copy of the permission for holding the programme.
12 April 2015, 05:17 AM

15 hurt as Christians' human chain attacked

Fifteen people including 10 women were injured in an attack on a human chain of Christian community yesterday.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Land feud kills boy

A teenage boy was killed allegedly by his cousins over land dispute at Gramtola village in Barolekha upazila yesterday.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Palli Bidyut office gutted

A fire gutted the district Palli Bidyut Samity office at Nandina Bazar in Jamalpur Sadar upazila early yesterday.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM

PM inaugurates Mawna Flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited 450-metre Mawna flyover on Dhaka Mymensingh highway through unveiling its plaque.
11 April 2015, 13:31 PM

Firm appointed to bring back fugitive Bangabandhu killers

The government appoints a US based law firm to take necessary steps for bringing fugitive killers of Bangabandhu back to home from North American countries.
10 April 2015, 11:44 AM

Three NGO officials held for 'rape bid'

Local people rescued a female employee of a local NGO (non government organisation), after foiling a rape bid allegedly by her three
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Human chain demands arrest of bus driver, owner

District Easy-Bike Owner-Driver Kalyan Foundation yesterday formed a human chain at Mission Intersection in the town, demanding
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

One killed in nor'wester, 3 injured

An elderly man was killed and three others were injured as a nor'wester swept through different villages in Rajnagar upazila of the district
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

13 Bangladeshis returning home from Yemen

Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals, who took temporary shelter in Africa’s Djibouti after evacuation from the war-torn country Yemen, are returning tonight.
9 April 2015, 13:10 PM

Sand lifting from Teesta threatens road, railway

Some influential people are illegally lifting sand from the Teesta riverbed at Parulia village in Hatibandha upazila under the district, posing threat to the nearby highway and railway, both connecting Lalmonirhat town and Burimari land port.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

CJ assigns new HC bench to hear Khaleda pleas

A High Court bench is assigned to dispose of four petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging legality of the proceedings of three graft cases.
8 April 2015, 04:45 AM

‘Nothing to do on Qawmi madrasas’

There is very little that can be done against Qawmi madrasas since they are not financially controlled by the government, says Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
7 April 2015, 10:58 AM

Students protest exam fee hike

Students of Pabna Edward College blocked the Ishwardi-Pabna highway for half an hour yesterday, protesting fee hike of honours third
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Jubo Dal man murdered, another hacked

A local Jubo Dal leader was shot dead allegedly by his intra-party rival over previous enmity in Laxmipur Sadar upazila on Sunday night,
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Young housewife sterilised without consent!

Police is investigating a case against Jaldhaka upazila family planning officer (UFPO) and four others on charge of conducting tubectomy upo
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Woman killed after rape

An unidentified woman, aged about 32, was killed after rape in Parbatipur upazila of the district yesterday. Locals found her body in a
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM