Food adulteration: Nasim slams inspectors

Health Minister Mohammed Nasim heavily criticises Bangladesh’s sanitary inspectors saying they are not playing due role in curbing food adulteration and contamination while addressing the 8th One Health Bangladesh Conference in Dhaka.
29 March 2015, 12:04 PM

Eliminate terrorism, PM tells law enforcers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism
28 March 2015, 11:32 AM

Garment worker's death in road crash sparks protest in Narayanganj

Garment workers set a bus afire after it ran over one of their colleagues in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj this morning. Agitating workers also vandalised at least 10 vehicles, witnesses say.
28 March 2015, 05:41 AM

Dumped, madrassa teens commit suicide together

Love ends in death for two teenage Madrassa girls as they commit suicide together, side by side, dumped by their lovers in Lalmonirhat
27 March 2015, 07:48 AM

Manju quits as Chittagong mayor to run for it again

Incumbent BNP backed Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor M Manjur Alam Manju resigns and joins the next mayoral race for the port city
27 March 2015, 06:49 AM

Attack on Independence Day programme in Sherpur

At least five schoolboys were injured as criminals attacked an Independence Day programme at Ainapur High School in Jhenaigati upazila
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Activities at Baghabari river port badly hampered

The countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance adds to poor functioning of Baghabari river port, already affected by decreased navigability of the Jamuna River in the ongoing dry season.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

NBR member shot in city

Criminals shot an NBR official in the capital's Banani yesterday evening.
23 March 2015, 20:06 PM

2 injured in TSC blasts, bus torched at Shahbagh

At least two people injured in crude bomb blasts at TSC on Dhaka University campus, while miscreants torch a bus at Shahbagh intersection
23 March 2015, 14:14 PM

Arson attacks take 4 more lives

When day labourer Matin Biswas left his village home in Magura with his two uncles and a cousin for
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

6 of 24 schools in Jhenidah are yet to be rebuilt

Six of 24 government primary schools, torched and vandalised by the activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance in the district the night
21 March 2015, 18:59 PM

9 hurt in Magura arson

Yusuf Khan, who fought for the country's independence in his youth, lost his battle for life yesterday, a day after he suffered burns in a
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM

5 held for 'manufacturing fake currency'

Detectives detain five alleged fake currency manufacturers along with counterfeit notes worth Tk 35 lakh in Ramna area of Dhaka
21 March 2015, 04:43 AM

Two killed in clash over gambling in Habiganj

Two people were killed and at least 45 others, including three cops, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over sharing
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Petrol bomb takes trucker's life

After a brief pause for a few days, the country yesterday witnessed two grisly petrol bomb attacks in which a trucker was burnt alive
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt in dark about Bangladeshi abductees in Libya

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says he does not know anything about the two Bangladeshi nationals who have allegedly been abducted in Libya by a militant group linked to the ISIS
19 March 2015, 12:59 PM

Fair trial will prove Manna innocent, wife tells media

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna will be proved innocent if he gets a fair trial, his wife says
19 March 2015, 07:15 AM

7 petrol bombs seized

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized seven petrol bombs from Bastuhara area under Khalispur Police Station of the city on
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Two college boys commit 'suicide'

Two college students allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian man takes daughter to school roped to motorcycle

Police in India charges a man who took his eight-year-old daughter to school roped to his motorcycle
18 March 2015, 14:38 PM