Sister Nirmala: Mother Teresa successor passes away

Sister Nirmala, the nun who succeeded Mother Teresa as the head of a charity in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) dies aged 81.
23 June 2015

Today’s quote for Ramadan

The Prophet said, "Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting.)"
21 June 2015

Mumbai toxic liquor tragedy death toll rises 84

Some more 31 people dies in the Mumbai spurious liquor tragedy today, which raise the death toll to 84, reports NDTV.
20 June 2015

40 hurt as 2 trains collide in Lalmonirhat (video)

40 passengers injured as two trains collide head-on in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.
20 June 2015

2 kids drown

Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Arenga village in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet on Monday.
16 June 2015

HC questions ACC law provision

The High Court questions the legality of a provision of the ACC law under which its commissioners remain accountable to its chairman.
14 June 2015

3 UPDF men shot dead in Rangamati

Unknown miscreants gun down three members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) in Longodu upazila of Rangamati.
14 June 2015

India will need 100 years to end child labour: Report

With child labour decreasing at a dismal rate of only 2.2 per cent per year; it would take more than a century to end the menace, says a report.
11 June 2015

50 Satkhira BNP men indicted

A court here on Monday framed charges against 50 BNP men, including a former lawmaker, in connection with the attack on the
9 June 2015

Illegal structures on rly land demolished

The Railway Authorities demolished around 500 illegal structures on both sides of Bogra Railway Station yesterday.
8 June 2015

Modi, Hasina witness exchange of land deal documents

Officials of Bangladesh and India exchanged instruments of ratification of land boundary agreement as Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina witness the event at the latter's office in Dhaka.
6 June 2015

Modi, Mamata meet

Hours into PM Narendra Modi's arrival in Dhaka, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sees him at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon before Modi meets Bangladesh PM Hasina in crucial meeting.
6 June 2015

Procurement drive too futile to ensure fair prices of boro

The government's ongoing paddy procurement drive has hardly any impact for the local farmers as the target of 1415 tonnes is too
4 June 2015

10 robbers get life for possessing arms

A court here yesterday sentenced 10 forest robbers to life imprisonment under the Arms Act.
4 June 2015

Journalist Mizanur released on bail

Tortured journalist ABM Mizanur Rahman, Baufal upazila correspondent of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, got release from Patuakhali jail
4 June 2015

Rebels kill 20 troops in northeast India

Heavily armed rebels in India's restive northeast kills 20 troops in Guwahati, which is one of the area's worst such attacks in years.
4 June 2015

Flash flood in Sylhet

Heavy rain in the last four days and onrush of water from hills across the border have triggered a flash flood in Gowainghat and Jaintapur
3 June 2015

Delhi slaps 15-day ban on Maggi

Delhi government bans sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days after it found lead and monosodium glutamate in the eatable beyond permissible limit.
3 June 2015

Two forest robbers held with arms, ammo

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and coastguards in a joint drive early yesterday arrested two forest robbers from Karamjal area of the Sundarbans.
1 June 2015

Enact law to bring black money into economy: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) calls upon the government to formulate separate laws to deal with the black money and benami (bought in other’s name) properties, within and outside the country.
1 June 2015