Hira, Biplob denied bail in Kunio killing case

A Rangpur court on Monday denied the bail petition of two suspects in Japanese national Kunio Hoshi killing case.
3 November 2015

Two Jamaat men held

Police in separate drives arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The arrestees are ASM Abdul
3 November 2015

CPJ condemns attacks on liberal minds

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Saturday’s separate attacks that killed publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and injured another publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.
3 November 2015

Odisha man breaks own Guinness record by smashing 92 green coconuts

Martial arts expert Keshab Swain breaks his own Guinness world record of smashing 85 green coconuts with his elbow in one minute in Bhubaneswar, Indian state of Odisha, which he set in 2012, reports The New Indian Express.
2 November 2015

Mojaheed, SQ Chy’s review plea hearing deferred till Nov 17

The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.
2 November 2015

Bomb kills at least three on Pakistan train

At least three people were killed and 12 wounded when a passenger train hit a bomb planted on a railway track in southwest Pakistan
1 November 2015

Delhi starts 'pollution toll' for trucks

Delhi yesterday introduced a toll for all trucks and commercial vehicles in an attempt to improve air quality in the world's most polluted
1 November 2015

Maldives rejects FBI report

The Maldives government insisted yesterday its president had survived an assassination attempt on his boat even though the FBI found no
1 November 2015

Sahitya Akademi urged to reinvent itself

Indian writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards yesterday wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging
1 November 2015

Stay alert to election fraud

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told tens of thousands of supporters yesterday to be vigilant against election fraud during a
1 November 2015

Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 31st death anniversary. “Tributes to
31 October 2015

India beef film removed from festival

A documentary on beef eating habits in India has been withdrawn from a Delhi film festival for "technical" reasons, its organisers have said.
30 October 2015

Rally to mark sanitation month

A colourful procession was held at Kawkhali upazila headquarters yesterday to mark the National Sanitation Month 2015. Kawkhali upazila
29 October 2015

Forex reserve hits $27bn mark

The foreign currency reserve of Bangladesh hits a new record crossing a $ 27-billion mark.
29 October 2015

Indian hanged girls: Court rejects probe ruling out rape

An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last year took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered.
29 October 2015

India says top militant killed in disputed Kashmir region

Indian security forces in Kashmir killed on Thursday a top commander of Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), who allegedly was involved in several attacks in the disputed region in recent years.
29 October 2015

Relief agencies battle to reach Afghan-Pakistan quake victims

Relief agencies are battling to reach cold and hungry survivors of a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, with entire communities still cut off in the mountainous region.
28 October 2015

Indian gangster arrested in Bali

Underworld don Chota Rajan, one of India's most wanted criminals who has been on the run for nearly two decades, has been arrested in Bali by Indonesian police which acted on a Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol. The arrest was made on Sunday.
27 October 2015

Cross-border Afghan fire kills 7 Pak soldiers

Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan killed seven Pakistani soldiers yesterday at a checkpoint in a troubled tribal area, the army said. It said the
27 October 2015

Cross-border Afghan fire kills 7 Pak soldiers

Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan killed seven Pakistani soldiers yesterday at a checkpoint in a troubled tribal area, the army said.
27 October 2015