New CNG auto-rickshaw fare from today

Although the new fare of CNG-run auto-rickshaws comes into effect in Dhaka city from today, many three-wheelers have been staying off the streets, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.
1 November 2015, 07:21 AM

Ctg port expansion must for dev

The port in Chittagong should be expanded to increase its capacity and the city should be provided with
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Char lands need to be made cultivable

Agronomists at a conference in the capital yesterday stressed the need for developing the country's char areas to introduce agriculture
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

New report outlines actions

A new report outlining the framework for sustainable development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts was launched in Kathmandu.
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Outrage all around

Different social, cultural, political, and student organisations, academicians, development partners and publishing houses yesterday condemned the attack on publishers and writers in the capital that left one killed and three injured.
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Amnesty's statement sparks protest

Several organisations of rights and cultural activists and freedom fighters yesterday protested Amnesty International's recent statement
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Freethinking Mauled Once Again

In what appeared to be synchronised attacks on publishers of slain secularist writer-blogger Avijit Roy, unknown assailants hacked to death Faisal Arefin Dipan of Jagriti Prokashani and critically injured Shuddhoswar's Ahmedur Rashid Tutul yesterday. The body of 43-year-old Dipan was recovered from his second-floor office at Aziz Market in the capital.
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Convening committee for Greater Mymensingh Samity formed

A 19-member convening committee for the overall welfare and development of the Greater Mymensingh Samity was formed on October
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Two attacks might be ‘simultaneous’: Cop

The brutal attacks killing a publisher and injuring three others in the capital today may have been carried out at the same time, police suspect.
31 October 2015, 16:22 PM

Father’s fear came true

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
31 October 2015, 14:51 PM

Ye, A better Dhaka is possible!

Had traffic been more disciplined, had housing been a serious enterprise, had civic and public spaces been nurtured, and had the landscape of water and green been sustained, Dhaka would also have been a magnificent, livable place. And that city is possible.
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Tremor jolts Sylhet district

A tremor shook different parts of Sylhet district yesterday.
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM

12 fall sick after having dinner in Sylhet

Twelve members of two neigbouring families were hospitalised as they fell sick after having dinner at one of their houses in Baluchar area
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Investigators for shutting cargo vessel route through Sundarbans

Investigators said the cargo master was responsible for the sinking of the coal-carrying vessel in the Shela river inside the Sundarbans.
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM

18 Bangladeshi peacekeepers freed

South Sudan rebels on Thursday released 18 Bangladeshi peacekeepers they had taken captive, but were still holding 12 UN contractors
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Saheed Sinha Gold Medal introduced at DU

'Saheed Sinha Gold Medal' has been introduced at the Department of International Relations (IR) of Dhaka University
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Web platform to connect youths for girls' rights launched

Aiming to create awareness among the young people about child rights, child marriage and violence against women, "Hub for Change", an online platform for the girls' rights and youth activism, was launched yesterday.
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM

SITE stands by its reports on IS claims

The US-based SITE Intelligence Group has said it stands by its reports on the Islamic State's claims of responsibility for the killing of two foreigners and the bomb attacks on a Shia programme in Bangladesh.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Correct data, political will must to ensure housing for urban poor

Correct demographic data on slums and their dwellers, proper financing mechanisms and strong political will to back poor-friendly housing policies are needed to solve the housing problem of the urban poor, speakers observed at a policy seminar yesterday.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM

DU student, another held

Police yesterday arrested two persons, including a DU student, for allegedly dealing an illicit agreement of question paper leakage with an admission seeker of 'Ka' unit at the university's Jagannath Hall.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM