Austria, Germany open borders to refugees

Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants yesterday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM

US-Bangla aircraft skids off runway at Syedpur Airport

Operations at Syedpur Airport in Nilphamari were halted for two hours yesterday after a wheel of an aircraft of US-Bangla airlines
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Save Pahartali European Club

Socio cultural and right activists yesterday demanded that the government preserve the historic Pahartali European Club as “Pritilata
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Three policemen closed

Three members of Bagharpara Police Station were closed to the District Police Lines on Thursday night after a constable arrested in
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Sarigaan: Male Domain, Female Paradigm

With references to dehototto (esoteric knowledge of the human body), symbols and metaphors of the human body are commonly used in Bangla folk songs.
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Hundreds of houses devoured by Meghna

Nearly 300 acres of croplands and 800 houses and shops were devoured by the river Meghna in Rajapur and Elisha unions in Sadar
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Saifur Rahman worked for country's dev

Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman had worked for the economic development and wellbeing of the country and its people
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Students now join hands with teachers

The ongoing movement of the teachers demanding removal of the vice chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet took a new turn as a group of students yesterday expressed solidarity with them.
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Three suspects denied bail

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail of three alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team and sent them to jail
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh’s home minister says MP Bodi not liked to drug smuggling

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday claimed that they had not found any involvement of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi in drug smuggling.
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Uniform family law must to end discrimination

Speakers at a discussion yesterday suggested enacting a uniform family law in the country instead of religion and custom-based laws, which often discriminate against women.
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Uphold press freedom, save bloggers

Newly appointed German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz yesterday said Bangladesh needs to uphold freedom of the press and protect bloggers as blogging has become a new form of journalism.
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Rain-induced floods engulf a dozen districts in Bangladesh

Heavy rain has deteriorated the flood situation inundating fresh areas in over a dozen districts of the North and the Northeast.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Int'l Business,Social Science Research Confce Jan 20

Aiming to create a network among the scholars in various fields of research, a three-day “Dhaka International Business and Social Science
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

No arrest made yet over Ctg Jubo League man murder

Police could not arrest anyone till yesterday in connection with Jubo League activist Badal murder in Chittagong on Tuesday.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka drainage struggles to deal with unusual rain levels

Even the areas of Dhaka with a well equipped sewerage system that usually do not get waterlogged due to rain were inundated yesterday as rainfall exceeded normal levels.
2 September 2015, 10:42 AM

Dhaka Deluged

Just one hour of heavy rains led to the collapse of the capital's traffic system as most of the roads, lanes and bi-lanes were inundated with hundreds of vehicles stranded for hours yesterday, causing immense sufferings to tens of thousands of commuters. Waterlogging compelled many to walk miles after getting off buses stuck in nearly unending tailbacks in all major roads, including the Kazi Nazrul Islam avenue, Mirpur road, Manik Mia avenue, Pragati Sarani.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Appeal for help

Anowar Hossain Mazumder, 37, a former employee of UNDP, is suffering from severe renal failure and in need of immediate kidney
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Publishers of Zafar Iqbal to hold sit-in over Sust assault today

Publishers of noted writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal will hold a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar today, protesting the assault on his
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Nepalese envoy visits Scholastica

Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha on Monday visited the Scholastica senior campus in the capital's Mirpur.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM