Oman extends amnesty time for illegal workers

Oman yesterday extended till the end of October an amnesty for illegal foreign workers to leave the country with being fined.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Rule of law must to achieve target

The rule of law is a must to achieve the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) world leaders are expected to finalise and set in September for the next 15 years, speakers said at an advocacy discussion yesterday.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Road repairs, garbage management key focus

Prioritising road development and repairs, garbage management and mosquito control, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday announced a Tk 2,085.36 crore budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Salahuddin's Case Chronology

Freedom fighters attacked him during the Liberation War in 1971, leaving him seriously injured, but he survived.
29 July 2015, 18:38 PM

Ordered by father, executed by son

It was a summer morning in April 1971.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM

No probe report even after 2yrs

Even after two years into Jubo League leader Milky's murder, the investigators could not find out yet the masterminds behind the killing in Dhaka, leaving the family in utter despair and insecurity.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian high commission opens condolence book on APJA Kalam

The High Commission of India (HCI) will open a condolence book for today and tomorrow in memory of former Indian president Dr APJ
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

One staff suspended, 13 transferred

One staff at government orphanage, Barisal Shishu Paribar, has been suspended and 13 others have been transferred after the committee
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Inadequate relief in Ctg district

Local public representatives of flood-affected areas in Chittagong have been struggling to provide aid to the victims as they have
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Physicians worried over its low weight

The authorities of Dhaka Medical College Hospital have formed an eight-member medical board to properly treat the newborn who
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Rain, floods damage roads in Bangladesh

The receding flood water in Bandarban has badly damaged many roads, cutting off road communications between the town and several tourist destinations in the hill district in the last three days.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Another PW links them to Netrakona killing

Another prosecution witness yesterday linked alleged Razakars Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani in the killing of one Dabir
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Rainfall leaves 162km Ctg city road battered

Over 162km of road in Chittagong city have been damaged by the incessant rain and consequent waterlogging.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Don't discuss minimum marriageable age much

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday urged people not to discuss much the minimum marriageable age of females as stated in the draft Child Marriage Restraint Act because it may deepen the confusion over the issue.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

9.4m migrants send back $15b

A total of 9.4 million Bangladeshi migrants are toiling in various parts of the globe and sending their hard-earned money back home.
28 July 2015, 09:26 AM

Flood tightens grip on several districts of Bangladesh

Five more people, including three women and a kid, were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Cox's Bazar town early yesterday, barely a month after five died in landslides in the district.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Laid off staff of mushroom centre besiege office for reinstatement

Around hundred employees of the National Mushroom Development and Extension Centre in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday laid siege to the office building demanding their jobs back.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

'Your dreams will be Bangladesh's dream'

Famed former Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who had travelled frequently within his country and outside to inspire the youth, also mesmerised students in Dhaka with his captivating speech.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

DNA profiling ends two families' squabble

A woman whose body was found in an Uttara gutter by police on June 25 was identified by National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory of
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

No agent for Indian visa: Embassy

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has advised all to inform the Bangladesh law enforcement authorities for taking legal actions
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM