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

SCBA forms sub-committees to identify fraudsters on it premises

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday formed three separate sub-committees to identify impersonators on its premises, and take action against them and bar their access to the association.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

40,000 marooned as floods hit different districts in Bangladesh

Rain and onrush of water from upstream caused the flooding to worsen in the hilly district of Bandarban, and Feni and Cox's Bazar yesterday. This is the second time floods have affected these places this year. Around 40,000 people in Bandarban were marooned and road communications between the district and other parts of the country remained snapped for the second consecutive day yesterday, reports our correspondent there citing local public representatives.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Prisoner avenges assault on brother in Rajshahi jail

To avenge an assault on his brother, a prisoner attacked an inmate inside Rajshahi Central Jail Saturday evening days after the former was sent to the prison.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Fakhrul leaves for Singapore for better treatment

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is leaving for Singapore for better treatment.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

200kg of piranha, 500kg of shrimps seized at Dhaka market

A mobile court yesterday seized 200kg of banned piranha and 500kg of prawns and lobsters injected with harmful substance at the capital's Karwan Bazar.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

AC malfunction, fire at Bangladesh Bank

A small scale fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel this afternoon, however, no major losses or casualties were incurred.
26 July 2015, 10:26 AM

Man held with Saudi Riyals at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detained a passenger with 1.5 lakh Saudi Riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday.
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Kidnapped man rescued, 7 held in capital

Detectives rescued a man and arrested seven kidnappers including two agents of a mobile banking service from a hotel on the capital's
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM