Buses go off Dhaka- Pabna highway protesting extortion

Dhaka-Pabna bus services through Sirajganj district remained stopped from yesterday as transport workers and owners stopped plying of the vehicles protesting rampant extortion on the highway.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Arrests shock Bangladeshi community in Singapore

The Bangladeshi community in Singapore has expressed shocked at the news that 27 Bangladeshi nationals who were working there had been arrested for supporting IS, al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 13:29 PM

Temperature drop likely: Met office

Midway through the winter, today’s untimely rain may result in temperature drop by 1 to 3 degree centigrade, the Met office has said.
20 January 2016, 12:10 PM

27 Bangladeshi workers held in Singapore for supporting IS, al-Qaeda

Twenty-seven male Bangladeshis working in Singapore are arrested for supporting the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda.
20 January 2016, 08:57 AM

Human chain foiled in Khagrachhari

Police foiled a human chain programme organised by indigenous people in Changhi square area of Khagrachhari town yesterday morning.
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Protect land of adivasis, ensure their basic rights

Indigenous people organised programmes in different districts yesterday demanding adequate steps to protect the rights of indigenous
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Biggest yaba haul: 3 held in Dhaka, Ctg

Law enforcers claim the biggest haul of contraband yaba tablets in drives through Dhaka and Chittagong and detains three persons in this connection.
18 January 2016, 04:48 AM

Transport leader assaulted

Unidentified criminals assaulted Badal Pramanik, secretary of transport workers' association of Natore, at Kanaikhali in the town yesterday afternoon. Agitated
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Abducted girl rescued

An abducted schoolgirl was rescued from Banbhasa village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

People of 4 villages suffer as bridge breaks

Over 10,000 people of four villages of Nilganj union in Kalapara upazila under the district are suffering a lot as the bridge on Ural canal has became unusable after a few wooden sleeppers of it broke under the pressure of a paddy-laden improvised van on Friday. Seven people received minor injuries due to the accident. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) constructed the bridge with iron structure and wooden slippers in 1992-93 fiscal year to ease communication from Uttar Nilganj, Faridganj, Naubhanga and Nilganj villages to Kalapara upazila headquarters.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt halts hiked fees on school students

The government today directed educational institutions to stop collecting hiked fees from students as most private schools in Dhaka have increased the fees by a huge margin.
17 January 2016, 12:00 PM

University teachers’ strike challenged

A Supreme Court lawyer has challenged the legality of the ongoing strike enforced by teachers of public universities across the country demanding the removal of “discrimination in salaries”.
17 January 2016, 09:56 AM

Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries: Autopsy

Autopsy reports say the Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries.
17 January 2016, 04:54 AM

Traders to observe strike for 3 hrs from today

A gang of extortionists attacked a shop named Talukder Cloth Store in Bazar road area in Barguna district town and looted Tk 5 lakh from there yesterday. The gang also attacked the residence of Md Shahjada Talukder, owner of the shop.
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Chasing off upazila chairman, tea workers withdraw blockade

Tea workers of Habiganj chase away a muscle showdown of Chunarughat upazila chairman and block a highway for nearly three hours protesting a special economic zone in the area.
16 January 2016, 10:15 AM

From Roma to Suchitra Sen

Suchitra Sen had dominated the silver screen, mostly in Kolkata and briefly in Mumbai, for three decades, beginning in the '50s and
15 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Poet Rafiq Azad at ICU

Renowned poet Rafiq Azad is admitted to the ICU of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka following a stroke.
15 January 2016, 14:17 PM

Mayor-elect lands in jail in C'nawabganj

Tarique Ahmed, the newly elected mayor of Rohanpur Municipality in Gomostapur upazila of the district, was sent to jail yesterday.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Students attend classes under open sky

Students of Angaridaha Government Primary School in Fulchari upazila of the district have been attending classes under the open sky for
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Youth found murdered

An unidentified youth was found murdered at Chawkgupinathpur village in sadar upazila of the district yesterday morning.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM