Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services halted for 3hrs

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River halted for three hours due to dense fog.
13 January 2016, 05:16 AM

Bridge useless for 3 years in Patuakhali

With most of the sleepers broken or displaced, the iron bridge on Humoibunia canal in Amragachhia union of Mirzaganj upazila under the district remains virtually useless for three years, much to the sufferings of thousands of people.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM

ASP, OC withdrawn after Brahmanbaria violence

The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.
12 January 2016, 04:29 AM

Interns at Pabna Medical College Hospital on strike

Interns at Pabna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on two of their fellows by relatives of a patient who had died at the hospital.
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Teachers protest PM’s remarks

Public university teachers on strike demanding the removal of “pay disparity” in the new national pay scale protests the premier’s warning against their class boycotts.
11 January 2016, 14:49 PM

SQ Chy’s lawyer exonerated of contempt charge

A special tribunal in Dhaka exonerates a counsel of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury from a contempt of court charge after he offered unconditional apology.
11 January 2016, 10:02 AM

Teachers in resolute strike over ‘pay disparity’

Public university teachers across the country have begun an indefinite strike from this morning protesting the “government inaction” in removing their “pay disparity” despite being dubbed "illogical" by the finance minister and slammed by the prime minister.
11 January 2016, 04:40 AM

12 return from Indian jail

Twelve teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years in an Indian jail. BSF handed over
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Dense fog disrupts ferry service

Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after seven hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Devotees brave fog, cold at Biswa Ijtema

The quest for the soul’s salvation drives countless devotees to brave the inclement weather at the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj.
9 January 2016, 06:41 AM

Habiganj tea workers go on strike against SEZ

Thousands of tea workers in Habiganj abandon work and gather for a mass rally against government plans for a Special Economic Zone in the area.
9 January 2016, 04:56 AM

AGREEING TO SAVE THE PLANET

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, was the biggest event of its kind.
8 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Charges against 2 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ accepted

International Crimes Tribunal-1 accepts the charges brought against two alleged Razakars for their “war crimes” in Kishoreganj during 1971.
7 January 2016, 06:49 AM

Gazipur floodplain fish project a great success

The night is dark, the weather cold. Through winter's silence, I move from Kashimpur in Gazipur towards Namabazar. The clock says
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Brahmanbaria war crimes suspect arrested

Police arrest a war crimes suspect of Brahmanbaria after a special tribunal issued arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
6 January 2016, 11:34 AM

Nizami will decide on review: Lawyer

After the Supreme Court upheld death for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, his lawyer says they will go for a review.
6 January 2016, 04:13 AM

Seven boys return from Indian jail

Seven Bangladeshi teenage boys returned home through Benapole check post on Monday after languishing in an Indian jail for one and a
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM

4 dead in Dhaka, other areas after 6.7 quake

Three persons die in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Lalmonirhat after a 6.7 earthquake, epicentered in India’s Imphal, rocked Bangladesh.
4 January 2016, 05:01 AM

Bangladesh wakes up to tremors

It is a surprise wake up call for people across Bangladesh in the dawn when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country. According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre is northwest of Imphal in India, near the Myanmar border.
3 January 2016, 23:59 PM

Abducted boy rescued in Gaibandha, one held

Police rescued a boy from Sundail village in Gobindaganj upazila of the district yesterday, two days after his abduction.
3 January 2016, 18:00 PM