Bangladesh

Budget session begins June 1

Parliament will go into the Budget session on June 1, a Parliament Secretariat press release says.
15 May 2016, 13:04 PM

Mobile phone users to get call drop compensation from June

Mobile phone operators will give free minutes to its users as compensation for every case of call drop and network failure from June 1.
15 May 2016, 09:04 AM

Probe body blames SWIFT for Bangladesh Bank heist

Global financial network SWIFT is primarily responsible for the hacking of Bangladesh central bank reserve, says head of the committee probing into one of the biggest cyber-heists in the world. SWIFT was responsible to ensure around 13 security measures for the safety of the system but it did not do so, he adds.
15 May 2016, 08:41 AM

BNP leader Aslam Chy arrested

Hours into police announcement that newly appointed BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury would be arrested wherever he is seen, detectives arrest him in Dhaka's Kuril area for his alleged involvement in a oust-government plot.
15 May 2016, 07:54 AM

Chittagong’s hundred year old Jabbarer Boli khela

The wrestling festival called Jabbarer Boli Khela (Jabbar’s Wrestling Competition) stands as one of Chittagong’s major festival in Laldighi area. The one-day festival begins in the Bangla month of Baishakh—or around April 25. Scores of professional and amateur wrestlers from across the country participates in the competition.
15 May 2016, 07:51 AM

Superstore owners keep shutter down protesting ‘harassment’

Owners of nearly 100 superstores keep their shutter down in Dhaka and other parts of the country since this morning, protesting “harassment through implementation of discriminatory policy and misuse of law”.
15 May 2016, 07:31 AM

Newly elected UP member held with pistol in Natore

A newly elected member of a union parishad was detained with a pistol and five bullets in Naldanga upazila of Natore.
15 May 2016, 06:10 AM

Graft case: HC clears way for Khaleda’s trial

The High Court clears the way for a lower court to continue trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
15 May 2016, 05:54 AM

Khulna div transport strike causes public suffering

Commuters are facing untold sufferings as transport owners and workers enforced a 48-hour strike in 10 districts of Khulna division.
15 May 2016, 05:10 AM

Fed Cup likely from June 10

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday confirm the deferral of the Federation Cup for an indefinite period after a majority of the 12 clubs denied to participate.
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Superstores go on strike today

Owners of nearly 100 superstores will keep their outlets closed today across the country protesting “harassment through
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Learning only on sunny days

Students of Monohorpur High School in Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila are attending classes under the open sky as the tin-built roof of the
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

3 teenagers found dead in Savar

Three teenagers, including two brothers, were found dead inside a house at Hemayetpur in Savar on the outskirts of the
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

3 held for quizzing

The police have detained three people, including two women, for questioning about Friday's arms robbery at the Ansar
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi along Jibonnagar border in Chuadanga yesterday.
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

PM flies to London today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for London today en route to Bulgaria on a three-day official visit to Bulgarian
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

RP Shaha abduction under scanner

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has launched a probe into the abduction of philanthropist Ranada Prasad
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Power, more power

The Jatiya Party boss had no alternative but to appoint his wife Raushan Ershad as the party's senior co-chair to avoid a possible split
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Another feather in the cap

Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi to have climbed the Seven Summits, has brought another international accolade home.
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Taller, stronger rice plant

Scientists have come up with a solution for southern farmers who have long been deprived of the benefits of high-yield modern rice varieties (MVs) that cannot grow on tidal wetlands. After 12 years of arduous breeding process, they succeeded in developing two modern varieties suitable for cultivation in the tidal floodplain ecosystem of the southern delta region, with the promise of an additional yield of one million tonnes a year.
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM