Bangladesh

Death bowling is his art: David Warner on Mustafizur Rahman

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain and Aussie batter David Warner enthusiastically backs up Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s bowling at the back end of a match and compares the left-armer’s deeds with those of his teammate Mitchell Starc.
19 April 2016, 13:42 PM

No industry on farmland, forest: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will not allow anyone to set up industries indiscriminately destroying farmlands and forests.
19 April 2016, 13:07 PM

ADB to give Tk 13,115cr for Trans-Asia rail corridor

The Asian Development Bank will provide Tk 13,115 crore loan for implementing a rail route project which will connect Bangladesh to the east and west.
19 April 2016, 09:12 AM

DB claims Shafik admitted meeting suspects

Detectives claim that journalist Shafik Rehman admitted holding several meetings with those suspected to be involved in a plot abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
19 April 2016, 08:39 AM

Political motivation behind Shafik Rehman’s arrest: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the arrest of veteran journalist Shafik Rehman was motivated from a political cause.
19 April 2016, 07:56 AM

Gazipur city mayor Mannan suspended, again

Gazipur city’s mayor MA Mannan has been suspended again, days after the Supreme Court validated his position in respect to implication in a case.
19 April 2016, 07:37 AM

JnU students vandalise vehicles

Students of Jagannath University (JnU) vandalise at least seven vehicles including buses in front of the campus in old Dhaka.
19 April 2016, 07:35 AM

BB heist: Chinese trader returns $4.34m

Casino junket operator Kim Wong returns another $4.34 million to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), which was believed to be part of the alleged $81-million stolen funds from the Bangladesh’s central bank.
19 April 2016, 07:01 AM

Unregistered SIMs will be disconnected May 1

The disconnection, which will be temporary, will accompany a warning that will give subscribers another chance to re-register within a specific period of time. But after that, defaulters will lose their number.
19 April 2016, 06:56 AM

Child abducted from Ashulia rescued in Natore

A child who was abducted two days ago from Ashulia, at the outskirts of Dhaka, has been rescued in Natore.
19 April 2016, 06:44 AM

Graft case: HC sets tomorrow to hear Khaleda’s pleas challenging trial court order

High Court fixes tomorrow for hearing two petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a lower court order that had rejected her two applications in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
19 April 2016, 06:36 AM

Hartal progresses in Thanchi over killing of 3 cattle traders

The daylong hartal, enforced by Bangali Byabasaye, an organisation of businesspeople from Bengali settlers, protesting the killing of three cattle traders, who were kidnapped by miscreants here on Friday, is going on peacefully in Thanchi upazila.
19 April 2016, 06:09 AM

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders this evening

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the party’s senior leaders to discuss the country's current situation.
19 April 2016, 04:53 AM

5 ‘kidnappers’ held from Mohakhali, 1 rescued

Law enforcers claim to have detained five kidnappers from Dhaka’s Mohakhali area. One victim is said to have been rescued from their grasp.
19 April 2016, 04:34 AM

82,000 to get primary terminal scholarships

Around 82,000 students will get scholarships in the Primary Terminal Examinations 2015 tomorrow.
18 April 2016, 14:58 PM

BNP: Govt desperate to make Khaleda ineligible for polls

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is desperate to make their chairperson Khaleda Zia ineligible for election by punishing her with ‘false’ cases filed against her.
18 April 2016, 14:30 PM

Refrain from talks on Shafik Rehman’s arrest: IGP

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque urges people not to hold any discussion in the media over the arrest of journalist Shafik Rehman as an investigation is underway.
18 April 2016, 13:44 PM

PM Hasina says those involved in plot to kill her son Joy will face action

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will definitely take action against those who will be found involved in the conspiracy to kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her son and IT adviser.
18 April 2016, 13:22 PM

'Nekabborer Mohaproyan' now nominated for national film awards 2014

The Bengali film “Brihannala” which was announced earlier as the best film for 2014 by the Ministry of Information will no more be regarded as the “best film” for the said year.
18 April 2016, 12:48 PM

Why no BNP programme on Ilias Ali, Goyeshwar asks

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy criticises high-ups of his party for not holding any programme on BNP’s missing leader M Ilias Ali.
18 April 2016, 12:47 PM