Bangladesh
Opinion: When did private tuition become a crime?
Since when did private tuition become a crime? When did private tuition become synonymous to stealing, pick-pocketing or mugging that the ministry would think of putting a private tutor behind bars?
7 April 2016, 08:48 AM
Nazim murder: JnU students threaten strike Sunday
Jagannath University students threaten to go for an all-out strike on the campus on Sunday demanding arrest of their fellow Nazim’s killers.
7 April 2016, 06:35 AM
Zia charitable graft: HC clears way for Khaleda’s trial
The High Court clears the way for a lower court to continue the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
7 April 2016, 06:03 AM
4 of a family burnt in Mirpur acid attack
Four persons of a family suffer burn injuries as miscreants hurl acid on them at Rupnagar in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.
7 April 2016, 04:42 AM
Charges pressed against nephew for killing 5 of a family
Police presses charges against the lone accused Mahfuz in the sensational five-murder case in Narayanganj.
6 April 2016, 14:03 PM
Handover of BB missing millions to take a little time: Ambassador
It will "take a little time" before Bangladesh central bank gets back a portion of its missing millions.
6 April 2016, 13:16 PM
Bomb attack at Laxmipur court: HC upholds death for JMB man
SC upholds death penalty of JMB leader Masumur Rahman Masum in 2 cases filed for killing a man and injuring few others in a bomb attack at Laxmipur in 2005.
6 April 2016, 13:14 PM
Pahela Baishakh: No access to Ramna, Suhrawardy Udyan after 4pm
Nobody can enter Ramna Park and Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka after 4:00pm on Pahela Baishakh, DMP Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam announces.
6 April 2016, 11:58 AM
'Disturbing rise' in global executions
The total number of known executions worldwide rise by more than half last year to 1,634, the highest figure recorded since 1989, Amnesty International says as Pakistan sent three more men to the gallows.
6 April 2016, 10:34 AM
80 lakh Bangladeshis suffering from diabetes: State minister
Around 80 lakh people in Bangladesh are suffering from diabetes, State Minister for Health Zahid Malik says.
6 April 2016, 10:13 AM
Muezzin killed over personal enmity: Cops
The muezzin who was killed inside an Old Dhaka mosque yesterday might have been killed out of personal enmity, police said ruling out any militant link.
6 April 2016, 09:31 AM
Faruk killing: Arrest order for Tangail AL MP, 9 others
A Tangail court issues arrest warrant against 10 fugitives including an Awami League lawmaker and his three brothers in a case filed for killing Tangail AL leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed.
6 April 2016, 07:52 AM
27 illegal Bangladeshis deported from USA
A total of 27 Bangladeshi illegal migrants have been sent back home from the United States.
6 April 2016, 07:47 AM
Govt response to arsenic-laced water poor: HRW
The government is not adequately responding to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water across large areas of rural Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report.
6 April 2016, 06:45 AM
BB hackers ‘possibly Chinese,’ says Philippines senator
Chinese hackers are possibly behind one of the world's biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, a senator in the Philippines says.
6 April 2016, 05:53 AM
Khaleda ‘won’t appear’ for graft hearing tomorrow
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before court tomorrow in connection with Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
6 April 2016, 05:07 AM
Philippine senators debate on return of funds to Bangladesh govt
Philippine senators debate whether or not the alleged stolen funds recovered from casino junket operator Kim Wong can be turned over to the government of Bangladesh without a court’s order.
5 April 2016, 15:48 PM
Shakib, Mustafizur leave for India
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and pacer Mustafizur Rahman leave for India to take part in the Indian Premier League which is set to begin on April 9.
5 April 2016, 13:46 PM
Loan scam: BASIC Bank GM held
The Anti-Corruption Commission arrests a top official of state-owned BASIC Bank in connection with a loan scam.
5 April 2016, 12:52 PM
Dire consequences if Zia’s grave relocated: BNP
BNP warns the government of “dire consequences” if the grave of the party's founder Ziaur Rahman is relocated anywhere from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
5 April 2016, 11:41 AM