Bangladesh

Airport security: Govt inks deal with UK company

The government inks a deal with British company Redline for screening at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a bid to standardise its security aspects.
21 March 2016, 11:38 AM

Actress Diti laid to rest

Famed Bangladeshi actress Parveen Sultana Diti was laid to rest in Sonargaon of Narayanganj next to her parents in a family graveyard.
21 March 2016, 11:38 AM

Cricket fans protest suspension of Taskin, Sunny at Shahbagh

Cricket fans form a human chain in Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision suspending Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed.
21 March 2016, 11:00 AM

Australia, Bangladesh fight for survival

Bangladesh and Australia face off in a survival fight in the Twenty20 World Cup.
21 March 2016, 09:33 AM

AL distorted Khaleda’s statement: Fakhrul

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League distorted Khaleda Zia’s statement to mislead the people.
21 March 2016, 08:12 AM

HC issues rule over Manna’s bail

High Court issues two separate rules asking the government to explain in three weeks as to why Mahmudur Rahman Manna, currently in jail, should not be granted bail in two cases.
21 March 2016, 08:06 AM

Charges pressed on Fakhrul, 33 others in violence case

Paltan police has submitted charge sheet against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 33 others in a violence case of last year.
21 March 2016, 07:52 AM

Govt bans Shela river route in Sundarbans, again

All vessels have been barred from using the Shela river route through the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a listed heritage site, days after a coal-laden vessel sank in the river. This is the second time the route has been banned after an oil tanker sank in the same river a year ago.
21 March 2016, 06:08 AM

Legal notice served to AG for his age

A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice to the attorney general asking him to explain under what authority he has been holding the office as he is beyond 67 years of age.
21 March 2016, 05:37 AM

Bandarban UP chairman candidate shot dead

Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.
21 March 2016, 04:44 AM

UK’s Redline gets security job at Dhaka airport

British company Redline has been given the job for screening at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Tk 73.98 crore for two years.
20 March 2016, 15:10 PM

‘Social media guidelines’ for civil servants

The government has issued a draft 11-point guideline for social media use of public servants with provisions against propagation of political ideology and provocative statements.
20 March 2016, 12:52 PM

‘Elections now a carnival of nomination trade’

A former election commissioner alleges that the elections in Bangladesh have become an opportunity of nomination trade with money.
20 March 2016, 12:37 PM

Charges pressed against SC lawyer Shakila, 27 others

Law enforcers submits a charge sheet against 28 people including Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana, arrested for funding militants, in a case filed under anti-terrorism act.
20 March 2016, 11:19 AM

Help build eco-friendly infrastructures, PM to architects

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks cooperation from the country's architects in building infrastructures using local resources keeping in mind the environment and land resource constraint.
20 March 2016, 11:10 AM

Raw hide bar for Hazribagh tanneries from Apr 1

Government decides that raw hide will not be allowed in the tanneries at Hazaribagh in Dhaka from April 1 in order to force the tanneries to relocate out of the capital.
20 March 2016, 10:33 AM

Ashraf’s claim untrue: Rizvi

BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed terms “untrue” Awami League leader Syed Ashraful Islam’s statement that he did not get invitation to attend BNP’s sixth national council.
20 March 2016, 10:02 AM

bKash agent killed in Dhaka, Tk 1.25 lakh robbed

Unidentified miscreants kills a bKash agent and looted Tk 1.25 from him in the Uttar Badda area of Dhaka.
20 March 2016, 09:15 AM

SI Ratan sent to jail on surrender

A Dhaka court sends Ratan Kumar, a sub-Inspector of Adabor Police Station, to jail in a case filed for allegedly harassing a private university student sexually in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area on January 31.
20 March 2016, 07:27 AM

SC asks 2 ministers to reappear before it Mar 27

The Supreme Court seriously criticises two ministers for their comments about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in relation to the hearing of an appeal of war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali.
20 March 2016, 06:15 AM