Bangladesh

’71 war hero Jacob laid to rest

Bangladesh Liberation War hero Lt Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, who died in India yesterday, is buried in New Delhi amidst an outpour of grief and emotions.
14 January 2016, 13:12 PM

Ministry wants 7.8% hike in train fare

Bangladesh Railway proposes to increase fares of both passenger and freight trains by 7.8 percent from next month.
14 January 2016, 11:58 AM

Resist evil forces, PM to army men

Asking members of the Bangladesh Army to gain more trust of people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that they will always remain ready to resist evil forces to protect the country's independence and sovereignty.
14 January 2016, 11:37 AM

Boy in grandmother’s custody after bail

A Dhaka court allows the grandmother to take the custody of a minor boy, a day after he is granted bail in a bomb blast case which took place two years ago.
14 January 2016, 11:11 AM

SC scraps Sylhet mayor Ariful’s acquittal

The Supreme Court scrapes a High Court verdict that acquitted suspended mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a corruption case.
14 January 2016, 10:52 AM

‘Will take relations to new height’: Indian envoy

Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Harsh Bardhan Shringla arrives in Dhaka to take up his diplomatic assignment.
14 January 2016, 09:23 AM

Old foes seek to fine-tune ahead of World T20

Experimentation is the buzzword around the second Bangladesh-Zimbabwe T20 series in the 2015-16 season.
14 January 2016, 09:22 AM

Khaleda skips graft hearing

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia skips the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases due to her physical illness.
14 January 2016, 04:58 AM

Sayedee now to appeal for acquittal

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee is going to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM

A model, not a test case

In 1976, a book titled “Bangladesh: The Test Case of Development” drew significant attention and the hopeless implications of the title...
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM

New Indian envoy due tomorrow

Indian High Commissioner-designate Harsh Vardhan Shringla is to arrive in Dhaka on January 14, 2016, to take up his diplomatic assignment in Bangladesh.
13 January 2016, 12:28 PM

Khandaker Mosharraf released on bail

BNP’s senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is released from jail three days after the Supreme Court upheld his bail order in a money laundering case.
13 January 2016, 11:24 AM

Child gets bail 2yrs after arrest

A Dhaka court grants bail to a child who has been languishing in jail for the last two years in an explosion case.
13 January 2016, 10:56 AM

New British High Commissioner Designate arrives

Alison Blake, the British High Commissioner Designate to Bangladesh has arrived in Dhaka today.
13 January 2016, 10:17 AM

War crimes: Sayedee to seek review of SC verdict

War criminal Delowar Hossain Sayedee will file a review against the Supreme Court verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.
13 January 2016, 09:29 AM

15 years after relocation order, tannery owners say they can’t move out ‘overnight’

Nearly 15 years ago, the High Court had ordered the government to relocate around 200 tanneries from the city’s Hajaribag to save the Buriganga river and the environment.
13 January 2016, 09:26 AM

1971 war hero JFR Jacob no more

Former chief of the Indian army's eastern command Lt Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away at the age of 92 after prolonged illness.
13 January 2016, 07:51 AM

New way for extortion

In a bizarre incident, cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations dump large quantity of stinky garbage in front of some business establishments in Gulshan after the offices refused to pay them ‘tips’.
13 January 2016, 07:08 AM

Tk 3.5 lakh for pvt hajj pilgrimage

Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 3.49 lakh this year for hajj pilgrimage under private management, says Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab).
13 January 2016, 06:40 AM

BNP disappointed at PM’s speech

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the whole nation is disappointed at yesterday's speech of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
13 January 2016, 06:04 AM