Bangladesh

Striking public univ teachers want talks with PM

Public university teachers who are agitating against “pay disparity” say they want to talk with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to press home their demand.
13 January 2016, 05:58 AM

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services halted for 3hrs

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River halted for three hours due to dense fog.
13 January 2016, 05:16 AM

Zimbabwe rope in Ntini, Atapattu as coaches: reports

Zimbabwe recruit Makhaya Ntini and Marvan Atapattu to be assistant coach and batting consultant respectively, according to a report published today on the Zimbabwe Cricket website.
13 January 2016, 04:56 AM

Traumatised BB official hospitalised

A Bangladesh Bank official traumatised by alleged police torture is admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
12 January 2016, 12:47 PM

Train fare set to go up

A parliamentary body endorses a proposal to increase train fare aiming at improving the service quality and minimising losses in the sector.
12 January 2016, 11:22 AM

Money laundering: HC asks Tarique to surrender

The High Court fixes February 14 for hearing the appeal against acquittal of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.
12 January 2016, 09:25 AM

Help make Bangladesh developed country by 2041: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an address to the nation marking two years of Awami League government, seeks all-out cooperation of the countrymen to turn Bangladesh into a prosperous and developed country by 2041.
12 January 2016, 09:13 AM

Govt sets 50kmph max driving speed in fog

The government set 50km per hour as the maximum driving speed during fog in view of the recent road crashes all over the country.
12 January 2016, 09:10 AM

"I’ll walk to office if necessary": CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha joins in the Dhaka city campaign and requests South’s Mayor Sayeed Khokon to take necessary measures in this regard.
12 January 2016, 09:05 AM

The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
12 January 2016, 09:02 AM

T20 skills in focus at Bangladesh's base camp

At practice on Monday, Chandika Hathurusingha conducts a long session that was all about specific skills for the T20 games in Tigers’ 2016 itinerary.
12 January 2016, 06:53 AM

ASP, OC withdrawn after Brahmanbaria violence

The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.
12 January 2016, 04:29 AM

Teachers protest PM’s remarks

Public university teachers on strike demanding the removal of “pay disparity” in the new national pay scale protests the premier’s warning against their class boycotts.
11 January 2016, 14:49 PM

Fakhrul for pursuing change in global political trend

BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party would take “right course of actions” in light of the changes in the global political trend to restore the country’s democracy.
11 January 2016, 14:13 PM

Seven secretaries transferred

In a latest reshuffle in the civil administration, the government transfers seven secretaries to new ministries and divisions.
11 January 2016, 13:47 PM

SQ Chy’s lawyer exonerated of contempt charge

A special tribunal in Dhaka exonerates a counsel of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury from a contempt of court charge after he offered unconditional apology.
11 January 2016, 10:02 AM

PM warns university teachers against strike

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warns agitating public university teachers against causing any damage to the education life of thousands of students. “Students will not accept it if you continue protests against the new pay scale boycotting classes,” Hasina said at a rally marking Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day.
11 January 2016, 09:42 AM

Cabinet okays Hajj policy

Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 360,000 each for performing holy Hajj under the government management this year while the amount is around Tk 305,000 for performing hajj without any sacrificial animal.
11 January 2016, 09:07 AM

PM to address nation tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address the nation tomorrow to highlight the success of her government in seven years.
11 January 2016, 08:44 AM

U19 CWC 2016 in Bangladesh: Warming up

Check out all the interesting facts of this year’s ICC U19 CWC in Bangladesh. Let us all make this gala event a resounding success!
11 January 2016, 07:36 AM