Bangladesh

9 killed as lorry hits three-wheeler in Sirajganj

At least nine people are killed and 9 others injured as an oil-carrying lorry rammed a shallow-engine driven three-wheeler at Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj. Critically injured victims have been sent to Bogra Medical College Hospital.
15 December 2015, 03:43 AM

Polls under EC ‘questionable’: Khokon

BNP Joint Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon alleges that all the polls that were held under the incumbent Election Commission (EC) are 'questionable'.
14 December 2015, 16:06 PM

Hoshi murder: JMB man confesses involvement

A member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) confesses his involvement in the killing of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi before a Rangpur court.
14 December 2015, 15:37 PM
14 December 2015, 15:32 PM

No world force can stop war crimes trial: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reasserts that the trial of war criminals will go on and there is no force in this world that can stop it.
14 December 2015, 13:57 PM

Pak bank official sent back from Dhaka airport

A joint director of the State Bank of Pakistan was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as she had no Visa to visit Bangladesh.
14 December 2015, 13:15 PM

Stop cutting hills in Habiganj: HC

The High Court directs the government to stop cutting hills at Dinarpur in Habiganj and to take appropriate legal steps against the people responsible for cutting the hills.
14 December 2015, 13:04 PM

‘Islami Bank’s money taken as none else showed interest’

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says they received money from Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd to organise the 2011 Cricket World Cup since no other bank showed interest to sponsor the event.
14 December 2015, 12:26 PM

'Moja Losss?' admin gets bail

A Dhaka court grants bail to Refayet Ahmed, admin of the popular Facebook page “Moja Losss?” in a case filed against him for running campaigns against the government and the state through the page.
14 December 2015, 12:04 PM

DU cuts academic ties with Pakistan

Dhaka University syndicate severs all academic ties with Pakistan.
14 December 2015, 11:32 AM

All social media, apps unblocked

The government unblocks all social media platforms including Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp and Viber.
14 December 2015, 11:21 AM

BNP to move EC with complaint of missing candidates

A delegation of BNP will visit Election Commission to file a complaint on the alleged kidnapping of the party’s two mayoral candidates.
14 December 2015, 10:11 AM

Manikganj BCL leader’s wrist cut off

Unknown miscreants cut off wrist of a Bangladesh Chhatra League Leader in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj.
14 December 2015, 09:52 AM

Opinion: BNP-Jamaat must explain what is Hanadar Bahini

BNP, Jatiya Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh in their official statements marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day did not mention Pakistan army and their local collaborators who spearheaded the killing of the intellectuals.
14 December 2015, 08:55 AM

Market’s legality near Baldha Garden questioned

The High Court questions the legality of constructing a kitchen market on a residential area near Baldha Garden in the capital’s Wari area.
14 December 2015, 08:44 AM

BNP forms body ahead of municipality polls

BNP forms a central convening committee to assist its mayoral hopefuls and monitor the whole process of the country’s maiden partisan municipality polls scheduled for December 30.
14 December 2015, 08:32 AM

HC questions legality of gas, power price hike

High Court questions the legality of the government's latest decision to hike gas and electricity prices. The court issues a rule upon the Energy Regulatory Commission to explain why the decision to hike the prices of gas and electricity would not be declared illegal.
14 December 2015, 07:13 AM

‘Robber’ killed, 5 hurt in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Alleged robber killed and five others including two policemen injured in a “gunfight” in Tala upazila of Satkhira. Seven accomplices arrested.
14 December 2015, 06:35 AM

Complaint filed against cricketer Bijoy for ‘stabbing youth’

A complaint is lodged against National Cricket Team player Anamul Haque Bijoy for beating and stabbing a young man in Kushtia.
14 December 2015, 06:24 AM

Include provision to try 7-murder conspirators: HC to lower court

The High Court asks the trial court concerned in Narayanganj to include relevant section of penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy in sensational seven murder case.
14 December 2015, 05:56 AM