Bangladesh

Stop using nat’l anthem as ringtone, SC tells Robi

SC upholds HC verdict asking Aktel, now Robi, to stop using national anthem as ringtone. In May, SC issued similar order to Banglalink and Grameenphone.
5 November 2015, 08:18 AM

Muhith hints selection grade, time scale will stay

Finance Minister AMA Muhith hints that the provision of selection grade and time scale will stay in the new pay scale for the government staffs.
5 November 2015, 07:37 AM

Tavella killing: Matin on 8-day remand

A Dhaka court places MA Matin on an eight-day remand in connection with the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella. Matin is younger brother of MA Quayum, Dhaka city BNP joint convener and a former BNP-backed ward commissioner.
5 November 2015, 07:27 AM

Gonojagoron Mancha to hold solidarity rally tomorrow

Police stop Gonojagoron Mancha’s token coffin march to the home ministry, brought out in protest to the killings of free thinkers and a publisher, near Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.
5 November 2015, 05:58 AM

3 killed in separate ‘gunfights’

Three alleged criminals are killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Rajbari, Munshiganj and Jessore districts.
5 November 2015, 04:40 AM

IS claims responsibility for Ashulia checkpost attack: SITE

IS claims responsibility for attack on police checkpost at Ashulia that left a constable dead, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
5 November 2015, 02:51 AM

MP Liton denied bail again

A Gaibandha court rejects the bail petition of Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1 constituency, for the third time in a case over shooting a minor boy.
4 November 2015, 15:20 PM

CU suspends 2 BCL activists

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) today suspended two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in connection with Monday’s infighting on the campus.
4 November 2015, 14:58 PM

Panic grips people after cop murder: BNP

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says the country’s law and order cannot be called “normal” when law enforcers are being killed by criminals.
4 November 2015, 14:32 PM

DMP transfers 7 OCs

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) transfers seven officers-in-charge posted in different departments in Dhaka.
4 November 2015, 12:50 PM

‘Dec 20-24 suitable for municipal polls’

An election commissioner says it will be suitable for the Election Commission (EC) if municipal polls are held in the third week of December.
4 November 2015, 11:30 AM

Odyssey of school kids

The world of a school-going kid in our country is not the world s/he wants to live in. Now he does not wander around the realm of fairy tales, neither does he feel the warmth of screaming at the top of his lungs during a match of cricket.
4 November 2015, 10:36 AM

BNP’s Gayeshwar sent to jail in arson case

A day after issuing arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a Dhaka court sends the BNP leader to jail after he surrendered before it in an arson case.
4 November 2015, 09:20 AM

Dog squads deployed at Sylhet airport

After Dhaka and Chittagong, dog squads are deployed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet to tighten the security measures.
4 November 2015, 08:17 AM

Killing of lawman linked to recent murders: Home minister

Hinting that the murder of a policeman in Ashulia is linked to the recent of killing and attacks, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has asked lawmen to be more cautious.
4 November 2015, 07:08 AM

When Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh etched his name in Time

Tamim Iqbal’ hour to shine, and show his critics and the cynic spectators that he could shepherd the innings and take his team home came on August 16, 2009 when his majestic 154 turned a record chase into a breezy affair.
4 November 2015, 05:41 AM

SC wants Louis I Kahn’s master plan of JS Bhaban

The Supreme Court directs the parliament secretariat to submit before it in three months the master plan of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban designed by famous architect Louis I Kahn.
4 November 2015, 05:23 AM

Mashrafe to lead BCB XI

The Bangladesh selectors sprung a surprise yesterday when they announced quite a strong BCB-XI squad for the practice match against the Zimbabweans in Fatullah on Thursday.
3 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Shawkat Mahmud gets ad-interim bail in 2 cases

The High Court grants ad-interim bail to former president of Jatiya Press Club Shawkat Mahmud for six months in two vandalism and arson cases.
3 November 2015, 13:20 PM

Rename back to ‘Jessore Road’: HC

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to immediately rename Khan A Sabur Road in Khulna as its previous name Jessore Road, because it has been named after a collaborator of Pakistani army.
3 November 2015, 12:51 PM