Bangladesh

Hossaini Dalan blasts: Case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act

Police file a case under Anti-Terrorism Act in connection with the blasts at Hossaini Dalan in old part of Dhaka that left one killed and at least 87 injured.
25 October 2015, 08:16 AM

Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.
25 October 2015, 07:32 AM

Ex-BNP MP, Savar poura mayor on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court places former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin and Municipality Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah each on a 10-day remand in two cases filed for keeping firearms and explosives illegally.
25 October 2015, 04:54 AM

3 killed in Tangail road crash

At least three people are killed and three others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler in Madhupur upazila of Tangail.
25 October 2015, 04:50 AM

Muggers kill youth in Dhaka

Muggers stabbed a youth to death in Kuril Bishwa Road area of Dhaka.
25 October 2015, 04:14 AM

IS claims Hossaini Dalan bomb attack: SITE Intel

Islamic State claims responsibility of bomb attacks on the headquarters of Shiite Muslim group in Bangladesh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
24 October 2015, 12:11 PM

It's BNP-Jamaat job: Hanif

Awami League Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif blames the BNP-Jamaat political alliance for today's bomb attack at Ashura programme at Shia headquarters in old part of Dhaka.
24 October 2015, 09:47 AM

BNP demands impartial investigation into Shia procession attack

BNP demands impartial investigation into bomb attack at Shia Muslim group's headquarters in old part of Dhaka that killed one and injured 87 others.
24 October 2015, 09:36 AM

US, UK condemn bomb attack

US Ambassador and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh condemned the bomb attack that killed one person and injured 87 others in front of Huseni Dalan in old Dhaka.
24 October 2015, 07:31 AM

Huseni Dalan culprits will be identified through footage: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the Huseni Dalan attackers will soon be identified through video footage.
24 October 2015, 07:08 AM

Huseni Dalan attack planned to destabilise country: DMP

Terming the blasts at Dhaka’s Huseni Dalan as a planned attack, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia says a vested quarter carried out the attack to destabilise the country.
24 October 2015, 03:57 AM

Blasts kill one at Hossaini Dalan

At least one person was killed and about 87 others were injured in homemade bomb explosions in front of Hossaini Dalan in old Dhaka early hours today.
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM

3 killed in Barguna motorbike crash

Three people die as their motorbike crashes into a pick-up van in Amtoli upazila of Barguna this evening.
23 October 2015, 14:27 PM

Former UP member among 3 abducted in Cox’s Bazar

An armed gang abducts three persons, including a former union parishad member from Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazaar early today and demanded Tk 5 lakh as ransom.
23 October 2015, 09:18 AM

6 Hindu idols desecrated in Natore

Masked miscreants attack a temple and desecrate at least six idols at Gurudashpur upazila in Natore.
23 October 2015, 06:31 AM

Garfield Sobers says T20 taking toll on Test cricket

West Indies legend Garfield Sobers accused cash-rich Twenty20 tournaments of destroying Test cricket by luring players away from the longest form of the sport with large amounts of cash.
23 October 2015, 05:23 AM

‘Criminal’ killed in Dhaka Rab ‘shootout’

An alleged criminal is killed in a “gunfight” between his accomplices and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Badda area of Dhaka in the wee hours today.
23 October 2015, 04:46 AM

Foreign missions’ red alerts excesses: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith describes the alerts issued by different diplomatic missions in Dhaka after the murder of the two foreign nationals as excesses.
22 October 2015, 13:11 PM

Fine for illegal parking to go up: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the fine for illegal parking and over speeding will be raised.
22 October 2015, 13:04 PM

Student’s death: Locals block Kalshi road demanding speed breaker

Locals block a road in Mirpur of Dhaka for two hours today demanding construction of a speed breaker following a road accident that killed a female student yesterday.
22 October 2015, 09:34 AM