Bangladesh

What if you see a car dangling over your head?

What if you see a car dangling overhead from a multistoried parking lot one fine morning?
7 October 2015, 10:08 AM

Nat’l employment injury insurance to be established

Germany, Bangladesh and International Labor Organization (ILO) have signed a tripartite deal to support the establishment of a National Employment Injury Insurance System in Bangladesh.
7 October 2015, 09:57 AM

Cops claim 15 IS suspects' arrest

Since September last year, police claim to have arrested about 20 suspected Islamic State members, militants having contacts or trying to establish link with the terrorist outfit.
7 October 2015, 09:24 AM

No one can destabilise Bangladesh: PM

Apprehending that a vested quarter is behind the recent planned killing of two foreign nationals, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says no one will be able to destabilise the country by carrying out such acts.
7 October 2015, 08:50 AM

‘Evidence found against 2 kishoreganj war crimes suspects’

Investigators of the International Crimes Tribunal claim that they have found evidence against two war crimes accused of Kishoreganj in six incidents during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
7 October 2015, 06:56 AM

7-murder: Court asks for publishing ad for 13 fugitives

A Narayanganj court directs the authorities concerned to publish advertisements in newspapers asking 13 fugitives, including eight Rab personnel, to appear before it in Narayanganj seven murder case.
7 October 2015, 06:50 AM

Cox’s Bazar AL leader found dead

An upazila unit president of Awami League is found dead in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
7 October 2015, 06:25 AM

Memoirs of an international fast bowler: The Taskin Ahmed story

In an exclusive, candid chat, Bangladesh fast bowling sensation Taskin Ahmed opens up on his journey into the cricketing world so far.
7 October 2015, 05:51 AM

794 birds rescued in Gazipur, 2 traders jailed

A magistrate court sentences two people to one year imprisonment hours after 794 birds of different species were rescued from their warehouse in Gazipur this morning.
7 October 2015, 04:25 AM

Girl’s hand blown off in Chuadanga blast

A schoolgirl sustains injuries in an explosion when her father is allegedly making bombs at their residence in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga.
6 October 2015, 15:31 PM

2 female RU students accuse BCL men of sexually harassment

Two female students are sexually harassed at Rajshahi University campus Monday evening by two Bangladesh Chhatra League activists.
6 October 2015, 13:19 PM

No IS in Bangladesh, police chief asserts

The chief of police asserts claim that there is no organisational existence of international terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.
6 October 2015, 13:08 PM

Yet another meeting ends without headway

Yet another meeting between public university teachers and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has ended without major headway.
6 October 2015, 12:53 PM

War criminal SQ Chy to seek review of SC verdict

Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for war crimes.
6 October 2015, 11:42 AM

Cops seek 7-day remand for Shahadat

Investigators seek a seven-day remand for quizzing national cricketer Shahadat Hossain in connection with allegation of torture of his domestic help.
6 October 2015, 11:38 AM

Islamic extremists also targeting Pirs alongside free-thinkers

Besides free-thinkers, pirs (religious instructors) also become targets of Islamic extremists.
6 October 2015, 11:23 AM

2 hurt in Pabna crude bomb blast

Two people are hurt as a abandoned crude bomb went off in Ataikula of Pabna.
6 October 2015, 10:06 AM

Diplomats seek additional security

In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.
6 October 2015, 09:50 AM

Aman free to walk out of jail

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in 27 vandalism and arson cases.
6 October 2015, 08:58 AM

ADB extends loan for Bangladesh water project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) extends fresh loan to Bangladesh to expand a water project in south-west area.
6 October 2015, 08:46 AM