Bangladesh
Owners seek hike in Dhaka, Ctg bus fare
Private bus operators convey a proposal to the road transport and bridges ministry to increase bus fare in Dhaka and Chittagong following the recent hike in gas and power tariff.
30 August 2015, 15:03 PM
India to accept only MRP from Sept 1
India announces that it would accept only valid Machine Readable Passports (MRP) for visa from September 1.
30 August 2015, 12:50 PM
Goodbye, little ghost!
Muhammad Sadman Casper, also known as “little ghost” dies at a Dhaka Hospital.
30 August 2015, 12:37 PM
Libya boat capsize: Dead victims, survivors confirmed to be Bangladeshis
Bangladeshi authorities confirm the nationalities of the deceased and survivors who were on boats that perished in the sea off Libyan coast.
30 August 2015, 09:49 AM
Interns issue 15-day ultimatum for pay hike
Setting a 15-day ultimatum for the government to increase their allowance, intern doctors threatens of non-stop strike if the demand is not fulfilled.
30 August 2015, 08:43 AM
Sections 57 (1), 86: HC terms writ petition premature
The High Court rejects a writ petition challenging Sections 57 (1) and 86 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) act, terming it premature as the government is considering some steps regarding the law.
30 August 2015, 08:30 AM
ICT order on Zafrullah’s contempt deferred
A tribunal in Dhaka defers the date of passing order on contempt of court proceedings against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to September 1.
30 August 2015, 07:27 AM
India mulls law to grant citizenship to Bangladesh Hindu refugees
The government of India works on an ordinance to amend the Citizenship Act to grant citizenship to "persecuted" Hindu refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
30 August 2015, 06:57 AM
'BCL men' attack Sust teachers’ demo
Bangladesh Chhatra League attack a teachers’ demonstration demanding vice-chancellor’s resignation at Shahjalal University in Sylhet.
30 August 2015, 05:02 AM
3 killed as bus ploughs through tea stall in Savar
Three people are killed when a Dhaka-bound bus ploughed through a tea stall in Savar, the outskirts of Dhaka.
29 August 2015, 16:13 PM
8 Bangladeshis among 29 jailed for cattle smuggling
An Indian court sends to jail 29 people including eight Bangladeshis who were detained while smuggling around 320 cattle through Indian border.
29 August 2015, 14:02 PM
Saeed Ajmal confident of Pakistan comeback
Saeed Ajmal says he is confident of playing for Pakistan again despite his struggles since returning with a remodelled action.
29 August 2015, 13:45 PM
Witness identifies blogger Niloy’s killer, cops say
A witness identifies one of the four suspects held in connection with blogger Niloy murder, confirming that he took part in the August 7 grisly killing at Goran neighbourhood in Dhaka, cops say.
29 August 2015, 10:54 AM
BNP slams govt for power, gas price hike
BNP denounces the recent price hike on power and gas and urged the government to re-fix the tariff holding a mass hearing with different political parties and other stake holders.
29 August 2015, 10:20 AM
Bangladeshi trafficking victim rescued in India, 2 held
Indian police claim rescue of a Bangladeshi teenage girl from human traffickers in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal last week, detain two.
29 August 2015, 09:44 AM
5 ‘int’l human organ traffickers’ placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.
29 August 2015, 06:08 AM
Migrant deaths: UN warns of 'crisis of solidarity'
The UN says "much more is required" to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days.
29 August 2015, 05:14 AM
3 of a family killed in Jamalpur microbus plunge
Three of a family killed, four injured as a microbus plunges into a roadside ditch in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur.
29 August 2015, 04:30 AM
Reconsider power tariff: Suranjit
Terming the decision to increase power tariff as ‘unjustified’, Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta calls upon the government to reconsider it.
28 August 2015, 09:47 AM
Kazi Zafar’s 1st janaza held in Tongi
The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed holds at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.
28 August 2015, 06:57 AM