Bangladesh
Forensic report confirms rape of female cop
Forensic report of the policewoman allegedly gang-raped by her estranged husband and his cohorts on June 14 at Khilgaon finds evidence of sexual intercourse with the victim.
16 June 2015, 12:19 PM
Bangladesh hopes to seize ICC Champions Trophy 2017 initiative
Bangladesh face India in the three-match One-Day Internationals (ODIs) series in Mirpur on Thursday knowing that a series win will give it a boost in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.
16 June 2015, 12:00 PM
Ex-BNP lawmaker Papia sent to jail in 9 arson cases
Former BNP lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia is sent to jail in connection with nine arson cases.
16 June 2015, 11:43 AM
Inu, 24 others get death threats
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and 23 other eminent persons allegedly receive death threats from banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
16 June 2015, 10:51 AM
Mushfiqur Rahim more frustrated than India captain Virat Kohli
Mushfiqur Rahim and Virat Kohli are literally on the same page as far as frustration is concerned after the sole Test match at Fatullah ends in a draw due to inclement weather.
16 June 2015, 10:49 AM
37 more Bangladeshis may be repatriated tomorrow
Thirty seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from the Bay of Bengal by the Myanmar navy on May 21, repatriate.
16 June 2015, 10:26 AM
Internet keeps Jamaat leaders in touch
Now in hiding to avoid arrest, top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami are using different Internet-based messaging and telecommunications applications to communicate with party colleagues, according to the party insiders.
16 June 2015, 09:58 AM
SC stays Zafrullah's fine till July 5
The Supreme Court stays until July 5 a special tribunal’s verdict that had fined Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury Tk 5,000 for criticising the punishment of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman by the same court.
16 June 2015, 08:30 AM
Justice comes after she goes
“I want them to be punished. My heart wants it.” This was possibly her only wish after she lost her husband during the Liberation War in 1971.
16 June 2015, 06:58 AM
They can now rest in peace
It was a phone call that gave words to a long endured pain and wait. Perhaps that is why Saif Imam Jami called back from a different time zone, taking time out of his busy office hours.
16 June 2015, 06:46 AM
Jamaat hartal tomorrow against Mojaheed's verdict
Appalled by the Supreme Court verdict against war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Jamaat-e-Islami calls a 24-hour hartal from tomorrow.
16 June 2015, 06:35 AM
War crimes: SQ Chy’s appeal hearing begins
Supreme Court begins hearing on the appeal against death penalty handed to war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
16 June 2015, 04:48 AM
SC upholds Mojaheed death penalty
Supreme Court upholds death penalty to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mojaheed for killing intellectuals in 1971.
16 June 2015, 03:25 AM
China for ‘political stability’ in Bangladesh
BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moeen Khan says China wants political stability in Bangladesh for the sake of its democratic progress and overall development.
15 June 2015, 14:32 PM
47 trafficking victims return from Thailand
A total of 47 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Thai authorities last year from Andaman Sea, reach Dhaka.
15 June 2015, 12:03 PM
Mojaheed verdict tomorrow
Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict tomorrow on an appeal filed by death row war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging the sentences handed down to him.
15 June 2015, 11:03 AM
Opinion: IGP’s big leader formula
The IGP has not only revealed how politicised he was, he also revealed the nexus between the cops and lawbreaking ruling party men.
15 June 2015, 09:26 AM
Where have all the desi chickens gone? (video)
Be it the broiler or the sonali, no other chicken comes near them – and you will taste the difference when the roast chicken in a wedding feast is not desi.
15 June 2015, 08:47 AM
Why Khaleda’s change of heart on India?
Within a week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has made a U-turn on her recent India stance after realising that she could not cut much ice with Modi, BNP insiders said.
15 June 2015, 08:43 AM
Unskilled, trapped in foreign lands
Alauddin Mollick, son of landless poor farmer Shahadat Mollick, had to drop out from school when he was in ninth grade due to abject poverty.
15 June 2015, 07:27 AM