Bangladesh

80pc Bangladesh internet users on Facebook

An overwhelming 80 percent internet users of Bangladesh are Facebook users, authorities monitoring the internet says.
17 May 2015, 09:20 AM

Feeling down? Watch this clown (video)

Video of an Awami League activist protesting against Dr Zafar Iqbal goes viral as he admits before camera that he doesn’t know what he is complaining about.
17 May 2015, 09:04 AM

Charges pressed against 2 Habiganj 'Razakar'

Prosecution presses four charges against two war crimes suspects of Habiganj for their alleged crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
17 May 2015, 08:12 AM

Salahuddin losing memories, BNP leader says

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now at Shillong hospital in Indian Meghalaya state, is losing his memories, a senior party leader says.
17 May 2015, 07:46 AM

Security guard killed in Ashulia 'robbery'

Alleged robbers stabs a security guard to death during a "heist" in a readymade garment unit's warehouse in Ashulia, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka.
17 May 2015, 05:03 AM

Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis

Myanmar's government says it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue.
17 May 2015, 04:48 AM

Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli confirms

Libya's official government bans Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many try to travel to Europe by boat illegally, a government spokesman says.
17 May 2015, 04:29 AM

Man shot dead in Rajbari

A man is shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Piralipara in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari.
17 May 2015, 04:11 AM

Nuke power plant cost up three times

The 2400-megawatt Rooppur nuclear power project is likely to cost around $10 billion, more than three times the initial estimate of the government.
16 May 2015, 18:00 PM

5.7 Nepal quake shakes Dhaka

A moderate 5.7 earthquake struck in the already devastated Nepal Saturday afternoon which was felt in Dhaka and some parts of Bangladesh.
16 May 2015, 12:51 PM

Dhaka-Guwahati bus service talks Monday

Bangladesh and India are expected to finalise the modalities of a bus service between Dhaka and Guwahati Monday ahead of Narendra Modi’s tour next month.
16 May 2015, 11:09 AM

Lightning claims 7 lives in 3 districts

At least seven people, including two siblings, are killed by lightning during the nor'wester that lashed different parts of the country in last 24 hours.
16 May 2015, 09:37 AM

BNP, Jamaat's politics aimed at destruction: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami carried out politics of destruction in the country during their tenure.
16 May 2015, 08:56 AM

Sunil Gavaskar wants Virat Kohli to play one-off Test vs Bangladesh

Sunil Gavaskar feels that Virat Kohli should lead India in one-off Test match against Bangladesh before being rested for three-match ODI series.
16 May 2015, 07:58 AM

Weekend sees unusual traffic

It is the last day of the weekend. But city dwellers have been experiencing bumper-to-bumper traffic on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in Dhaka since morning just like the week days.
16 May 2015, 07:20 AM

Fatima Bhutto slams killing of Bangladeshi bloggers

Fatima Bhutto, grand-daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto criticizes the murder of Bangladeshi bloggers in her article.
16 May 2015, 06:11 AM

2 held with huge haul at Dhaka airport

Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained two passengers along with a large quantity of diabetes medicines and eye drops worth Tk 12 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
16 May 2015, 06:09 AM

Don't push back new boat arrivals: US

The United States urges the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to refrain from pushing back arrivals of new boat carrying Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya at sea.
16 May 2015, 04:36 AM

Fire kills businessman in Noakhali

A businessman is burnt alive as a fire broke out at a shop in Companiganj upazila in Noakhali.
16 May 2015, 04:06 AM

BNP leader visits Salahuddin at Shillong hospital

BNP’s assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony visits Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital in the Meghalaya state of India.
15 May 2015, 15:28 PM