Bangladesh

ICC president Mustafa Kamal quits

ICC President AHM Mustafa Kamal announces resignation over “controversial” umpiring during Bangladesh-India quarterfinal.
1 April 2015, 07:37 AM

IOM urged to repatriate Bangladeshis from Yemen

Bangladesh officially requests International Organization for Migration to repatriate Bangladesh nationals trapped in war-torn Yemen.
1 April 2015, 07:33 AM

HSC exams begin peacefully

HSC and equivalent examinations begin peacefully throughout the country with over 10.5 lakhs examines are expected to appear in the exams.
1 April 2015, 05:00 AM

Paucity of purpose

THE people of Bangladesh do not take any insults hurled at them lightly.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM

‘Guest' kills top BRTA official’s wife in Dhaka

Posing as guest, a man enters the house of BRTA deputy director in Mohammadpur and attacks the family members, leaving the official’s wife dead. The severely injured BRTA official and their two daughters are now undergoing treatment at hospital.
31 March 2015, 11:12 AM

Attacks on journos, intellectuals worry UN

United Nations expresses deep concern over attacks on journalists and intellectuals in Bangladesh in the recent days.
31 March 2015, 10:19 AM

Govt okays 600MW Indian power import

Government approves of importing additional 600MW power from neighbouring India at a cost of about Tk 1,600 crore via the electricity interconnectivity grid.
31 March 2015, 07:01 AM

Man linked to Bangladeshis’ abduction in ME held: CID

Criminal Investigation Department says that they arrested a man, who was involved in kidnapping for ransom of around 100 Bangladeshis in middle-east countries
31 March 2015, 05:53 AM

The trial is more important than the accused

Here we publish a letter written by Kamruddin Ahmad to the Law Minister on November 21, 1972. Kamruddin Ahmad was a Language Movement hero, politician, lawyer and diplomat.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Knife attack kills Bangladesh blogger Oyasiqur Rahman

Barely a month after the brutal murder of Avijit Roy, another blogger and online activist was hacked to death in broad daylight yesterday. Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, 27, was attacked by three cleaver-wielding youths in the capital's Tejgaon Industrial area around 9:00am.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh condemns Houthi actions in Yemen

Bangladesh strongly condemns actions by the Houthis against the legitimate government led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of Yemen
30 March 2015, 11:22 AM

ICT seeks formal charge against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

A tribunal in Dhaka asks prosecution to submit on April 13 the formal charges against eight suspected war criminals for their crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
30 March 2015, 10:38 AM

Wave of outcry over CWC trophy handover

A wave of outcry spread through the mainstream and social media across world after ICC chairman handed over the World Cup trophy to the winning captain sidelining its president
30 March 2015, 10:07 AM

4 Bangladeshi militants charged with Burdwan blast

Indian police charge 21 accused including four Bangladeshi militants of banned outfit JMB in the Burdwan blast case of Kolkata.
30 March 2015, 10:00 AM

Cabinet okays 1pc surcharge on mobile phone use

The cabinet approves a new law to introduce 1 percent surcharge on mobile phone use, cabinet secretary says. The government will earn Tk 140cr each year when the law will become effective.
30 March 2015, 08:53 AM

1 killed, 4 burnt in Barisal medicine plant fire

A worker is burnt alive and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a medicine factory of Opsonin Pharma in Barisal city.
30 March 2015, 06:03 AM

Schoolboy’s death sparks protest in Bogra

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Rangpur highway remains suspended for one and a half hours as locals put up barricade protesting death of school student in Bogra road crash
30 March 2015, 05:07 AM

‘Bandit leader’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Khulna cops

Alleged chief of a forest bandit racket of the Sundarbans killed in 'gunfight' with police in Koyra upazila of Khulna.
30 March 2015, 04:46 AM

Development vs democracy

THE Western media was all about Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, when he died recently.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM

“I Don't Like Twirling the Baton of Politics”

BEFORE we knew it, it was the year 1970. There were political movements all around. The confrontations of the students and the public of East Bengal had reached their peak.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM