Bangladesh
Dumped, madrassa teens commit suicide together
Love ends in death for two teenage Madrassa girls as they commit suicide together, side by side, dumped by their lovers in Lalmonirhat
27 March 2015, 07:48 AM
Manju quits as Chittagong mayor to run for it again
Incumbent BNP backed Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor M Manjur Alam Manju resigns and joins the next mayoral race for the port city
27 March 2015, 06:49 AM
Man burnt to death in Ctg fire
A man burnt alive as a fire broke out at a slum in Chittagong city
27 March 2015, 02:12 AM
Teen killed in Dinajpur bomb blast
A teenage boy is killed as a crude bomb went off in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur
26 March 2015, 14:18 PM
Haji Salim in India for ‘treatment’
Haji Mohammad Salim, a mayoral candidate who was reportedly advised by the Awami League high command not to contest the Dhaka South City Corporation elections, goes to India for ‘treatment and offering special prayers at a religious place’
26 March 2015, 12:51 PM
Ctg BNP backs Manju
Chittagong unit of BNP extends its support to M Manjur Alam Manu for the mayoral post in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation polls
26 March 2015, 12:20 PM
Jail killing convict Kismat Hashem dies in Canada
Captain (relieved) Kismat Hasem, who was handed down life term imprisonment in the historic jail killing case, dies in Canada
26 March 2015, 11:01 AM
Secure bail before running for city polls: DB
Legal action will be taken against accused in criminal cases if they run for Dhaka city polls without securing bail, DB official says
26 March 2015, 06:28 AM
Nation celebrates 45th Independence Day
The nation is celebrating the 45th Independence and National Day today with due solemnity and festivity
26 March 2015, 06:09 AM
Google celebrates Bangladesh Independence Day
The most popular search engine, Google, has outlaid its cover page with green and red portraying the essence of Bangladesh's independence
26 March 2015, 04:36 AM
Bangladesh political impasse impeding economic progress: US
The United States has said the violent political impasse in Bangladesh unfortunately is impeding the economic progress
26 March 2015, 01:48 AM
‘BSF’ picks up 4 Bangladesh detectives
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly pick up four members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police at Comilla frontier after they entered into the no-man's land to arrest a Bangladeshi man
25 March 2015, 18:33 PM
Haji Salim likely to quit mayoral race
Haji Mohammad Salim is likely to step aside from mayoral race in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections upon advice from the Awami League high command.
25 March 2015, 11:07 AM
President invites Khaleda on Independence Day
President Abdul Hamid invites BNP Chief Khaleda at his official residence Bangabhaban in Dhaka to attend programme marking the Independence Day tomorrow
25 March 2015, 08:18 AM
Dhaka, Ctg banks stay open this weekend
All banks in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas will stay open this weekend – Friday and Saturday – for the upcoming city corporation polls
25 March 2015, 06:42 AM
CEC rejects call to extend nomination filing time
Pro-BNP professionals suggest extending deadline for submission of nomination for the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections by two to three days
25 March 2015, 06:05 AM
2 more arson victims die at DMCH
Two more arson victims, who suffered severe burns in separate firebomb attacks in Chandpur and Magura, die at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
25 March 2015, 04:56 AM
UK MPs want pressure on Bangladesh to end disappearance
10 British MPs move so that the UK government put pressure on Bangladesh to stop disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
25 March 2015, 04:36 AM
Five years, 17 verdicts
The trial of war criminals passes yet another year with two special war crimes courts having delivered eight verdicts so far
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Banks warned against funding militancy
State Minister for Finance M Abdul Mannan told the parliament that the government would take stern actions against banks concerned if the allegation of funding militancy is proved
24 March 2015, 15:28 PM