Bangladesh
AL backs Nasir for Ctg mayor
Awami League unanimously decides to back AJM Nasir, Chittagong city general secretary of the ruling party, as a mayoral candidate in the April 28 elections to Chittagong City Corporation
20 March 2015, 16:07 PM
Khaleda ‘positive’ about Dhaka, Ctg polls
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her positive attitude about taking part in the upcoming elections to the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations. “Khaleda Zia did not tell anything negative to us about the three city corporation elections.
20 March 2015, 15:06 PM
Violence decreasing: IGP
IGP AKM Shahidul Hoque says incidents of sabotage have been on the decrease due to police actions
20 March 2015, 12:31 PM
‘Man behind Gulshan blast’ arrested
Law enforcers claim to have arrested one of the prime accused of the February 16 blast on the rally of Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan at Gulshan.
20 March 2015, 08:33 AM
5 burnt in Feni firebomb attack
Five people suffer burns as miscreants hurled firebombs at a truck in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni
20 March 2015, 02:45 AM
Mashrafe disappointed
At the end of the day it all came down to “what ifs” for Bangladesh. There’s no doubt that the reprieve that Rohit Sharma got in the 40th over proved to be a crucial turning point in the game. Sharma, who was in his 90s at that point, went on to hammer a series of boundaries later in the game.
19 March 2015, 15:44 PM
UK concerned over unrest in Bangladesh
UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire expresses his deep concern at the ongoing violence and political unrest in Bangladesh
19 March 2015, 15:12 PM
Mashrafe suspended for one ODI
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been suspended for one ODI and fined 40 percent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final against India at Melbourne
19 March 2015, 13:36 PM
Bangladesh to appeal against ‘controversial’ umpiring: ICC chief
President of International Cricket Council (ICC), says Bangladesh to appeal against “controversial” umpiring decisions during Bangladesh’s quarterfinal game against India
19 March 2015, 12:59 PM
Govt in dark about Bangladeshi abductees in Libya
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says he does not know anything about the two Bangladeshi nationals who have allegedly been abducted in Libya by a militant group linked to the ISIS
19 March 2015, 12:59 PM
Dhaka BNP declares programme demanding Salahuddin’s return
Dhaka city unit of BNP will bring out processions at all thanas and wards in the capital on Saturday demanding return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
19 March 2015, 12:48 PM
Rangpur arson attack accused held
Police arrest two people including a prime accused in a case regarding the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.
19 March 2015, 12:16 PM
Minister warns Malaysian firm on expats’ MRP
Malaysian IRIS Corporation Berhad must enroll 5,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia every day to give them Machine Readable Passport or face actions, expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister says
19 March 2015, 11:55 AM
Solar Impulse flies over Bangladesh
The world's only solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse-2 was flying over Chittagong Hill tracts in Bangladesh on its way to Myanmar
19 March 2015, 09:28 AM
Controversial umpiring greatly mars Bangladesh's hope for semis
Several umpiring decisions during the Bangladesh-India second quarter-final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 leave cricket supporters all over the world shocked. Bangladesh authorities say they would appeal against the 'controversial' decisions
19 March 2015, 08:44 AM
Allow freedom of expression, UN tells Bangladesh
United Nations stresses need for all sides to engage in dialogue and asks Bangladesh authorities to allow for freedom of expression, for freedom of assembly and freedom of the media
19 March 2015, 08:32 AM
India beat Bangladesh by 109 runs
Riding on Rohit Sharma’s century, India beat Bangladesh by 109 runs to advance into the semifinal of ICC cricket World Cup 2015
19 March 2015, 02:54 AM
The case of the missing politician
SALAHUDDIN is not the first politician who has gone missing in Bangladesh and I think I echo the feelings of most of my fellow beings in this country that he is the last of any politician or any citizen to vanish.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Solar aircraft to cross Bangladesh tomorrow
Solar Impulse 2 – a solar powered aircraft – started the first round-the-world solar flight on March 9 and will fly over Bangladesh tomorrow evening if everything goes as planned
18 March 2015, 12:12 PM
The International Solar Tech Expo Ends
A three-day eco-friendly industrial equipment and sustainable development exhibition on Energy and Building ended last Saturday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.
18 March 2015, 12:02 PM