Bangladesh
Kamaruzzaman files review petition
Condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman files review petition with Supreme Court against its verdict that upheld his death penalty
5 March 2015, 06:23 AM
Driver burnt as truck set afire in Lalmonirhat
A truck driver suffers burn injuries as miscreants set fire to his vehicle by hurling a petrol bomb in Lalmonirhat
5 March 2015, 05:05 AM
''The people of Bangla Desh are united in the fight for their just demands.''
Here is Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's interview with Ramesh Chandra, Secretary-General, World Peace Council, published on August 30, 1971.
3 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Ex-ETV reporter Kanak Sarwar held
Detectives detain former Ekushey Television (ETV) reporter Kanak Sarwar in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area on charge of sedition.
3 March 2015, 15:23 PM
Foreign powers linked to violence: Matia
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,
3 March 2015, 14:16 PM
Tomorrow’s SSC exams postponed
(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.
3 March 2015, 13:03 PM
Soumya Sarkar's shot in the dark
In dreams a woman or man you do not know may step out into view, and some quality pressing out of them is so unsettling, yet in such sharp focus, it is like they are sunset-lit.
3 March 2015, 09:38 AM
Unabated violence
SO far BNP's political programme has cost 113 lives. Sixty of them were victims of arson attacks on buses and public transport. More than 1,200 vehicles have been destroyed by fire or damaged by miscreants. One hundred thirty people are writhing in agony in the burn units.
2 March 2015, 18:00 PM
2 Netrakona ‘Razakars’ indicted
A special tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two war crimes suspect of Netrakona for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971
2 March 2015, 10:14 AM
Indian foreign secy meets Mahmood Ali
Indian Foreign Secretary Subramanyam Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka to convey New Delhi's intention of resolution of pending water and land issues and explore new areas of talks focusing on connectivity and energy cooperation
2 March 2015, 07:43 AM
Farabi admits of threats to kill Avijit: Rab
Farabi Shafiur Rahman, the prime suspect in the sensational murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has admitted making online postings threatening to kill Avijit, according to Rab
2 March 2015, 06:51 AM
Journo among 4burnt in Dhaka firebomb attack
At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka
1 March 2015, 16:08 PM
Dhaka to engage FBI in Avijit murder probe
Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.
1 March 2015, 15:59 PM
6 crude bomb explosions in front of Dhaka New Market, 3 injured
Miscreants exploded six crude bombs in front of the New Market in Dhaka injuring at least three people
1 March 2015, 15:05 PM
20-party for int’l probe into ‘atrocities’
The BNP-led 20-party alliance calls for UN supervised international investigation into what it said extra-judicial killings, human rights violations and firebomb attacks in the country.
1 March 2015, 12:35 PM
PM asks armed forces to stay alert to maintain democracy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the armed forces to always remain alert like other forces of the country to protect the sacred constitution and maintain the continuation of democracy braving any threat.
1 March 2015, 11:33 AM
Avijit’s body handed over to DMC for research
Body of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy has been handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research after people pay last tributes to him at Dhaka University
1 March 2015, 06:24 AM
Pickets torch 5 buses in Dhaka, Rajshahi
Pickets torch five buses in Dhaka and Rajshahi as the BNP-led 20-party alliance is observing the first day of the 72-hour nationwide hartal
1 March 2015, 05:51 AM
8 vehicles torched in Dhaka, Narayanganj
Miscreants torched at least eight vehicles at different parts of Dhaka and Narayanganj today
28 February 2015, 14:47 PM
Cultural activists to observe hunger strike protesting killings
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will go for a mass hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, protesting the ongoing killings, destruction and anarchy on the street, on March 6
28 February 2015, 13:41 PM