Dhaka
Sangram editor, 3 others exonerated from contempt proceedings
A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates editor of Bangla daily Sangram and three others from contempt proceedings after they apologised unconditionally for publishing report and making comments about a sub-judice matter on war crimes case trial
12 March 2015, 07:13 AM
Bus torched in Dhaka
Miscreants torch a bus on Mugda Biswa Road in Dhaka, Fire Service and Civil Defence sources say
12 March 2015, 04:36 AM
5 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts
At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 15:40 PM
Laxmipur Jubo Dal man succumbs to bullet injuries
A Jubo Dal activist, who sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police at Char Lawrence Berarganj on Laxmipur-Ramgati road in Kamalnagar upazila on March 2, dies at a hospital in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 11:30 AM
Fire at Dhanmondi residential building
A fire breaks out at a residential building at Dhanmondi in Dhaka
11 March 2015, 10:11 AM
Widow of blogger Avijit Roy defiant after Bangladesh attack
Widow of a blogger who was hacked to death in Bangladesh says she will continue to speak out on the causes of secularism and science
11 March 2015, 09:29 AM
Gold hidden in gaming device seized at airport
Customs intelligence have seized eight gold bars weighing 800 grams concealed in an electronic device at Postal Freight Unit at Dhaka airport
11 March 2015, 06:57 AM
Police did not act, says Avijit’s wife
Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of murdered blogger-writer Avijit Roy, says she did not get proper cooperation from law enforcers when they came under attack on February 26.
10 March 2015, 14:18 PM
The nifty snatcher and his evening mission
Every mobile phone owner, more or less, experiences the onset of panic and despair the moment he realises his phone is missing. But what happened to me is more than that when I suddenly saw my mobile phone gone in the blink of an eye.
10 March 2015, 13:16 PM
Woman’s body recovered in Dhaka
Police today recovered the body of a woman in five pieces on Culvert road at Motijheel in Dhaka.
10 March 2015, 12:18 PM
Gunfight at Bidyut Bhaban over tender
Two separate groups involves in a gunfight at Bidyut Bhaban in Dhaka over submitting tender of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC).
10 March 2015, 12:05 PM
Minor girl killed in Dhaka road accident
A minor girl killed and her mother injured as a bus hit a rickshaw at Gulistan in Dhaka
7 March 2015, 15:36 PM
PM addressing Suhrawardy rally
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on the occasion of the historic March 7.
7 March 2015, 11:25 AM
Manna on 10-day remand in sedition case
A Dhaka court placed Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on a fresh 10-day remand in sedition case.
7 March 2015, 11:20 AM
27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal
Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
6 March 2015, 07:01 AM
12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka
Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka
6 March 2015, 06:27 AM
3 hurt in Dhaka bomb blasts
3 people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka
5 March 2015, 15:19 PM
Obaidul donates book royalty to arson victims
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today donated the royalty he got for his two books to arson victims of the current political unrest.
5 March 2015, 11:39 AM
Derailment halts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet train service
Rail communication of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet has been disrupted following a train derailment in Brahmanbaria.
5 March 2015, 10:28 AM
Muggers shoot youth, snatch Tk 8 lakh in Dhaka
Muggers allegedly shot a youth and snatched Tk 8.77 lakhs from him in Lalbagh area of Dhaka
5 March 2015, 09:14 AM