Dhaka

6 tips to save your soul if you choose to walk home

Tired of the traffic jam? So you have taken up walking instead of waiting for hours on end on sardine-packed roads? Good idea. But before you start walking to your destinations, here are 6 important tips that may even save your life.
20 June 2016

Prime DSC beat Victoria by 91 runs

Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club led by Farhad Reza overwhelm Victoria Sporting Club by 91 runs in the Super League match of DPL 2016 at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah today.
20 June 2016

Woman crushed by train in Dhaka

A woman is crushed under the wheels of a train near Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka.
20 June 2016

4 Noakhali men indicted for 'war crimes'

A special tribunal in Dhaka frames three charges against four men from Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during 1971.
20 June 2016

Time for the championship bid

The outcomes of today's Dhaka Premier League matches may go a long way towards providing a clear picture of the championship race, even though the league does not end till next week.
19 June 2016

2 Harrier SUVs seized over tax dodging

Customs intelligence seize two luxurious taxi SUVs from Baridhara in Dhaka allegedly brought into the country dodging over Tk 50 lakh in taxes.
19 June 2016

CCTV footage shows ‘killer’ apparently following Avijit: Cops

Prime suspect in bloggers -- Avijit Roy and Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy – killing case, who was killed in an alleged gunfight today, is seen in CCTV footage when blogger Avijit Roy was killed last year.
19 June 2016

Indian envoy visits Ramakrishna Mission

Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla visits Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka and expresses his satisfaction over the security provided there by the government.
19 June 2016

Huge arms, ammo found in Dhaka canal

A large cache of firearms and ammunition has been recovered from a canal at Uttara in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
18 June 2016

Rupganj consolidate lead

A fine all-round performance from Legends of Rupganj helped them extend their lead at the top of the Super League table, while Tamim Iqbal's Abahani hopped to second place in the Dhaka Premier League yesterday.
18 June 2016

Huge arms cache found in Uttara canal

Cops recover 97 pistols, 189 magazines, 1,000 bullets, 11 bayonets from a canal near Buddhist temple in Uttara of Dhaka. Drive is still going on.
18 June 2016

Abahani vanquish Victoria

Abahani Limited led by Tamim Iqbal make short work of Nadif Chowdhury’s Victoria Sporting Club and win their match at Mirpur by six wickets today.
18 June 2016

Contenders look to seize the moment

The tussle for the Dhaka Premier League championship will continue today as the top six teams take on each other in the third round of the Super League.
17 June 2016

14.3kg gold seized from brothers

Preventive team of Dhaka customs seizes 14.33kg of gold bars and ornaments from two brothers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
17 June 2016

Have improved as a batsman: Karthik

Dinesh Karthik has been out of the Indian side for about two years now, but the wicketkeeper batsman is not losing sleep over it.
17 June 2016

'Criminal' killed in 'shootout' with Rab

A “criminal” was killed in an alleged shootout between his cohorts and the Rapid Action Battalion at Agargaon in the capital early yesterday.
16 June 2016

BPL to start in Chittagong

In a historic first for the country's professional football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will get underway outside the capital.
16 June 2016

Ramakrishna Mission staff get death threat

Ramkarishna Mission staff in Dhaka receives death threats through a letter allegedly sent yesterday by militants.
16 June 2016

‘Extortionist’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Dhaka

A listed extortionist is killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said a “gunfight” between the elite force members and his cohorts at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka.
16 June 2016

Syed Ashraf leaves Dhaka for London

Awami League general secretary and Minister for Public Administration Syed Ashraful Islam left Dhaka for London today to take part in an international conference there.
15 June 2016