Dhaka

DPL's exciting run continues

The Dhaka Premier League continues its exciting run as the fifth round began with a couple of upsets and some noteworthy individual performances.
9 May 2016

‘Come to my office’

They have been waiting for several years to change the ownership of their vehicles. Some of them are told by BRTA officials that their “documents are missing” while others are caught up in red tape.
9 May 2016

Pakistan high commissioner summoned

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Bangladesh foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Pakistan
9 May 2016

‘US, India to work together to help Dhaka fight terror'

In the wake of the recent spate of targeted attacks on secular activists, bloggers, writers, professors and minorities, the US
9 May 2016

Australia relaxes ban on freight from Bangladesh

Four and a half months after imposing a ban on freight to Australia from Bangladesh, the country of the southern hemisphere
9 May 2016

Security beefed up at Dhaka jail

Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail, where death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been kept, was strengthened this afternoon.
9 May 2016

Kamrangirchar power house fire doused

A fire that broke out at a power house in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka this evening has been doused after an hour.
9 May 2016

Statement on Nizami verdict: Bangladesh govt hands Pakistan envoy protest letter

Foreign ministry hands ‘strongly-worded’ protest letter to Pakistan envoy in protest against the country’s statement on Supreme Court verdict dismissing the review plea of condemned war criminal and Jamaat leader Nizami. Bangladesh terms the May 6 Pakistan statement "unacceptable".
9 May 2016

‘Extortion by sergeant’: Court orders judicial probe

A Dhaka court orders a judicial enquiry into an extortion case filed against a sergeant of Motijheel traffic (East Zone).
9 May 2016

Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar score big as Prime Doleshwar, Abahani suffer defeats

In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.
9 May 2016

ICT indicts 2 Kishoreganj men

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 May 2016

India's foreign secy to visit Dhaka Wednesday

India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to meet the government high officials to discuss Bangladesh’s security and other bilateral issues.
9 May 2016

PM lays foundation of CHT Complex

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays the foundation stone of Chittagong Hill Tracts Complex in Dhaka’s Bailey Road area, aimed at promoting the national cultural diversity and social customs and individual characteristics of the ethnic communities.
8 May 2016

24-hr hartal underway, Jamaat man held

An alleged activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was detained while trying to bring out a procession in Dhaka during the party-enforced 24-hour countrywide hartal.
8 May 2016

Avijit’s father demands IGP’s resignation

Ajoy Roy, father of slain blogger and writer Avijit Roy, demands resignation of the inspector general of police as “he failed to protect people”.
7 May 2016

Man stabs cop in Old Dhaka’s Nawabpur

An on-duty policeman was stabbed by unknown miscreants at Nawabpur in old part of Dhaka.
7 May 2016

Govt to double size of Dhaka city area

The government is going to more than double the area of the two Dhaka city corporations through inclusion of 16 nearby unions, said
6 May 2016

More authority needed to deliver civic services

We have started repair of 300 roads. Reinforced concrete is being used to repair three-fourth of the roads so they will last for decades.
6 May 2016

Freeing illegally occupied roads, sites was not easy

Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon took oath as mayors respectively of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on May 6 last year. They took over offices with serious pledges and commitments to bring about qualitative changes in delivering civic services.
6 May 2016

Law minister leaves programme finding it's sponsored by coaching centre

Law Minister Anisul Huq leaves an award giving ceremony in Dhaka after finding that it is sponsored by a coaching centre.
6 May 2016