Dhaka

3rd phase of UP polls: Voting ends peacefully

The third phase of the Union Parishad elections ends peacefully in 620 unions of 46 districts.
23 April 2016

Launch strike lifted on Dhaka-greater Barisal route

Water transport workers decide to keep passenger vessels on Dhaka-greater Barisal route out of their strike temporarily due to ongoing HSC examinations.
22 April 2016

Ministry calls meeting to end water transport strike

Labour Ministry calls transport owners and leaders for a meeting tomorrow to put an end to the ongoing deadlock in the country’s water transport sector.
22 April 2016

Prof Zakaria Swapan BSMMU’s new Pro-VC

Prof ASM Zakaria Swapan has been made new Pro-Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for a period of three years.
22 April 2016

'Sex assault': JUST students stage demo in Dhaka

The students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) staged a demonstration in Dhaka protesting the expulsion of five fellow students of the university.
22 April 2016

With bribe, wife gets ‘alone time’ with jailed husband, then gets caught

A woman has managed a chance to ‘reunite’ with her imprisoned husband bribing her way through prison guards. Successful for a brief period of time, she got caught in the act.
21 April 2016

EC asks AL leaders to keep grassroots men from violence

The Election Commission asks some central leaders of ruling Awami League (AL) to issue directives to the party’s grassroots leaders and activists to refrain from committing violence and irregularities during the next phases of union parishad (UP) polls.
21 April 2016

18 ‘robbers’ held in Jatrabari

A total of 18 people have been detained with arms from Dhaka’s Jatrabari. Police said they were preparing for a robbery in the area.
21 April 2016

Allegation against Rehman totally false: Wife

Taleya Rehman, wife of journalist Shafik Rehman, said the allegation brought against her husband is totally baseless and fictitious.
20 April 2016

HC orders Udayan school to probe torture on student

High Court directs the principal of Udayan Higher Secondary School in Dhaka to probe allegation of torture on a class VIII student by a teacher.
20 April 2016

Khadem killed muezzin for mosque fund: Cops

Lalbagh police arrest four people including the "mastermind" in connection with the murder of a muezzin in Old Dhaka's Islampur on April 5.
20 April 2016

Businessman found dead in a Dhaka hotel

Police recover the body of a businessman from a residential hotel in Tejgaon area of Dhaka.
19 April 2016

ACC nets 13 over different scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 13 persons from different parts of the country for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore and grabbing lands.
19 April 2016

Cop shot in Dhaka

Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch of Police is shot by miscreants when he was raiding in Tatnibazar area of Dhaka to nab criminals.
19 April 2016

JnU students vandalise vehicles

Students of Jagannath University (JnU) vandalise at least seven vehicles including buses in front of the campus in old Dhaka.
19 April 2016

Child abducted from Ashulia rescued in Natore

A child who was abducted two days ago from Ashulia, at the outskirts of Dhaka, has been rescued in Natore.
19 April 2016

Graft case: HC sets tomorrow to hear Khaleda’s pleas challenging trial court order

High Court fixes tomorrow for hearing two petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a lower court order that had rejected her two applications in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
19 April 2016

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders this evening

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the party’s senior leaders to discuss the country's current situation.
19 April 2016

5 ‘kidnappers’ held from Mohakhali, 1 rescued

Law enforcers claim to have detained five kidnappers from Dhaka’s Mohakhali area. One victim is said to have been rescued from their grasp.
19 April 2016

BNP announces 21 more names of national executive committee

BNP announces names of 21 leaders including an organising secretary and 20 other assistant organising secretaries of its national executive committee.
18 April 2016