Dhaka
Asia Cup: BAN, PAK seek to clear path to final
Both Bangladesh and Pakistan will look for a win against each other to clear their path to the finals of Asia Cup 2016.
2 March 2016, 08:54 AM
Legal notice seeks halt to biometric SIM registration
A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking a halt to biometric registration for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards of mobile operators claiming it violates privacy and has a potential malafide intention.
2 March 2016, 08:47 AM
Foreigners under scanner after ATM scam
Foreigners living in Bangladesh are now under the scanner following the arrest of a German citizen in connection with the recent ATM scam, says home minister.
2 March 2016, 08:29 AM
Bus crushes schoolteacher in Kamalapur
A schoolteacher was crushed under the wheels of a rashly-driven bus at Kamalapur in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
2 March 2016, 07:20 AM
War crimes: 2 Moulvibazar accused sent to jail
A tribunal in Dhaka sends two war crimes accused to jail a day after their arrest from Moulvibazar in a war crimes case.
2 March 2016, 06:57 AM
Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests
Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.
2 March 2016, 06:12 AM
ACC relieves ex-Rajuk chairman of corruption allegation
The Anti-Corruption Commission has relieved former Rajuk chairman Md Nurul Huda of corruption allegation after primary enquiry, say official sources at the ACC.
1 March 2016, 15:56 PM
Held German citizen revealed names of 50 persons, organisations: Cops
German citizen Piotr Szczepan Mazurek, who was arrested in connection with the recent ATM scam, has revealed names of 50 individuals and institutions who have link with the crime. Police are working to verify the information.
1 March 2016, 10:08 AM
Banasree siblings killed, doctors suspect
Two siblings - aged six and 14, whose death last night after taking food from a Chinese restaurant in Dhaka’s Banasree sparked mystery, were killed, doctors primarily suspect after autopsy.
1 March 2016, 08:08 AM
Legal notice seeks halt to DMP’s personal info collection
A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice seeking a halt to the move by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to collect identification information of landlords and tenants in Dhaka terming it as “violation of rights to privacy”.
1 March 2016, 07:09 AM
War crimes: 2 Moulvibazar ‘Razakars’ held
Two war crimes accused from Moulvibazar are arrested hours after International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for three alleged Razakars, who were involved in crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
1 March 2016, 06:46 AM
College boy who ‘left home in rage’ found dead in Dhanmondi Lake
A college boy, who went missing two days ago after storming out of his house in rage, has been found dead in Dhanmondi Lake.
1 March 2016, 06:16 AM
Prime suspect of Comilla minors’ killing held
The prime suspect in a case filed over killing of two children in Comilla has been arrested from Dhaka.
1 March 2016, 05:22 AM
10 ‘yaba traders’ held in Dhaka
Detectives arrest 10 alleged Yaba traders along with 70,000 pieces of the contraband tablets from Darus Salam in Dhaka.
1 March 2016, 04:34 AM
Rawhide won’t be allowed at Hajaribagh tanneries: Amu
Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu says that rawhide would not be allowed to enter tannery factories at Dhaka’s Hajaribagh to avert environment pollution in this area.
29 February 2016, 14:33 PM
Funding militancy: Stay on accused lawyer’s bail extended
Apex court extends the stay on bail for Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana, accused of funding militancy, until March 20.
29 February 2016, 05:05 AM
Eskaton double murder: Order on indictment Mar 6
A Dhaka court fixes March 6 to decide whether it will frame charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, in connection with the double murder in the capital’s New Eskaton area last year.
28 February 2016, 07:56 AM
Road crashes kill 8 in Munshiganj, Comilla, Manikganj
At least eight people are killed and 22 injured in separate road crashes in Comilla, Munshiganj and Manikganj.
28 February 2016, 04:50 AM
Mosquitoes go out of control
City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito problems for the last couple of weeks, as the two city corporations have failed to take
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Uttara gas fire: After kids, father dies as toll rises to 3
Father of five members of a family, who were burnt in a gas stove fire at their Uttara house, succumbs to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
27 February 2016, 12:29 PM