Dhaka
Who is favourite as old rivals India and Pakistan lock horns?
The marquee clash between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup is set to be a mouth-watering one as the teams do not play each other often enough in the international circuit thanks to the political tension between the two countries.
27 February 2016, 11:28 AM
34th BCS non-cadre candidates stage demo in Dhaka, 5 held
Candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.
27 February 2016, 11:19 AM
Robbers loot gold from Dhaka jewellery shop
A group of robbers loot around 100 bhori of gold and ornaments from a jewellery shop under broad daylight in Dhaka’s Demra area.
26 February 2016, 11:32 AM
Bangladesh target turnaround in form against UAE
Bangladesh are making some bold bets themselves: the occasional green pitch,
26 February 2016, 10:22 AM
Govt mulls Dhaka-Ctg express train service: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government has a plan to introduce Dhaka-Chittagong express train service for easier and quick communications between the country's two major cities.
25 February 2016, 15:04 PM
Cops claim identifying 3 killers of blogger Avijit Roy
Police claim to have identified three persons “who directly took part” in the killing of secular writer and blogger Avijit Roy last year. The three are members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, according to cops.
25 February 2016, 11:19 AM
Ex-minister Enamul Haque dies
Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, a former social welfare minister, dies at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 82.
25 February 2016, 09:54 AM
Baby thrown from Bailey road house dies
The newborn baby who miraculously survived a fourth-floor fall after he was allegedly dropped from a flat by his teenage mother in Dhaka on February 1 dies.
25 February 2016, 09:32 AM
Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg
Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016, 05:09 AM
Stay alert so that Jamaat-Shibir cannot sneak into police: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to stay alert so that the Jamaat-Shibir activists and those involved in terrorist and militant acts could not be recruited in the police force.
24 February 2016, 16:02 PM
Titumir Clg ‘BCL activists’ attack students, 2 hurt
At least two students are injured as alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League activists attacked a group of protesting students at Government Titumir College.
24 February 2016, 09:15 AM
Are you a true Dhakaite?
After living all these years in Dhaka can you truly call yourself a Dhakaite?
24 February 2016, 08:10 AM
2 'Shibir' men held with 55 bombs in Dhaka
Police detain two alleged Shibir men, and recover 55 crude bombs and bomb making materials from their rented flat at Mirpur in Dhaka. They are Dhaka College unit Shibir leaders, a police official claims.
23 February 2016, 15:53 PM
US envoy condemns Debiganj priest murder
The United States have condemned the "cowardly acts" in which a Hindu priest was killed and another person injured in Panchagarh on February 21.
23 February 2016, 10:21 AM
Further probe in Pahela Baishakh sex assault: Court
A Dhaka court orders further investigation in a case filed over sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration near TSC of Dhaka University last year.
23 February 2016, 10:16 AM
Khaleda condemns Debiganj priest murder
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has condemned the attack on Debiganj temple and murder of its priest and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
23 February 2016, 10:13 AM
Mirpur Road blocked over death of student
Students of a private university block Dhaka’s key thoroughfare Mirpur Road in protest against death of a student in road crash.
23 February 2016, 08:01 AM
Gatco graft: Khaleda asked to appear before court Apr 13
A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 13 in connection with Gatco graft case.
23 February 2016, 07:03 AM
Najibullah, Nabi keep Afghanistan alive
Afghanistan stays in the hunt for the main draw of the Asia Cup beating Hong Kong by 66 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.
22 February 2016, 13:50 PM
8 ‘robbers’ held in Dhaka
Detectives arrest eight alleged members of a robber gang in Matuail area of Jatrabari in Dhaka.
22 February 2016, 12:18 PM