Dhaka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bangladesh target turnaround in form against UAE

Bangladesh are making some bold bets themselves: the occasional green pitch,
26 February 2016

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

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

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

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

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