Dhaka
Bank official torture: Cops submit probe report
Police have submitted a probe report into the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official allegedly by a sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station.
17 January 2016, 10:01 AM
Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries: Autopsy
Autopsy reports say the Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries.
17 January 2016, 04:54 AM
[WATCH] The flute maker
This is a tale of a person who makes and plays flute for living.
16 January 2016, 10:52 AM
Torturer cops Masud, Akash suspended
Dhaka police suspends two sub-inspectors (SI) for torturing two officials in Mohammadpur and Jatrabari. SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station and SI Arshadul Islam Akash of Jatrabari Police Station were suspended for beating up and allegedly threatening central bank official Golam Rabbi on January 9 and DSCC Conservancy Officer Bikash Chandra Das yesterday respectively.
16 January 2016, 07:59 AM
2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema underway
The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims in the world, is continuing today amid sermons being delivered in Tongi on Dhaka’s outskirt.
16 January 2016, 05:49 AM
Road crash: 2 schoolgirls killed in 8 hrs in Dhaka
Two schoolgirls are killed in similar road accidents within eight hours in the capital.
16 January 2016, 04:42 AM
‘Criminal’ injured in Dhaka ‘gunfight’
An alleged criminal was bullet-hit during a ‘gunfight’ with police in Dhaka’s Sutrapur area this evening.
15 January 2016, 15:27 PM
Bangladesh, Nepal thru to the semis after goal-less draw
Bangladesh football team moves to the semi-final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 as the Group-A champion after a goal-less draw against Nepal in the final Group-A match held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
15 January 2016, 15:24 PM
Poet Rafiq Azad at ICU
Renowned poet Rafiq Azad is admitted to the ICU of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka following a stroke.
15 January 2016, 14:17 PM
Biswa Ijtema: 2nd phase begins
This year for the first time the Biswa Ijtema is being held in four phases to deal with the huge crowd and lack of accommodation for the devotees.
15 January 2016, 04:58 AM
Train fare to rise by 7.8pc next month
The Railways ministry wants to increase fares for passengers and freight by 7.8 percent from next month to cut down losses.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Boy in grandmother’s custody after bail
A Dhaka court allows the grandmother to take the custody of a minor boy, a day after he is granted bail in a bomb blast case which took place two years ago.
14 January 2016, 11:11 AM
‘Will take relations to new height’: Indian envoy
Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Harsh Bardhan Shringla arrives in Dhaka to take up his diplomatic assignment.
14 January 2016, 09:23 AM
2 'JMB men' killed in Hazaribagh ‘shootout’: DB
Two alleged members of a banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been killed in an encounter with law enforcers at Hazaribagh in Dhaka Wednesday night, detectives say.
13 January 2016, 19:54 PM
New Indian envoy due tomorrow
Indian High Commissioner-designate Harsh Vardhan Shringla is to arrive in Dhaka on January 14, 2016, to take up his diplomatic assignment in Bangladesh.
13 January 2016, 12:28 PM
Child gets bail 2yrs after arrest
A Dhaka court grants bail to a child who has been languishing in jail for the last two years in an explosion case.
13 January 2016, 10:56 AM
New British High Commissioner Designate arrives
Alison Blake, the British High Commissioner Designate to Bangladesh has arrived in Dhaka today.
13 January 2016, 10:17 AM
15 years after relocation order, tannery owners say they can’t move out ‘overnight’
Nearly 15 years ago, the High Court had ordered the government to relocate around 200 tanneries from the city’s Hajaribag to save the Buriganga river and the environment.
13 January 2016, 09:26 AM
New way for extortion
In a bizarre incident, cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations dump large quantity of stinky garbage in front of some business establishments in Gulshan after the offices refused to pay them ‘tips’.
13 January 2016, 07:08 AM
Striking public univ teachers want talks with PM
Public university teachers who are agitating against “pay disparity” say they want to talk with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to press home their demand.
13 January 2016, 05:58 AM