Dhaka

Players-by-choice draft for Dhaka Premier League

The Dhaka Premier League 2015-16 season due to begin in March next year will adopt the players-by-choice transfer method after its proposal was passed through votes by the respective clubs.
19 December 2015

Worker killed as iron plate falls on him Dhaka

A construction worker is killed as an iron plate fell on him while he was working in an under-construction building site in the city’s Kathalbagan area.
19 December 2015

Muggers loot Tk1.20 lakh stabbing trader in Dhaka

Muggers looted Tk1.20 lakh after stabbing a fruit trader at Dayaganj intersection in Dhaka city early today.
18 December 2015

DU female student sets herself afire

A female student of Dhaka University allegedly tries to commit suicide by setting herself on fire at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the campus following a quarrel with her boyfriend.
17 December 2015

30 hurt as Dhaka College students, traders clash

At least 30 people are injured and several shops and motorcycles vandalised as Dhaka College students fight with traders of different markets in the New Market area of Dhaka.
17 December 2015

Man shot in New Market area

An employee of a cloth shop is shot by unidentified assailants in New Market area of Dhaka.
17 December 2015

‘Poor infrastructure, slow bureaucracy major challenges’

World Bank Senior Vice President and chief economist Dr Kaushik Basu says poor infrastructure and slow bureaucracy are two major challenges for Bangladesh’s economy, which is according to him, is standing at the ‘takeoff stage’.
15 December 2015

HC seeks illegal structures’ list in Dhaka car parking areas

The High Court directs Rajuk chairman to submit before it in two months a list of unauthorised structures built at car parking areas beside roads in Dhaka.
15 December 2015
14 December 2015

Pak bank official sent back from Dhaka airport

A joint director of the State Bank of Pakistan was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as she had no Visa to visit Bangladesh.
14 December 2015

'Moja Losss?' admin gets bail

A Dhaka court grants bail to Refayet Ahmed, admin of the popular Facebook page “Moja Losss?” in a case filed against him for running campaigns against the government and the state through the page.
14 December 2015

Market’s legality near Baldha Garden questioned

The High Court questions the legality of constructing a kitchen market on a residential area near Baldha Garden in the capital’s Wari area.
14 December 2015

Include provision to try 7-murder conspirators: HC to lower court

The High Court asks the trial court concerned in Narayanganj to include relevant section of penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy in sensational seven murder case.
14 December 2015

Shannon meets Khaleda, leaves without briefing

United States Department of State official Thomas Shannon meets BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence.
14 December 2015

Dinajpur temple attack: Suspect on 10-day remand

A court in Dinajpur places Mosabberul on a 10-day remand for Thursday's gun attack on a Hindu temple in the district that left two people injured.
13 December 2015

Tk 30 lakh sought for Nirob’s family

A rights group file a writ petition seeking High Court’s order on the government to compensate Tk 30 lakh to the family of Nirob who died after falling into a sewer in Dhaka.
13 December 2015

Journalist Faruk buried at Azimpur graveyard

Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.
13 December 2015

Solo exhibition ‘Amorar Akkhyan’ opens

A solo multimedia exhibition heralding the atrocities on women during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh opens in Dhaka today.
12 December 2015

Barisal beat Dhaka by 18 runs

Barisal Bulls beat Dhaka by 18 runs in the eliminator and advance to the 2 nd qualifier on Sunday against Rangpur Riders in BPL-2015.
12 December 2015

7 hurt in Titumir College BCL infighting

At least seven activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, are injured in a factional clash at Titumir College in Dhaka.
12 December 2015