Dhaka

BIWTA recreation centre on Buriganga to go

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed the government to demolish and remove the recreation centre from Buriganga river at Kamrangirchar area in Dhaka.
24 August 2015, 08:31 AM

2 'Hizb-ut Tahrir men' among 6 held in Dhaka

Detectives claimed to have detained six people including two members of the banned organisation Hizb-ut Tahrir from the capital’s Uttara and Mugda areas.
24 August 2015, 05:11 AM

IGP justifies ‘gunfights’

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque justifies the recent “gunfights” saying law enforcers have the right to self-defence.
23 August 2015, 14:57 PM

2 charged with Garo woman’s gang-rape

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against two persons for gang-raping a 21-year-old indigenous woman in Dhaka on May 21.
23 August 2015, 12:51 PM

When foreigners lend a hand to clean Dhaka (video)

A group of students from University of Japan in Bangladesh take matters on their hand lending their effort to make a cleaner Dhaka and raise awareness among all for the same.
23 August 2015, 12:00 PM

Death of Dhaka BCL leader: 3 Rab officials sued

Three Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials have been sued for murder over death of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Hazaribagh unit chief.
23 August 2015, 07:33 AM

Is this beautification? (video)

What comes to mind when we think of Paris is the Eiffel Tower. With London, it is the Big Ben while Delhi conjures the image of the India Gate in our minds. But what of Dhaka?
23 August 2015, 05:48 AM

‘Robber’ killed in Keraniganj ‘gunfight’

A suspected robber is killed and five policemen injured in what law enforcers term as a 'gunfight' in Dakkhin Keraniganj, Dhaka.
23 August 2015, 05:23 AM

T20 tournament for physically disabled in Dhaka from September 2

The first ever international cricket tournament for physically disabled individuals will be organized in Dhaka from September 2.
22 August 2015, 14:11 PM

Shawkat Mahmud sent to jail after remand

A Dhaka court sends BNP chairperson's Adviser Shawkat Mahmud to jail after completion of his three-day remand in a case filed for killing a man in an arson attack in January.
22 August 2015, 12:07 PM

Journo sent to jail for ‘torturing wife’

A court in Dhaka sends a reporter of private television channel ATN News to jail for allegedly torturing his wife.
22 August 2015, 10:46 AM

Death under tiger statue: People demand justice (video)

Angered over the tragic death of a man under a tiger statue at Karwan Bazar of Dhaka yesterday, people demanded justice.
22 August 2015, 10:06 AM

3 held with gold, yaba at Kamalapur station

Police claim to have detained three people with five kilograms of gold and contraband yaba tablets from Dhaka’s railway station.
22 August 2015, 07:25 AM

2 girls killed in Mymensingh road crash

Two female madrasa students are dead and two injured in a road accident in Naudhar area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
21 August 2015, 11:28 AM

Minor drowns in Dhaka’s flooded road

A minor girl drowns in a flooded road at Kathalbagan in Dhaka.
21 August 2015, 06:53 AM

Tiger statue at Karwan Bazar crushes man

A rickshawpuller is killed after a statue of a tiger at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar intersection collapsed on him.
21 August 2015, 05:18 AM

Fire breaks out at Shakharibazar

A fire breaks out on the first floor of a five-storey building located at Kobiraj lane of Shakkhari Bazar area in Dhaka.
20 August 2015, 12:50 PM

Legal notice served to stop waste dumping into Buriganga

A rights group sends legal notice to government authorities concerned, asking them to remove all wastes from the south side bank of Buriganga River in a week and to take effective steps to stop dumping wastes there.
20 August 2015, 12:12 PM

August 21: The day that changed politics, forever

That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.
20 August 2015, 11:41 AM

Bullet-hit Dhaka Jubo League man dies

A ward-level Jubo League leader, who is shot by unidentified criminals in Dhaka yesterday, died at a hospital in Dhaka.
19 August 2015, 10:00 AM