Dhaka

Technical glitch curbs DSE trading again

Trading at the country's premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange was again hit by the technical glitch.
25 May 2015, 06:12 AM

2 'Islamic State men' held in Dhaka

The Detective Branch of police detain two suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) from Dhaka. One of them is said to be a local recruiter who already gathered about 20 activists including an teacher.
25 May 2015, 04:49 AM

Fire at Panthapath furniture warehouse

A fire breaks out at a warehouse of a furniture market in the Dhaka's Panthapath.
24 May 2015, 09:17 AM

Appeal orders on bar council poll freeze May 28

The apex court sets May 28 to deliver verdicts of three appeals filed challenging the High Court freeze on Bangladesh Bar Council elections.
24 May 2015, 08:09 AM

DSE trading resumes after 4hrs

Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumes after four hours of suspension following a technical glitch.
24 May 2015, 06:33 AM

Latif Siddique denied bail

A Dhaka rejects bail petitions of former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in seven cases filed against him for hurting people’s religious sentiment.
24 May 2015, 06:23 AM

Another war crimes suspect held in Maheshkhali

Another war crimes suspect is arrested from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, three days after a tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrant against him and 15 others.
24 May 2015, 05:01 AM

Doctors confirm gang rape of Garo girl

Doctors at forensic department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital confirm that the 21-year-old indigenous girl was gang-raped at Kuril Bus Stand in Dhaka Thursday night.
23 May 2015, 07:14 AM

Airport road gridlocked following transport workers’ blockade

A huge traffic congestion takes place as transport workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Banani of Dhaka.
22 May 2015, 18:45 PM

Rain in the north, heat elsewhere

Mixed weather pattern is prevailing through Bangladesh this summer with rain cooling life back to tugging quilts in the north and baking everyone under heat elsewhere.
21 May 2015, 08:05 AM

3 war crimes suspects held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest three war crimes suspects in Cox's Bazar hours after a tribunal ordered their arrest.
21 May 2015, 07:28 AM

‘JMB wants to wage jihad in India’

Accused in Burdwan blasts tells interrogators that JMB had plans to target West Bengal, Assam.
21 May 2015, 06:15 AM

Derailment halts Ctg rail link for 5hrs

Chittagong's rail link with rest of the country remains snapped for over five hours after a Dhaka-bound train derailed in Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria.
21 May 2015, 05:43 AM

Jihad's death: Railway engineer gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court grants bail to the railway engineer who was charged over death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.
21 May 2015, 04:57 AM

Bloggers die young (video)

It is hard to believe that a group of writers are in mortal danger in the country now just for expressing their opinions. But that’s the truth.
20 May 2015, 10:31 AM

2 war criminals get life until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain to life until death on one charge of crimes against humanity committed in Chapainawabganj during the Liberation War in 1971.
20 May 2015, 04:13 AM

Shillong police get Salahuddin’s health report

Shillong Civil Hospital, where BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is undergoing treatment, has confirmed that he has been suffering from different ailments relating to kidney, heart, skin and urology.
19 May 2015, 16:01 PM

Analysis: Why automated traffic signal failed

A new traffic signal in Dhaka proves to be a disaster as the capital experiences a total breakdown of traffic control this week.
19 May 2015, 11:07 AM

'Fake cops' held in Dhaka

Police detained six people from Dhaka's Badda area who are said to have been involved with extortion identifying themselves as law enforcers.
19 May 2015, 08:17 AM

Mohammadpur school cleaner to be sacked

Mohammadpur Preparatory Higher Secondary School decides to sack cleaner Gopal for trying to sexually harass a Class-1 student and to remove school rector Zeenatun Nesa for her indecent behaviour with guardians over the issue.
18 May 2015, 09:47 AM