2 held with 6.80 lakh yaba pills in Ctg

A joint team of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), Chittagong Metro Sub-zone and Bangladesh Coast Guard recover 6.80 lakh pieces of yaba tablets from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and detained two persons.
14 October 2015

Lawyers to meet Mojaheed tomorrow

Five lawyers of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail tomorrow “to discuss the recently released full verdict and the ground of the review”.
2 October 2015

Housewife murdered

A housewife was stabbed to death by her husband over a family feud in Bittiachra village under Benapole Port Police Station on Monday.
29 September 2015

61 Indian fishermen held for intrusion

Bangladesh Navy personnel on Monday night detained 61 Indian fishermen along with five fishing trawlers from the Bay for intruding into
29 September 2015

Charge framing in Rakib killing Oct 5

A Khulna court fixes October 5 for holding a hearing on charge framing against the accused in 12-year-old boy Rakib killing case.
22 September 2015

Watch now: Mob beating or planned murder? (video)

Business enmity or money dispute may be the reason behind the killing of three middle-aged men in Pabna on suspicion that they were child abductors, according to police.
26 August 2015

Two die in Sunamganj boat capsize

A woman and her daughter drowned as a boat capsized in a haor (water body) in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday night.
18 August 2015

Woman held for torturing domestic help

A housewife was arrested on Monday on charge of torturing her teenage domestic help confining her to a house in Thanthania
12 August 2015

A Prayer for Continuity in Teknaf

When the garden's silence meets the quiet of dawn, U Nanda Loka, 50, begins his prayer of meditation and whispers. At 5.30 a.m. for
4 August 2015

Vegetable trader found dead

Police recovered the body of a vegetable trader from Dighapatia area in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is Bashir Uddin, 42, son of Atik Rahman of Dighapatia village. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said locals found the
6 July 2015

Bangladesh delays processing of domestic workers' visas

National recruitment offices have blames Bangladesh's labour ministry for delaying the processing of over 3,000 visas for housemaids already stamped by the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka, reports Saudi Gazette.
29 June 2015

22 held while returning from India illegally

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 22 Bangladeshis while they were returning home from India through Gatipara border under Benapole Port Police Station
16 June 2015

SC upholds Mojaheed death penalty

Supreme Court upholds death penalty to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mojaheed for killing intellectuals in 1971.
16 June 2015

Eight shops gutted

At least eight shops were gutted in a fire at a local market in Birampur upazila of the district yesterday. The fire originated from an electric
8 June 2015

Sunflower farming gains popularity in Barisal

Farmers in Barisal division have started cultivating sunflower, finding it to be a profitable crop.
21 May 2015

Restore political coexistence: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to restore political coexistence in the country and demanded quick release of her party’s sick and senior leaders from jail.
13 May 2015

Meghalaya cops to push back Salahuddin if court orders

Meghalaya cops say the arrested Bangladeshi political leader Salahuddin Ahmed will be pushed back if court orders for so.
13 May 2015

Cop suspended over JU teacher assault

Authorities suspend responsible police sergeant and form two probe bodies over assault on Jahangirnagar University teacher.
10 May 2015

Four to die for murder in Mymensingh

A court here yesterday sentenced four youths to death for killing a man in Tarakanda upazila of the district in 2008.
4 May 2015

Bogra Jubo Dal man shot in custody

A local leader of Jubo Dal, the youth front of BNP, was shot on his leg while in police custody in Bogra Sadar.
3 May 2015