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2 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi cylinder blast

Two Bangladeshi workers are killed in a gas cylinder explosion in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam on Wednesday.
11 June 2015

6 drown as trawler sinks in Meghna

Six people including four children drown and 20 missing as a trawler carrying 50 passengers capsizes in Meghna river in Monpura upazila of Bhola.
11 June 2015

BNP blames govt for Teesta failure

BNP blames Awami League-led government for failing to ink the deal on sharing of Teesta river water with India.
9 June 2015

Central Africa's diamonds come at high price in blood and sweat

Barefoot, with sweat pouring down their naked chests, 50 men slave in the depths of the Central African forest digging for diamonds in a sandy pit half the size of a football pitch.
8 June 2015

Kishoreganj 'Razakar' verdict tomorrow

A special tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict tomorrow on fugitive war crimes suspect Syed Md Hasan Ali of Kishoreganj.
8 June 2015

Tk 97,000cr ADP implementable: Planning minister

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal hopes that the development outlay of Tk 97,000 crore is implementable with an equal expenditure in every quarter.
5 June 2015

3 Hizb ut-Tahrir youths held in Ctg

Police arrest three members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chittagong.
5 June 2015

90 killed in petrol station explosion in Ghana

More than 90 people dies in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says.
4 June 2015

Private instt students to pay more

Finance minister proposes raising VAT on private education which includes English medium schools and private engineering and medical colleges, for 2015-16 fiscal.
4 June 2015

7 Jamaat men held over Comilla firebomb attack

Seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami are held from Chandina upazila of Comilla for their alleged involvement with firebomb attack on a bus that left seven people injured.
4 June 2015

Water crisis grips Dinajpur Medical College Hospital

Scarcity of water brings woe to the patients and their attendants at 500-bed Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, especially during the
3 June 2015

Ctg city Jamaat ameer rearrested at jail gate

Police detain Chittagong city unit Jamaat-e-Islami ameer ANM Shamsul Islam.
3 June 2015

Grant citizenship to Hindu Bangladesh migrants: Congress

The Congress in India urges the Centre to grant citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh.
2 June 2015

Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 69

Sixty-nine people burnt to death in southeast Nigeria after a petrol tanker lost control, rammed into a busy bus station and burst into flames, the Red Cross and police said yesterday.
1 June 2015

No Teesta deal during Modi’s visit

The Teesta water sharing agreement will not be signed during Indian PM Narendra Modi's upcoming Bangladesh visit, says India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
31 May 2015

International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants

Corpses of 17 migrants along with 454 survivors were brought ashore in Sicily by an Italian naval vessel.
31 May 2015

18 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested in Chittagong

Police arrested 18 Jamaat-Shibir men during overnight drives in different areas of two upazilas in Chittagong yesterday.
30 May 2015

Watching Sonadia's bird watcher

As the speedboat bounces across the waters en-route to Sonadia's shoals in Cox's Bazar, it's easy to imagine it's a James Bond chase
28 May 2015

3 killed, 5 missing in Meghna boat capsize

At least three people are killed and five others are missing after a boat capsized in the Meghna River in Narsingdi.
28 May 2015

145 out of 298 brick kilns in Barisal flouting rules

About half of the brick kilns in six districts of Barisal division are operating in violation of rules.
27 May 2015