A special taskforce of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) yesterday snapped the electricity connection to a high-rise hotel in the capital's Moghbazar for using electricity illegally.

Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad will hold a discussion on two books about Abul Mansur Ahmad today at Nalini Kanta Bhattashali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum at 4:30pm.

An on-duty traffic police lost his both legs after a truck ran him over in Muktapur of Munshiganj yesterday.

A black BMW manufactured in 2003 and costing around

Demanding their five months' due salaries, Barisal City Corporation employees surrounded office of the chief executive Ranajit Kumar, for up to two hours yesterday noon.

The American Embassy will remain closed on April 14 to celebrate the Bangla New Year, a Bangladeshi national holiday.

The High Court yesterday prohibited construction of a “commercial park” in the government land near the district judge court in Noakhali for three months.

A leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) suffered serious injuries in an attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Jahangirnagar University on Monday night.

The government should cut the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) when reducing fuel oil prices, demanded businesspersons yesterday.

Miscreants, impersonating as detectives, mug Tk 4 lakh from a private university student at Elephant road in the capital’s Dhaka.

The authorities in Taiwan have accused Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.

A multistoried building in Dhaka’s Monipuripara, that houses a ready-made garment factory, is evacuated over allegations of tilting.

Police arrested three persons on charge of gang-raping a female RMG worker in Chittagong early hours today and another in Habiganj on Sunday for raping a child.

Nobody can now speak out freely in Bangladesh and Daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman was sent to jail for his statements

Four muggers shot three staff of an RMG factory and took away a bag full of money in Baliapur of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday afternoon.

Thirteen people, including a child, who were allegedly confined, tortured and forced to work in an illegal brick field in Barisal for the last couple of days were rescued by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday noon.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government would procure 600 passenger buses, 500 trucks and

Elaborating the curses of corruption and its negative impact to the society speakers at a workshop in Rajshahi unequivocally called for

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict any day in a case against five Kishoreganj men, accused of committing

A Sylhet court yesterday denied a petition filed by sacked Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury seeking bail extension