Hasina blames govt, asks it to quit

Leader of the Opposition Shiekh Hasina blamed the BNP-led coalition government for August 21, 2004 bomb and gun-attacks that she had narrowly escaped and demanded its immediate resignation.
19 August 2015, 07:38 AM

Witness Account: When all hell broke loose

"All hell broke loose there, they made it look like doomsday," recalls Motaher Hossain, general secretary of the Krishak League, who was standing barely a yard from the dais raised on a truck when indiscriminate bombs and gunshots rocked the area.
19 August 2015, 07:17 AM

Model with Down Syndrome to walk New York Fashion Week

In just one year, Madeline Stuart, an 18-year-old with Down syndrome, has become the face of two fashion campaigns.
18 August 2015, 14:59 PM

Playing Tetris for 3 minutes stops craving sex, alcohol and food

Playing Tetris for just three minutes can reduce cravings for drugs, food, cigarettes, alcohol and sex, scientists find.
17 August 2015, 05:03 AM

Awesome footage of rare white whale in Australia

A rare white humpback whale is spotted off the coast of Queensland, and whale watchers are hoping it is Australia's famous whale Migaloo.
16 August 2015, 05:49 AM

Bangabandhu's portrait installed at Nat'l Press Club

A portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was installed at the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday for the
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Siri saves teen in US

Siri - Apple's voice-activated assistant - saves the life of Tennessee teenager after he was pinned underneath his truck and unable to reach his phone.
15 August 2015, 06:59 AM

August 15, 1975 incidents: Justice kept in long wait

Justice is yet to be delivered in the cases filed in connection with the murders of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni and Abdur Rab Serniabat,
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

One Bangabandhu killer safe in US with political asylum

Despite repeated requests from Bangladesh to send him back, the United States granted political asylum to one of the six absconding killers of Bangabandhu a few years ago.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Shock, surprise unfolded

Accompanied by a dozen armed soldiers Major Dalim had stormed into the office of Gen Shafiullah, the then chief of army, in the morning of August 15, 1975.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

In MOURNING, In RAGE

It was around 11:30pm. A Dodge car screeched to a halt before the ammunition store of the 2nd Field Artillery in the moonless night of August 14.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

The family who built a cafe just for their son

A cafe in the Philippines is giving disabled people in the area a chance to succeed in life and break down stigma in the process.
14 August 2015, 08:55 AM

MAILBOX

Every year during the rainy season, landslides kill thousands of people in the hilly areas of our country.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Arms peddler arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an arms peddler with one foreign made pistol, four bullets and one magazine at Adatala
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Monira president, Sharmin gen secy of Dhaka professional women's club

Monira Emdad has been elected president and Sharmin Hossain general secretary of Business and Professional Women's Club Dhaka, says
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

1 Minute Please

Nazia Haque Orsha is a household name when it comes to television series' and dedicated work.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Birth from the Black Hole

Astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe's largest elliptical galaxies continue making stars long after their peak years of star birth.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

The effects of Gravity

Gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, appears reassuringly constant across the Universe, according to a decades-long study of a distant pulsar.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

A Noble Cause

August 1, 2015 started differently for the children of Distressed Children & Infants International's (DCI) Sun Child Home orphanage as they greeted Sabina Yasmin, the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi singer with bright smiles to an eye screening camp in Kallyanpur, Dhaka.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM