Agriculture technology fair begins

A three-day sixth international agriculture technology fair began yesterday with a view to enrich the entrepreneurs and farmers from
17 March 2016

AL MP flouts rules, seeks votes for party nominees

Violating electoral law, a ruling Awami League lawmaker in Jhalakathi yesterday sought votes for party-nominated chairman candidates in the union parishad polls scheduled for Tuesday.
17 March 2016

President, PM congratulate new Myanmar president

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended their congratulations to newly elected President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw, said a press release.
16 March 2016

'Arrest fear' sends man's heart to fatal failure in Sylhet

A man died of a heart failure allegedly after police went to arrest him at Mominkhala in South Surma of Sylhet
16 March 2016

HC clears way for trial of Tarique, three others

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and three others in a bribery case involving Tk 21 crore.
16 March 2016

HC clears way for trying GM

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court to continue trial proceedings against Hall Mark Group
16 March 2016

No one to contest AL candidates

Thirty-one ruling Awami League-nominated chairman candidates are all set to be elected unopposed in the second phase of union parishad polls on March 31.
15 March 2016

Ex-MP Shakhawat linked to rape

A prosecution witness yesterday testified that former Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain raped
15 March 2016

100 shanties gutted at Korail Beltala slum

At least 100 shanties at Korail Beltala slum in the capital's Mohakhali were burnt to ashes last night.
14 March 2016

Prof Edward Ryan of Harvard speaks at IUB seminar

Prof Edward T Ryan of Harvard University spoke at a seminar at the School of Life Sciences at Independent University,
14 March 2016

Preserving culture, heritage must for dev

Dr Kholiquzzaman, a noted economist, yesterday said economic development would go in vain if the country's culture and heritage were not preserved.
14 March 2016

Apollo successfully conducts its first bone marrow transplant

Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka has successfully conducted its first ever bone marrow transplant, first of its kind, in the private hospital in Bangladesh, said a press release of the hospital.
14 March 2016

8 houses looted, vandalised in Gazipur

Miscreants vandalised eight houses and looted valuables in Tepirabari Satir Bazar of Sreepur of Gazipur on Saturday night allegedly after
13 March 2016

Suspended Rajshahi mayor Bulbul sent to jail

Suspended mayor of Rajshahi city Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul was sent to jail yesterday after he surrendered to a court in three cases over
13 March 2016

4 sentenced to jail in Ctg for selling mortgaged shrimps

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced four persons including two former officials of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) to 10 years'
13 March 2016

Doping gang loot 2 IFIC bank officials in Dhaka

Two IFIC bank officials were looted by the doping gang members in Pragati Sarani area of Dhaka.
13 March 2016

Inu-led JSD 'splits'

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu), led by Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, seemed split into two factions as several senior leaders
12 March 2016

'Missing' domestic help found dead

A teenage domestic help died after falling from the rooftop of a five-storey under-construction building as she had been missing for a
11 March 2016

Fakhrul, 25 others cleared of charges

A Dhaka court yesterday cleared BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 25 other leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance of arson charges in a case filed over a bomb attack on a bus in the city.
10 March 2016

Two robbers arrested with arms

Police arrested two robbers with a gun, two cartridges and sharp weapons in Panchlaish area of Chittagong city
10 March 2016