BNP shares its concern with envoys

The BNP yesterday told foreign envoys that deployment of the army during the December 30 municipal polls could ease people's “fear and concern” over holding the elections in a free and fair manner.
23 December 2015

HC allows AL rebel in Kachua mayoral race

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to allow Awami League's rebel candidate Ahsan Habib
23 December 2015

Art brings success to student who cannot hear or speak

Initially Mizanur Rahman and Rekha Khatun, villagers of Jhenidah's Moheshpur upazila, weren't sure whether or not to send their son
23 December 2015

Campaign 'Clean Dhaka' next year

Influential people like some members of police and political activists are behind doing businesses illegally occupying the capital's roads and footpaths, the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) said yesterday.
23 December 2015

Khaleda draws flak for martyrs remark

Freedom fighters, war crimes researchers, victim family members, war crimes prosecutors and different pro-liberation organisations
22 December 2015

2 die as train hits rickshaw van in Tangail

Two people were killed and two others injured as a running train hit a battery-run rickshaw-van in Gopalpur upazila of the district
22 December 2015

IO's deposition hearing starts in Khaleda's absence

A Dhaka court yesterday started recording the statement of the last prosecution witness Harunur Rashid, deputy director of the
21 December 2015

Court accepts Rana Plaza murder charge sheet

A Dhaka court takes into cognisance the charge sheet in the murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse that killed over a thousand people in April 2013. The court also issued arrest warrant against absconding 24 accused.
21 December 2015

Strict monitoring imperative

Widespread campaigning and strict monitoring are needed to stop corporal punishment of children both at home and educational institutions, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
20 December 2015

Robbers active on highway in Jhenidah

Robbers blocked Dhaka-Khulna highway near Roghunathpur bus stand under Kaliganj upazila of the district by felling trees early
19 December 2015

Jubo Dal leader among 11 charged

Eleven people including a Jubo Dal leader have been charged with the killing of Rajshahi University's sociology
17 December 2015

Bangladeshi youth's body found in India

A Bangladesh youth was found dead on Indian territory yesterday, a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official said.
17 December 2015

Villagers suffer as damaged bridge yet to be rebuilt

Several thousand people, including students, of Khanakuniary and Ekpai Jujkhola villages under Pirojpur Sadar upazila of the district are
17 December 2015

Man held in arson case in Joypurhat

Police yesterday arrested a village doctor in a case for torching a truck in Joypurhat Sadar upazila in the district.
16 December 2015

Thousands join AL's V-Day March

Thousands of people from all strata take part in the colourful Victory Day march organised by Awami League in the capital marking the 45th Victory Day.
16 December 2015

Ctg college dormitories shut after BCL-Shibir clash

Authorities close the dormitories of Chittagong College for an indefinite period following a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League.
16 December 2015

Tarique was involved in Aug 21 grenade attack

Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta yesterday told a Dhaka court that BNP leader Tarique Rahman and several
15 December 2015

JMB suspect held in Mymensingh

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained an alleged member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in
15 December 2015

Factory waste pollutes canal in Habiganj

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday urged Habiganj district administration to take punitive action against Maar Limited (Maize
14 December 2015

It'll improve if 'democracy restored' in Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday told a visiting US diplomat that the relationship between the two countries could be strengthened by "restoring democracy" in Bangladesh.
14 December 2015