Peaceful movement soon: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has threatened that her party is going through an overhauling process and will launch a peaceful movement together with people very soon.
20 July 2015

New CU BCL committee formed

Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday announced its Chittagong University unit committee, three years after the previous committee
20 July 2015

Over 200 shanties gutted in Badda fire

Around a hundred shanties are gutted in a huge fire which breaks out at a slum in Merul Badda in Dhaka, fire fighters say.
20 July 2015

Fire at Ashulia footwear factory

A fire breaks out at a footwear factory in Narsinghapur area of Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka
19 July 2015

6 killed in landslide, wall collapse in Ctg

Six of three families die in separate incidents of landslide and wall collapse at Bayezid and Lalkhan areas of Chittagong due to heavy rain.
19 July 2015

Eid today

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Saturday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday.
17 July 2015

Home-goers suffer on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Thousands of home-goers go through an indescribable suffering as their vehicles get stranded in a huge tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.
17 July 2015

A test of patience

There aren't too many occasions in a year when almost the entire nation goes on a three-day vacation at once. The two Eids are, therefore, the time for many to connect with family to lay back and enjoy.
16 July 2015

Ashraf now public admin minister

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has been given the public administration portfolio a week after his much-talked about removal from the LGRD ministry.
16 July 2015

Bangladesh welcomes Iran nuke deal

Bangladesh has welcomed the agreement reached between international negotiators and Iran as the parties have paved the way for a
16 July 2015

Shillong court to frame charges against Salahuddin July 22

A Shillong court of India yesterday fixed July 22 for framing charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for entering
15 July 2015

Govt failing to check Eid extortion: BNP

BNP yesterday alleged that the government completely failed to check extortion across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr for the
15 July 2015

Robbers try bank heist, kill 2 in Satkhira

A band of robbers allegedly killed two security guards while trying to rob a Sonali Bank branch in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
15 July 2015

Fakhrul out of jail at last

More than six months after his arrest, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was finally freed on bail from prison yesterday.
14 July 2015

OMG!

“I urge the prime minister to open a new ministry -- Khaleda Zia Affairs Ministry -- and make Hasanul Haq Inu its minister and Hasan Mahmud its state minister”.
14 July 2015

AL, BNP men's joint grabbing of Kuakata Rakhine land protested

Two brothers who are leaders of the ruling Awami League and the BNP have allegedly grabbed a piece land of indigenous Rakhine
14 July 2015

Palestinian ambassador completes tenure in Bangladesh

Palestinian Ambassador Shaher Mohammad is leaving Bangladesh after discharging nine-and-a-half-year-long diplomatic assignment in
14 July 2015

Ashraf shelves London trip at Hasina's request

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam postponed his scheduled London visit at the request of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday, sources said.
14 July 2015

2 ‘JMB militants’ held in Natore

Law enforcers claim arrest of two militants of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Natore Sadar upazila.
14 July 2015

BNP hits back at Inu's comments on Khaleda's trial

Hitting back at Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu's comments, BNP yesterday threatened that those who said a special tribunal would be set up to try party
13 July 2015