Most roads under Bandarban municipality in awful state

Most roads in Bandarban municipality have become unfit for traffic, causing immense suffering to commuters. Numerous potholes
22 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Shawkat Mahmud sent to jail after remand

A Dhaka court sends BNP chairperson's Adviser Shawkat Mahmud to jail after completion of his three-day remand in a case filed for killing a man in an arson attack in January.
22 August 2015, 12:07 PM

Rab unaware of family’s claim about missing Sazzad

The family of Swechchasebak League Kushtia district general secretary Sazzad Hossain Sabuj claims that Rab picked him up this morning, but the elite force says it is unaware of the matter.
21 August 2015, 13:03 PM

Olama League chief stabbed in Dhaka mosque

Unidentified miscreants stab Awami Olama League President Allama Ilias Hossain Bin Helali with sharp weapons at Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka after juma prayers.
21 August 2015, 10:22 AM

‘Gunfight’: Badda Jubo League leader killed

A former president of Badda’s Shimultala unit Jubo League, the youth wing of ruling party, has been killed in what police said gunfight in Gazipur.
21 August 2015, 07:59 AM

‘Female Viagra’ gets US approval

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "Female Viagra".
19 August 2015, 06:48 AM

PM to attend funeral of Indian president’s wife

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly to New Delhi tomorrow to attend the funeral of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife.
18 August 2015, 11:43 AM

Journalist Probir on 3-day remand

Journalist Probir Sikder is placed on a three-day remand in connection with the case under Information and Communication Technology Act for “tarnishing the image” of LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.
18 August 2015, 07:45 AM

Two car lifters arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged car lifters in Rabna bypass area under Sadar upazila of the district on
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bullet-hit teacher dies

A schoolteacher in Jaldhaka upazila of the district, who was shot by criminals on August 9, succumbed to his injuries at Rangpur Medical
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

5 killed in 'gunfight' with army men in Rangamati

Five people are killed during a “gunfight” with army personnel in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.
15 August 2015, 04:08 AM

US reopens embassy in Havana

The US yesterday reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

US cinema shooter spared death penalty

A jury in the US state of Colorado spares gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a screening of a Batman film in 2012.
8 August 2015, 05:12 AM

Drones, a new way for drug trafficking

While some tech companies have their sights set on commercial deliveries by drone, the black market is already one step ahead.
5 August 2015, 09:17 AM

Obama to unveil 'biggest step ever'

US President Barack Obama was to unveil yesterday what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change, a sensitive issue central to his legacy.
2 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Clinton healthy, quite wealthy

Hillary Clinton is healthy and "fit to serve" as US president, her doctor affirmed YESTERDAY, as the Democratic White House frontrunner
1 August 2015, 18:00 PM

US dentist regrets killing Cecil the lion

An American dentist expressed regret for killing a much-loved Zimbabwean lion called Cecil, explaining Tuesday that he was relying on
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM

35 women, who say Bill Cosby raped them, sit together on NY Mag cover

The New York Magazine photographed 35 women who say they have been raped or assaulted by Bill Cosby and placed them on its front cover, reports Mashable.
27 July 2015, 08:26 AM

'I didn't send classified emails on pvt account'

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she did not use a private email account to send or receive classified
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Another mass shooting hits US

The author of the latest mass shooting in the United States was a drifter who tried to escape after killing two women in a movie theater,
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM