-- 2018-05-10 18:34:53
Five power plants having 1,508 megawatt (MW) generation capacity would be commissioned by December this year as the government is working to implement by 2020 the seventh five-year-plan related to SDG...
-- 2018-05-10 18:29:14
Bangladesh is set to embark on a new era as the country has completed all necessary preparations to launch its first-ever satellite, Bangabandhu-1. Bangladesh will be the 57th country to launch geost...
-- 2018-05-10 17:54:43
Eight zebras, rescued from Satmile area in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district early Wednesday, have been sent to Banghabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur following a court order. Detective branch of poli...
-- 2018-05-10 17:48:51
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Wednesday filed 3268 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also realised...
-- 2018-05-10 17:23:59
The Border Guard of Bangladesh or BGB has detained a man in possession of $40,000 early on Thursday. The 30-year-old Enamul Hoque was detained from Amrakhali check post in the border area, said Lieut...
-- 2018-05-10 17:14:53
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will foil any attempt of vote rigging in Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls. "You (AL) have staged a drama by going t...
-- 2018-05-10 16:46:36
A court in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced a security guard to six months jail in a case filed under the Cruelty to Animals Act for burying two dogs and 14 puppies alive at Bagichartek in Rampura in 2017....
Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 16:00:41
The cultivation of ginger is going on in full swing across the Nilphamari district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 2150 hectares of land have been b...
-- 2018-05-10 14:20:37
The death toll from lightning strikes across Bangladesh in May has risen to 67. Reported add that at least 24 people have been killed in a single day after 70 such deaths occurred in March and April....
Agencies 2018-05-10 13:46:02
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court stay order on the Gazipur City Corporation polls and directed the Election Commission to hold the election by June 28. The bench, led by Chief Justice Sy...
Agencies 2018-05-10 12:44:42
A war crimes tribunal has sentenced Riaz Uddin Fakir to death for his role in genocide in Mymensingh during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. He has been convicted of genocide and crimes aga...
-- 2018-05-10 12:40:34
A worker of Palli Bidyut Samity was killed by lightning at Boro Pukurpar area in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 35, a line man of Suhilpur Palli Bidyut...
-- 2018-05-10 12:33:30
A cable businessman was shot dead by miscreants in the capital's South Badda area on Wednesday night, said police. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 30, owner of Razzak 'Max Cable' of Mid...
-- 2018-05-10 12:13:31
A suspected ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Gobindahuda village in Damurhuda upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mirajul Islam Mia, 47,...
-- 2018-05-10 12:08:33
Noted litterateur and National Professor Mustafa Nurul Islam has passed away in the capital due to old-age complications. He was 92. Nurul Islam breathed his last at his residence around 9:00pm on We...
-- 2018-05-10 12:05:04
Two launches have collided on the Buriganga river near Dhaka’s Sadarghat, leaving a man wounded on Thursday morning. Enamul Haque, chief of Sadarghat Police camp said Dhaka-bound MV Sabbir-2 an...
Shafiqur Rahman and Nafisa Nowrin 2018-05-10 11:20:11
Heavy darkness enveloped Dhaka city for around half an hour from 11:00am on Thursday. Along with this came rains, bringing the city to a halt. The skies started clearing at 11:25am and things came bac...
-- 2018-05-09 21:48:38
A suspected mugger was lynched in the city's Moghbazar area on Wednesday. The deceased was known as Mangal, 25, son of Jakir Hossain. Further details of the victim were not available. Police said lo...
-- 2018-05-09 21:02:41
A Dhaka University (DU) student died falling off a mango tree on the campus in the city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Towfique Omar, 23, a first-year student of Urdu Department. Hailin...
-- 2018-05-09 20:56:06
Ruling Awami League has expressed no-confidence in returning officer of Khulna City Corporation (KCC). The party alleged that activity and behaviour of the returning officer was biased towards a part...
-- 2018-05-09 20:44:44
Every year as many as 31 million people confront with legal challenges in Bangladesh, according to findings of a study presented at a report launch event in the city on Wednesday. A majority of these...
-- 2018-05-09 18:05:19
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday urged the teachers and guardians to be aware so that students are not misguided by evil forces. The minister camde the call while speaking at the 5th...
-- 2018-05-09 17:52:49
Two separate cases were filed in connection with the killing of Naniarchar upazila chairman advocate Shaktiman Chakma and four others in separate attacks on May 3,4. Rupam Chakma, an assistant of Sha...
-- 2018-05-09 17:37:57
BNP on Wednesday alleged that people are worried about the fate of Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls as the government has various 'evil designs' to stop the voting. Speaking at a press briefin...
-- 2018-05-09 17:23:22
At least 19 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes across Bangladesh on Wednesday. Among the victims, six were killed in Habiganj district alone. Meanwhile, three people died...
-- 2018-05-09 17:17:51
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Wednesday conducted a special cleanliness campaign at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city to ensure a clean and comfortable environment for the devotees...
-- 2018-05-09 16:51:27
A leader of Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) was hacked by some unidentified miscreants at Doel Chattar in the city on Wednesday. Samiul Alam Sohan, 45, general secretary of DAB and medical of...
-- 2018-05-09 16:47:00
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal has come up with a solution to the problems at Biman Bangladesh Airlines - lay off elderly employees. The minister was addressing a programme a...
-- 2018-05-09 16:26:50
State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) has taken initiative to telecast live the launching of Bangabandhu-1, country's first commercial satellite, early Friday. "Bangladesh Television will be teleca...
-- 2018-05-09 16:11:48
Country’s 56.9 per cent women population with working age are not there in education, employment and training (NEET) category, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said. The civil society thin...
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