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Police detain Rajshahi Jamaat leader

-- 2017-10-16 02:29:36

Police in a drive detained a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Mahishbathan area in Rajshahi district on early Monday. Kamruzaman Sohel is a secretary of Rajpara unit Jamaat and son of Belal Hossian of...

Miscreants hack security guard to death in Chandpur

-- 2017-10-16 02:17:48

Some unidentified miscreants hacked a security guard to death and snatched four motorcycles from the garage of a house in Truck Road of Chandpur town in the wee hours of Monday. The deceased was iden...

Electrocution kills two workers

-- 2017-10-16 01:13:44

Two construction workers died from electrocution at a house in Shamsernagar area in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday morning. The victims were Syed Ali (22), son of late Makbu...

Chuadanga woman dies from snakebite

-- 2017-10-15 12:49:51

A woman died from snakebite at Jalshuka village in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga district on Sunday. The villagers said, Shundori Khatun, 45, hailing from the same village, was bitten by a poisonous sn...

UNHCR collecting Rohingya data

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been working with the Bangladesh government to collect data on the estimated 5,36,000 forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine state of Mya...

62 held on various charges

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Police in overnight drives arrested some 62 people from different areas under 17 police stations early Sunday, a news agency reported. Police conducted drives from Saturday night to Sunday morning an...

EC sits with BNP leaders

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

The BNP, a regular critic of the current Election Commission (EC), has sat for discussions over the upcoming 11th National Elections. The discussion, part of a series of meetings where the EC listens...

Writ filed to block ‘Blue Whale’ game

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking directives to block the much-hyped Blue Whale and other harmful games. Three lawyers of the Supreme Court led by Humayun Kabir Pallab filed the w...

'ACC may investigate corruption allegations against Sinha'

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) may launch an investigation into the corruption allegations against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Law Minister Anisul Huq made the statement on Sunday, a da...

Lalmonirhat farmers happy over fair market prices of vegetables

Roving Correspondent 2017-10-15 11:31:03

LALMONIRHAT, Oct 15: A good number poor and marginal brinjal farmers of large Lalmonirhat district are seen happy over expected production and fair market prices of the vegetable in this current seaso...

Barisal road crash kills electrician

-- 2017-10-15 11:30:10

An electrician was killed in a road accident at Choumohoni in Uzirpur upazila of Barisal on Saturday night. The accident occurred when a battery-run auto-rickshaw collided with a motorcycle, leaving...

Two Bangladeshis die in Saudi fire

-- 2017-10-15 11:05:03

At least 10 people, including two Bangladeshis, have been killed and three others injured in a fire at a carpentry factory in Saudi Arabia. The Bangladeshis who died in the fire at the factory in Riy...

Murder case accused hacked dead

-- 2017-10-15 10:58:12

An accused of a murder case was hacked to death by a group of miscreants at Lalbagh in the capital city on Saturday night. The deceased was identified Paitu Rana, an accused of Sabu killing case, rep...

Drivers show apathy to use autorickshaw meters

Ismail Hossain 2017-10-15 10:41:09

Fare meters of CNG-run autorickshaws have become useless as the drivers hardly switch those on and charge exorbitant fares at their will in the city and elsewhere across the country. The drivers of t...

Malaysia's deputy premier arrives in Dhaka over Rohingya crisis

-- 2017-10-15 07:36:48

Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi arrived on Sunday in Dhaka to discuss the Rohingya crisis as Dhaka spearheads diplomatic endevour to engage international community for its resol...

Three get life term over Sherpur murder

-- 2017-10-15 07:07:29

A Sherpur court on Sunday sentenced three people, including a couple, to life imprisonment and three others to different jail terms for killing a man in 2014. The lifers are Iman Ali, 50, son of Rame...

Major reshuffle in Supreme Court administration

-- 2017-10-15 06:27:16

A major reshuffle has taken place in the Supreme Court administration on Sunday, two days after Chief Justice Surendra Sinha left for Australia. Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam, Private Secretary...

Female restaurant worker dies in Ashulia gas cylinder explosion

-- 2017-10-15 05:59:45

A female restaurant worker was killed after a gas cylinder explosion at Ashulia area of Savar in Dhaka. The incident was reported from Ashulia early on Sunday at the 'Ma Hotel and Restaurant –...

Jamaat leader held with arms

-- 2017-10-15 02:26:04

Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Matikata village of Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Saturday night. Officer-in-charge of Godagari Police Station Hifzur Alam Munshi said on i...

Two boys rescued while being trafficked to India

-- 2017-10-15 02:01:27

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued two boys while they were being trafficked away from Kolaroya border area of Satkhira district to India on Saturday night.  The rescued boys were...

Youth stabbed to death in Gazipur

-- 2017-10-14 12:26:00

A young man was stabbed dead by miscreants in Moktar Bari area of Tongi in Gazipur on Friday night. The deceased Saikat Hossain was a son of Kabir Hossain and a resident of Ershadnagar Dattapara area...

Dhaka roads need urgent repair

Kamrun Nahar 2017-10-14 12:00:00

Heavy downpour, prolonged monsoon and poor drainage system have damaged more city roads this year compared to the previous years, city corporation officials said. About 30 per cent roads of the 1350-...

City roads need urgent repair

Kamrun Nahar 2017-10-14 12:00:00

Heavy downpour, prolonged monsoon and poor drainage system have damaged more city roads this year compared to the previous years, city corporation officials said. About 30 per cent roads of the 1350-...

Motorcycle policy on the cards

Rezaul Karim 2017-10-14 12:00:00

The government has prepared the draft of a national policy for the motorcycle industry with a target to produce 1.0 million motorcycles and create 1.5 million jobs in the country by 2027, officials sa...

Wild elephant attack in Rohingya camp leaves four dead

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

A wild elephant attack at a makeshift Rohingya refugee camp killed four people, including children, reports bdnews24.com. The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the makeshift Rohingya camp on...

Fire breaks out at Rajshahi community centre

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

A fire broke out at a community centre at Shahebbazar in Boalia of Rajshahi district on Saturday morning. Fire Service and Civil Defense sources said the fire erupted at Moonlight Garden Community Ce...

CJ SK Sinha off to Australia

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha issued a statement on Friday night before leaving Dhaka for Australia following two and a half months of discussions and criticisms surrounding him. He left...

IOM chief due Sunday

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) director general William Lacy Swing arrives in Dhaka on Sunday on a four-day visit to see current Rohingya situation on the ground. "Yes, he is coming o...

CEC believes BNP will participate in next elections

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said he believes that the BNP will participate in the upcoming eleventh parliamentary elections despite boycotting the previous polls.  &ldquo...

Appellate Division judges refuse to work with Sinha: SC statement

-- 2017-10-14 12:00:00

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha's colleagues refused to work with him over allegations of graft and moral lapse, the Supreme Court said in a statement. The top court’s Registrar General Syed...