‘Rampal power plant for personal interest’

People in favour of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans are driven by their own interests, alleges National Committee to Save the Sundarbans.
6 September 2016

High alert at Benapole for Zika virus

Immigration police at the check post of Benapole land port has been kept on special alert to prevent the spread of Zika virus through the
5 September 2016

Mir Quasem execution: BR staff held for FB post in Ctg

A Bangladesh Railway staff is arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police from Khulshi area in the port city for posting provocative comments on Facebook in support of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
5 September 2016

Lightning kills 2 cousins

Two cousins were killed by lightning at Shibnagar village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased
3 September 2016

BSF hands over bodies of 3 more fishermen

Bodies of three more Bangladeshi fishermen, who drowned when a trawler was caught in a storm and sank in the Bay on
3 September 2016

Risky bamboo bridge only means

About 50,000 people of two unions in Madarganj upazila have been facing immense sufferings for want of a
3 September 2016

Jamaat hartal Monday

Jamaat-e-Islami calls an eight-hour-long hartal (shutdown) across the country on Monday, protesting the execution of its leader Mir Quasem Ali.
3 September 2016

Quasem to be buried in Manikganj

Death row war criminal Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali will be buried at his ancestral home in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.
3 September 2016

BGB deployed in Dhaka, Gazipur

Paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh has been deployed in Dhaka and Gazipur with war criminal Mir Quasem Ali waiting to walk to the gallows in Gazipur.
3 September 2016

TIB for actions against Hajj anomalies

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urges the government to take actions against Hajj agents and brokers who cheated pilgrims and caused irregularities.
2 September 2016

140 gold bars seized, 1 held in Satkhira

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detains a man and seized 140 gold bars from his possession when he was smuggling those to India in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
2 September 2016

Clean Kulaura campaign launched

A clean campaign was launched to raise awareness among the locals in Kulaura under the district for taking immediate steps to keep the
1 September 2016

Bring attackers to book, arrest land grabber

Students under the banner of Adivasi Chhatra Parishad, an organisation of the ethnic students in plain land, yesterday demanded arrest
1 September 2016

Bailey bridge at risk of collapse in Lalmonirhat

The Bailey bridge over Swarnamati River on Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway at Sarpukur village at Aditmari upazila of the district may
1 September 2016

47 newborns in croc farm

Forty-seven crocodiles hatched from the eggs laid by crocodiles Juliet and Pilpil at Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre in East
1 September 2016

Bridge collapse snaps road link

Road communications between Bandarban and Rangamati have been cut off following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Sadar upazila of
1 September 2016

Mindless waste dumping on Alutila Hills slope

Massive dumping of waste materials collected from the district town on a slope of Alutila Hills beside Khagrachhari-Chittagong Road
1 September 2016

10 Bangladeshis infected with Zika in Singapore

Six Bangladeshi nationals have been tested positive with Zika virus in Singapore, the high commission of Bangladesh there has said. They are with mild syndromes of the infection and are currently under observation.
1 September 2016

Aman seedlings for flood-hit farmers

At least 480 flood affected farmers of four unions under Fulchhari upazila have received free aman seedlings for transplanting in their fields as agriculture rehabilitation.
31 August 2016

Villagers cry for concrete bridge

About 50,000 inhabitants of 30 villages in Nawabganj upazila of the district have been crossing the Nalshisha River risking their lives as demand for a concrete bridge has not been met.
31 August 2016