Bus service on Dhaka-Natore highway remains halted for 2nd day

Direct bus services on Dhaka-Natore and Rajshahi-Natore remain suspended for the second consecutive day following a conflict between local bus owners, causing immense sufferings to the passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
30 June 2016

3000 hit by Bogra flood

Hundreds of people of the Jamuna basin area under Shariakandi upazila of Bogra have been confined by flood water during the last five days.
29 June 2016

Gamblers rule village

A village cop (Gram Police) was assaulted allegedly by gamblers as he protested against open gambling at Ketkibari village in Nawdabansh union under Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat on Tuesday night.
29 June 2016

15 Jamaat-Shibir men held

Police arrested 15 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in Bongaon area of Nachole upazila
29 June 2016

Teesta-Dharla erosion devours 8 unions

Jesmina Begum, 48, was crying as their homestead with ten decimals of land at Dawabari village under Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat was devoured by the Teesta River on Tuesday afternoon. Their six bighas of croplands were devoured in the last two weeks.
29 June 2016

Microsoft to share cyber threat info with BTRC

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft Corporation tomorrow regarding the exchange of information of any probable cyber threats in the country.
29 June 2016

China threatens WTO case over US steel duties

China could file suit at the World Trade Organization in order to protect its steel industry, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday,
28 June 2016

Monk murder still haunts villagers in Bandarban

It took just one murder to change everything. The once peaceful village life, full of innocence, turned into one of apprehension, doubt
28 June 2016

Boy 'commits suicide' for not having Eid dress

A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide as he got despaired for not having new dress for Eid at Kumari village in Alamdanga upazila of
28 June 2016

Tank lorry workers observe strike

District Tank Lorry Workers Federation in Brahmanbaria yesterday observed an eight-hour work abstention in Sadar and Ashuganj
28 June 2016

'Revoke decision to fell 25,000 trees in Lawachhara forest'

Lawachhara Bon O Jibo Boichitro Rokkha Andolon formed a human chain at Chowmuhona area under Srimangal upazila town of
28 June 2016

Power disconnection creates water crisis

Power Development Board (PDB) of Bogra has disconnected power connection to municipality buildings, water pumps and road lights
28 June 2016

13 including 4 CMP cops transferred

The government transfers 13 police officials, including four of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), to different posts and places. The home ministry issues a gazette in this regard which will be effective from July 10, 2016.
28 June 2016

Brahmanbaria road crash: Tank lorry workers observe strike

Workers of Brahmanbaria District Tank-Lorry Federation go on an eight-hour work abstention in Sadar and Ashuganj upazilas, protesting a road accident that killed three of their leaders.
28 June 2016

Sluice gate collapse floods 20 villages in Gaibandha

At least 20 villages under three unions of Saghata upazila have been inundated as a sluice gate on the bank of the Jamuna River collapsed
27 June 2016

Mild tremor shakes Ctg, adjacent districts

A mild earthquake shakes Chittagong and adjacent districts in the country’s southern region.
27 June 2016

Sharp fall in potol prices frustrates growers

Potol (pointed gourd) growers of Dinajpur and Rangpur districts have been deprived of fair price of the vegetable as the price dropped
26 June 2016

Lightning kills man

A man was killed by lightning at Haribhasa Bangram village in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased is Habibur Rahman,
25 June 2016

When the Santhals rebelled

The Scottish historian William Wilson Hunter, who was also a member of the Indian Civil Service, in his book Annals of Rural Bengal
24 June 2016

Thousands suffer for want of bridge over river in Jamalpur

As many as 30,000 people of 13 villages under Satpua and Pugaldigha unions in Sarishabari upazila of the district
23 June 2016