Dhaka
7 medical aspirants fall sick as hunger strike continues
At least seven students protesting the leak of the medical college admission test question fell sick as they are continuing their fast unto death at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka for the second consecutive day.
15 October 2015
Watch Now: Rare books in ruins at Northbrook Hall
If you walk down the Farashganj road near the banks of the Buriganga river, you will come across the Northbrook Hall library. From the outside it would look like an abandoned building. But inside, it has hundreds of rare books—published in the nineteenth century—some of which may not be available elsewhere in the world.
15 October 2015
Fakhrul gets bail in vandalism case
A Dhaka court grants bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed for bomb blasts and vandalism in December 2012 during a road blockade.
15 October 2015
Mosaddek Hossain seeks lasting first impression
Three double-hundreds in the last eight months in first-class cricket has earned Mosaddek the tag of Bangladesh cricket's "next big thing".
15 October 2015
Ashkona burn victim dies at DMCH
A domestic help who sustained burn injuries in an explosion at her employer’s flat at East Ashkona in Dhaka on Sunday, dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
15 October 2015
Shooting minor: MP Liton denied bail, sent to jail
Gaibandha court sends ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to jail after scrapping his bail in case filed over shooting a 10-year-old. Arrested last night after days of remaining "traceless", the MP was produced before court today amidst a scuffle between police and his supporters.
15 October 2015
Pregnant woman murdered by stepson in Dhaka
A woman was murdered by her stepson in the capital’s Kamrangirchar area this evening.
14 October 2015
Medical test protesters begin hunger strike
Candidates protesting the leak of the medical college admission test question go on a fast unto death at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
14 October 2015
Evidence of alcohol found in Gulshan teen driver’s car
Police say they found evidence of alcohol inside the vehicle that rammed two rickshaws and injured four people in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
13 October 2015
Tavella’s body may be sent to Italy tomorrow
The body of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, who was shot dead in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, might to be sent back to his country tomorrow.
13 October 2015
4 killed as bus hits human hauler in Gazipur
Four people are killed and three injured as a bus hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
13 October 2015
2 Dhaka ward councillors summoned for ‘grabbing canal’
The High Court summons two ward councillors of Dhaka to appear before it on charge of constructing their offices by grabbing the land of a canal in Jatrabari area of Dhaka.
12 October 2015
Govt withdraws ‘bribe-taking official’
A senior government official, who was filmed taking bribes from service seekers at his office on a number of occasions, is withdrawn from his office.
11 October 2015
5 of a family burnt in gas line blast
Five members of a family suffer burn injuries in a fire that broke out due to gas line explosion at a house in Purba Ashkona area of Dhaka.
11 October 2015
1 killed in Old Dhaka wall collapse, 2 hurt
A person is killed two others are injured after a wall collapsed on them in Old Dhaka’s Bongshal area.
10 October 2015
Medical question leak: Protestors call for independent probe
Protestors demand for an independent probe into allegations of question leak that marred this year’s medical and dental admission tests.
10 October 2015
Bus kills one in Dhaka
A man is killed when a speeding bus hit a rickshaw carrying him at Malibagh in Dhaka this morning.
10 October 2015
Murder accused flees from DMCH
A murder case accused flees while under treatment in police custody at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
10 October 2015
Mashrafe hospitalised with dengue fever
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is admitted to Apollo Hospital in Dhaka being diagnosed with dengue fever.
9 October 2015
2 impaired RMG workers killed as train hit them in Gazipur
Two physically challenged readymade garment workers are killed as a train hit them in Gazipur.
9 October 2015