Dhaka

Analysis: Catching sex offenders, good job Rab

It is a rare sense of relief to note that the Rab has been able to arrest two men in connection with the gang-rape of a young Garo woman a few days ago.
27 May 2015

Sundarban Hotel risky, vacated fearing collapse

Sundarban Hotel in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar is evacuated fearing collapse after a boundary wall caved in because of an adjacent under-construction site.
27 May 2015

Gang-rape victim lured with better job: Rab

The 21-year-old Garo woman, who was gang-raped on running microbus in Dhaka, was lured by the promise of a better job.
27 May 2015

Lawyer's wife murdered in Dhaka

A woman is murdered by unidentified assailants inside her own residence in Dhaka's Nikunja area.
26 May 2015

Modi’s maiden visit to Dhaka June 6

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Dhaka for the first time on a two-day state visit on June 6, official announcements say. Some key instruments, including the much-awaited land boundary deal, are expected to be finalised during the Indian premier’s visit.
26 May 2015

Analysis: Ban, an answer to Ansarullah?

Government’s ban on Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamist outfit blamed for the killings of two free-thinkers and bloggers in Dhaka and one in Sylhet in a span of only 75 days, came on the heel of utter failure of law enforcing agencies.
26 May 2015

Schoolteacher gets life for raping 5-yr-old student

A Dhaka court sentences a schoolteacher to life term imprisonment for raping his five-year-old student in March last year.
26 May 2015

Nor’wester lashes Dhaka, 4 dists

Nor'wester lashes Dhaka and four other districts.
26 May 2015

22 ‘robbers’ held in Dhaka

Police in separate drives arrest 22 robbers from different parts in Dhaka.
26 May 2015

Man stabs cousin to death in Dhaka

A man allegedly stab dead his cousin in Sutrapur of Old Dhaka.
26 May 2015

6 including 5 prisoners killed in Gazipur road crash

Six people including five prisoners die as two human hauliers collide head-on in Gazipur.
25 May 2015

Gang-rape of Garo woman pre-planned: Police

Law enforcers are suspecting that the recent gang-rape of a Garo woman in the capital was pre-planned.
25 May 2015

Living in slum: Where money can’t get you enough drinking water

Bhashantek slum residents are being deprived of the facilities as well as their fundamental rights, despite paying five times higher than the other Dhaka city dwellers pay for getting minimum facilities of sanitation and waste management.
25 May 2015

Technical glitch curbs DSE trading again

Trading at the country's premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange was again hit by the technical glitch.
25 May 2015

2 'Islamic State men' held in Dhaka

The Detective Branch of police detain two suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) from Dhaka. One of them is said to be a local recruiter who already gathered about 20 activists including an teacher.
25 May 2015

Fire at Panthapath furniture warehouse

A fire breaks out at a warehouse of a furniture market in the Dhaka's Panthapath.
24 May 2015

Appeal orders on bar council poll freeze May 28

The apex court sets May 28 to deliver verdicts of three appeals filed challenging the High Court freeze on Bangladesh Bar Council elections.
24 May 2015

DSE trading resumes after 4hrs

Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumes after four hours of suspension following a technical glitch.
24 May 2015

Latif Siddique denied bail

A Dhaka rejects bail petitions of former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in seven cases filed against him for hurting people’s religious sentiment.
24 May 2015

Another war crimes suspect held in Maheshkhali

Another war crimes suspect is arrested from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, three days after a tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrant against him and 15 others.
24 May 2015