Dhaka

Youth shot dead in Dhaka

Unidentified miscreants kills a youth at East Rampura in Dhaka.
8 May 2015

Abbas, Khoka charged with Shibir leader killing

Rampura police press charges against 37 BNP leaders and activists, including Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in connection with the killing of Chhatra Shibir leader Mansur Pradhania.
7 May 2015

University teacher shot, robbed Tk 8 lakh in Dhaka

Muggers shoot a teacher of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University and take away Tk 7.80 lakh from him in a broad daylight in Mohammadpur of Dhaka.
7 May 2015

Sculptor Novera passes away

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expresses deep shock at the death of eminent sculptor Novera Ahmed, the first modern sculptor of Bangladesh. Novera died at a hospital in Paris, PM's Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri said.
6 May 2015

SC affirms govt action on setting up Turag pillars

The Supreme Court affirms a government action on setting up pillars on the boundaries of Turag River at Mohammadpur in Dhaka after their demarcation.
6 May 2015

Beat the heat with summer fruits (Video)

Summer is the first among the six seasons of Bangladesh. It brings down sweltering heat and many water-borne diseases on the people. But nature has its subtle ways of keeping things at the balance – it offers the juicy and nutritious fruits to beat the heat and diseases in summer.
6 May 2015

3 city mayors sworn-in

The newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong are sworn-in.
6 May 2015

3 city mayors-elect to be sworn-in Wednesday

Newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong will be sworn-in on Wednesday morning.
5 May 2015

BCL man expelled from JnU for assaulting female teacher

Jagannath University authorities expels a student on charges of sexually assaulting a female teacher of the university.
5 May 2015

‘Ansarullah Bangla’ man held over Ashulia bank heist

Police arrest a man said to be a member of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team in connection with the grisly bank robbery in Ashulia that left nine people including the branch manager killed.
5 May 2015

Khaleda asked to appear before court May 25

A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on May 25 in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
5 May 2015

Fakhrul at BSMMU for checkup

Acting secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur for medical checkup.
5 May 2015

Jheelpar structure owner arrested (video)

Rab claims arrest of the owner of the Jheelpar structure that caved in two weeks ago and killed a dozen people in Dhaka’s Rampura.
4 May 2015

Khaleda blames govt for Pintu’s death

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government shifted former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Pintu to Rajshahi jail from Dhaka “in a bid to kill him”.
3 May 2015

Youth shot dead, another injured in Dhaka

A youth was shot dead and another suffered bullet wounds after unidentified miscreants opened fire at Dakkhin Badda in Dhaka.
3 May 2015

Al-Qaeda branch claims murder of blogger Avijit Roy

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
3 May 2015

CM Gogoi asks Modi not to exclude Assam from India-Bangladesh LBA

With reports emanating from New Delhi that the BJP-government is keen to exclude Assam from implementation of LBA with Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to take such a decision.
3 May 2015

Fair polls, says Sahasra Nagorik Committee

Sahasra Nagorik Committee, a citizen platform, says that the just concluded Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls were held in a free, fair and credible manner.
30 April 2015

8 shot during mobile court drive at Banani

At least eight people were shot and seven others injured during a clash between the businessmen of Banani DNCC market and police during eviction drive.
30 April 2015

Miscreants damage Zia’s grave decor

Miscreants partially damage the decoration of the tomb of BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
30 April 2015