Sikder brothers’ Range Rover seized as evidence

Police have seized a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging to Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, which was allegedly used in the attempted murder of the managing director (MD) of Exim Bank.
3 June 2020, 11:14 AM

Bangladeshi ‘lynched’ by mob in India

A Bangladeshi national -- an alleged cattle smuggler -- is beaten to death by a mob in Karimganj district of India’s Assam and his accomplice, also stated to be from Bangladesh, was arrested, Indian police said today.
3 June 2020, 11:01 AM

Lack of passengers: Biman cancels all 24 domestic flights till tomorrow

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all 24 flights scheduled to operate today and tomorrow on three domestic routes due to lack of passengers.
3 June 2020, 10:19 AM

Customs officer dies from Covid-19

A customs official has died from Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka, according to National Board of Revenue (NBR).
3 June 2020, 09:54 AM

BGB introduces 4 new high-speed interceptor vessels

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has introduced four high-speed interceptor vessels equipped with advanced technology and weapons.
3 June 2020, 08:41 AM

Take steps to sell TCB goods at upazilas during pandemic: HC to Govt

The High Court has directed the government to take steps to sell Trading Corporation Bangladesh's (TCB) daily essential commodities to people at the upazila level, beyond the city corporation and municipality areas, during the coronavirus pandemic.
3 June 2020, 08:05 AM

11 more intercity trains resume operation

Bangladesh Railway begins operations of 11 more intercity trains.
3 June 2020, 07:39 AM

Libya killings: Rab arrests 3 more ‘human traffickers’ from Kishoreganj

Rab claims to have arrested three more alleged human traffickers involved in trafficking some of the 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28.
3 June 2020, 07:02 AM

3 of a family killed in Sirajganj road crash

Three of a family including a seven-year-old child have been killed in a road accident on Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila.
2 June 2020, 20:17 PM

Man, son electrocuted

A man and his son died after being electrocuted in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila early yesterday.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Young volunteers repair damaged road

A group youths in Bamankhan village of Jhalakathi Sadar upazila repaired about one kilometer of a damaged dirt road used by three villages.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Regular flooding a woe for them

Over three thousand people of Togra and Umedpur villages beside the Kacha river in Indurkani upazila under Pirojpur are suffering as no permanent embankment was made to protect them from regular tidal waves after super cyclone Sidr destroyed an earthen embankment there on November 15 in 2007.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Farmers Bank scam: HC upholds bail of Rashedul Haque Chishty

The High Court upholds the lower court orders which granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of the former Farmers Bank audit committee chair Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in three corruption cases.
2 June 2020, 13:42 PM

Transport workers clashed in Sylhet over ‘embezzlement of money from welfare fund’

Two groups of transport workers are engaged in a clash in Sylhet after one of the groups protested against a transport leader for allegedly embezzling money from a welfare fund.
2 June 2020, 12:37 PM

Cancel hike in bus fare: Consumers Association of Bangladesh

The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) today demanded cancellation of the government’s decision to increase bus fares by 60 percent.
2 June 2020, 11:47 AM

Libya killings: ‘Ring leader’ of trafficking gang sent to jail

A Dhaka court today rejected the bail petition of Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal, an alleged ring leader of a human trafficking gang, and sent him to jail in connection with a case filed under the Bangladesh Passport Act.
2 June 2020, 11:18 AM

Covid-19 has slowed economic advancement but we’ll defy all hurdles: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Covid-19 has slowed the country’s economic advancement to some extent but the nation will move forward, defying all hurdles.
2 June 2020, 09:47 AM

Coronavirus: HC wants information on situation in prisons

The High Court has wanted to know the situation of inmates in jails and prisons staff across the country following the coronavirus pandemic.
2 June 2020, 06:47 AM

CPJ urges Jordan for immediate release of Bangladeshi journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called upon Jordanian authorities to immediately release Bangladeshi journalist Selim Akash and drop any charges against him.
2 June 2020, 04:53 AM

Alleged criminal killed by ‘rivals’ in Pabna

A man has been hacked to death by “rivals” in Pabna’s Santhia upazila.
1 June 2020, 19:22 PM