Gen Lab’s SDG-focused urban campaign ‘Peace Caravan’ to be launched

Gen Lab, a youth-led social enterprise, has initiated an urban art-based project -- Peace Caravan -- to inspire and educate urban youths and professionals to adapt with a sustainable, inclusive and peaceful social living through means of art and digital presence.
5 May 2020, 08:30 AM

Court sends 17 JMB members on ‘jihad mission’ to jail

The counter terrorism unit claims to have arrested 17 members of JMB from the capital’s Kakrail, who were planning to join a so-called jihad after migrating into Saudi Arabia.
5 May 2020, 08:08 AM

Sunamganj journalist arrested over Facebook post

A journalist from Sunamganj is arrested in a case filed under Digital Security Act for allegedly posting a defamatory status on Facebook involving parliamentarian Mouazzam Hossain Ratan of Sunamganj-1 constituency.
5 May 2020, 07:12 AM

Police appeal for showing Kajol arrested in case filed under digital security act

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed an application to show photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol arrested in a case file under the digital security act.
5 May 2020, 06:50 AM

3 ‘Neo JMB’ men held for attack on Ctg traffic police box

Counterterrorism officials claim to have arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Neo JMB in connection with an attack on a traffic police box in Chattogram city in February this year.
4 May 2020, 15:53 PM

President reappoints Justice Hasan Foez Siddique chairman of BJSC

President Md Abdul Hamid reappoints Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.
4 May 2020, 13:16 PM

Padma Bridge: 29th span installed, 4.35 km now visible

The 29th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge is installed, bringing 4.350 kilometers of the structure into view.
4 May 2020, 13:04 PM

Shopping malls, markets to remain open from May 10

The government has decided to allow all markets, shops and shopping malls across the country to remain open till 4:00pm from May 10.
4 May 2020, 12:19 PM

Full salaries but no bonuses for staff of private medical colleges and hospitals

More than one lakh doctors, nurses and staff of 69 private medical colleges and hospitals will not get any bonus during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, but will get their full salaries.
4 May 2020, 10:03 AM

‘Child murderer’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Gazipur

A fugitive in a child murder case was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Gazipur early today.
4 May 2020, 09:36 AM

Govt extends shutdown till May 16

The government has extended the ongoing nationwide shutdown for public and private offices until May 16 to contain spread of coronavirus.
4 May 2020, 09:29 AM

Turkish national found dead in Cox’s Bazar

A Turkish national has been found dead in a room of a residential hotel in Cox’s Bazar town.
4 May 2020, 09:14 AM

Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70

This year’s minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 70 per person.
4 May 2020, 08:48 AM

Markets to reopen before Eid: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government has decided to reopen markets before Eid-ul-Fitr and instruction has been given in this regard.
4 May 2020, 06:07 AM

7 held over Thakurgaon schoolboy murder

Seven youths are arrested in a case filed over killing of a schoolboy in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, police say.
3 May 2020, 18:53 PM

‘Land grabbers’ destroy banana plantation in Bandarban Mro village

Alleged grabbers of jhum land at Dhekichhara Natun Mro Para under Lama upazila in Bandarban have reportedly destroyed a banana plantation in the village.
3 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Abducted 4 days ago, Cox’s Bazar farmers yet to be rescued

Four days after kidnappers abducted three farmers for ransom, law enforcers have not been able to rescue any of them in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila.
3 May 2020, 16:41 PM

Niko must compensate Bangladesh for Chhatak gas field explosion: int’l tribunal

An international tribunal has ordered Canadian company Niko Resources to compensate Bangladesh for Chhatak gas field explosion in 2005, State Minister for Power, energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid says.
3 May 2020, 16:24 PM

DoE pushing for jute bags in relief distribution instead of polythene

In the wake of increased usage of polythene as relief bags, the Directorate of Environment (DoE) have urged the concerned authorities to switch to jute bags to protect the environment.
3 May 2020, 15:29 PM

Man killed in clash over govt pond in Sirajganj

A man is hacked to death by rivals in a clash following a dispute over the lease of a government pond in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila.
3 May 2020, 13:36 PM