India General Elections: Violence mars phase-5 voting

Two explosions at polling stations in Pulwama in Kashmir and clashes between TMC and BJP in West Bengal were reported yesterday during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls across seven states in which over 62 percent turnout was recorded.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Additional IGP killed in Congo road crash

An additional inspector general of Bangladesh police was killed in a road crash in Congo on Sunday during her visit to a UN peacekeeping mission there.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Madrasa girl murdered in Bagerhat

Police and locals recovered the body of a seven-year-old madrasa student from a pond in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Five killed in ‘gunfights’with law enforcers

Five people, including two suspected Rohingya drug traders, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans yesterday.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Holy Ramadan begins today

The Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country today as the new crescent moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky yesterday.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Jute mill workers take to streets for arrears

The demonstration for arrears by state-owned jute mill workers turned violent once again as agitators vandalised at least 50 vehicles while blocking roads in Dhaka’s Demra yesterday, police said.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

SSC Examinations: Girls shine as pass rate rises again

After back-to-back years of declining pass rates in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, it bounced back this year with 82.80 percent students of general education boards becoming successful.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

BJP cuts ties with BNP-led alliance

Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partha yesterday announced that his party left the BNP-led alliance amid disputes over the BNP’s decision to join parliament.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

India Elections 5th Phase: Seven states go to polls today

Elaborate arrangements have been made for peaceful conduct of fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections today. Fifty one constituencies, spread over seven states, will go to polls in this phase.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Campbell, Hope register record ODI partnership

West Indies openers Shai Hope and John Campbell scripted a world record 365-run partnership for the first wicket against Ireland in the ODI tri-series
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Owners’ greed key reason for road crashes

Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation yesterday cited an unhealthy competition among transport owners for profit as a major reason behind road accidents.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

BNP’s decision not to join JS was wrong

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party’s previous decision of not joining parliament soon after the December 30 election was wrong.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Make it compliant to boost export

The government should make the central effluent treatment plant at the Savar tannery estate fully functional to make the leather sector compliant and boost export, said Syed Manzur Elahi, founding chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd and Apex Tannery Ltd.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Assess damage fast, respond quickly

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities to quickly assess the damage and provide assistance to cyclone Fani victims.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Golden fibre in troubled waters

Bangladesh’s jute industry is in deep trouble. Exports of traditional jute goods have been falling in the face of competition from low-priced polypropylene and synthetic goods as well as a shrinking demand in the traditional markets abroad.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

2 schoolgirls raped in two districts

Two cases were filed with Bandarban and Narayanganj police yesterday over rape of two schoolgirls in the districts.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Sexual Abuse at Workplace: Legal framework inadequate

The overall legal framework for addressing sexual harassment at workplace is not equipped to effectively deal with the issue as many women still face the abuse, said women’s rights activists.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

All in scary conditions

Building and fire safety conditions in all the 1,818 high rises under Rajuk’s jurisdiction are scary, its chairman Md Abdur Rahman said yesterday.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Puzzle of 5 floors

While the 23-storey FR Tower on Kemal Ataturk Avenue has a foundation for 18 storeys, around a dozen other high rises on the same street are taller than permissible height but Rajuk has been silent about this all along, said government high officials.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

On night of fright, trees their saviour

Several hundred people in Dhal Char union of Bhola’s Charfassion upazila had to take shelter in the jungle like “primitive people” during the Friday night’s cyclonic storm Fani as there is no cyclone shelter in the island of about 17,000 people.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM