3 killed in 'shootouts'

Two alleged drug peddlers and a murder case accused were killed in “gunfights” with police in Cox's Bazar early yesterday.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Tortured in Libya

Mominur Islam had paid Tk 3 lakh to some manpower brokers in Naogaon to go to Malaysia as a worker.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Nur to take charge as Ducsu VP

Amid calls for re-election from a number of major panels, Nurul Haque Nur, vice-president-elect of Dhaka University Central Students' Union, finally made a public announcement yesterday that he was going to assume the office.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

7 killed as bus collides with three-wheeler

Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a three-wheeler in Barishal's Banaripara upazila yesterday.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

No fitness docs, yet running

More than 70,000 vehicles have not had their fitness certificates renewed in 10 years, and many of them are on the road posing serious risks of accidents.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Carrying Firearm: Another AL leader held at Dhaka airport

Police yesterday detained an Awami League leader for entering the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport allegedly along with a pistol and 32 bullets without any declaration.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Running without route permit!

The bus of Suprobhat Paribahan, which ran over and killed a university student in the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday, faced legal actions 27 times and plied Pragati Sarani road for long without the authorities' permission.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

No retreat

Student demonstrators yesterday said they would resume their peaceful protest for safe roads on Sunday to keep pressure on the authorities to implement their promises.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Farmland turns WASTELAND

Selim Uddin, 50, had been a farmer all his life like his father and his father before him. Until a few years ago, he earned his living by farming on a small piece of land and fishing in canals in and around his South Madrasa union in Chittagong's Hathazari upazila.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The sixth meeting

After holding a meeting with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Pakistan president Yahya Khan postponed the March 25 session of the National Assembly saying it was deferred to create unity among the political parties.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

NZ imposes ban on assault guns

New Zealand imposed a ban on assault weapons yesterday, moving swiftly following the Christchurch massacre and triggering renewed calls from leading American politicians for gun controls in the United States.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Police probe attacks on 5 UK mosques

Five mosques in the central English city of Birmingham have been targeted in a string of violent attacks overnight and into the morning, the police said yesterday.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Big industries killing Halda

Waste from large factories and a housing estate are polluting the Halda river in Chattogram to the extent that it caused fish die-offs, according to a report of the Department of Environment.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Culprit driver hit pedestrian before killing Abrar: police

The bus driver of Suprobhat Paribahan, which killed a university student near the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday, was driving recklessly to flee the spot after hitting another pedestrian in Shahjadpur area, said police.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The same old promise again

In the face of student protests for road safety, transport owners and workers yesterday came up with the same old promises of not operating buses on daily contracts, and scrutinising licences before appointing drivers.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Commuters suffer as traffic goes haywire

City commuters suffered long delays as hundreds of students blocked different streets yesterday, demanding safe roads and justice for the death of a fellow student in a road crash.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Daylong protest over unsafe road

Under pressure from road safety protesters, the authorities yesterday suspended the operation of two bus services, but a section of demonstrators vowed to remain on the streets until all their demands are met.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Khaleda is sick

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said party chief Khaleda Zia was very sick.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM

AL leader killed in Rangamati

An upazila Awami League chief was gunned down and killed right before his family in Rangamati yesterday, hours after seven people were shot dead in another upazila of the district.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu holds meeting with Yahya

The fourth meeting between Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Pakistani President Yahya Khan began and it lasted for two hours. The meeting was held under intense military security.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM