Golam Sarwar passes away

Veteran journalist Golam Sarwar, editor of Bangla daily Samakal, passed away last night at a hospital in Singapore. He was 75.
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Unforgivable

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Another Road Crash: Teen's death sparks protest

Students and villagers blocked Rangpur-Kurigram road for nearly four hours after a 10th grader was run over and killed by a speeding bus in Ghagatpara area of Rangpur yesterday morning.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Tragic death of 4 schoolboys

Four school students drowned in separate incidents in Ramna Lake in the capital and the Meghna river in Narayanganj yesterday.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Eid-ul-Azha on Aug 22

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 22 (Wednesday) with due solemnity and religious fervour.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Literary giant VS Naipaul no more

VS Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world's most admired and contentious writers, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

BRTA armed with 8 more magistrates

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is going to strengthen its enforcement of traffic rules in Dhaka and Chittagong by deploying mobile courts three times the existing number.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

BRT route may now be halved

The rapid bus service, much touted as a way to ease the capital's chronic traffic congestion, may be implemented only in part, and that too not before 2024, as arbitrarily built flyovers block its proposed route, said officials and transport experts.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Cases During Traffic Week: Motorcyclists top offenders

More than half of the 56,349 traffic rules violation cases filed during Traffic Week in Dhaka city were against riders of two wheelers, according to police data.
11 August 2018, 18:00 PM

'Inciting Violence': Police gather details of 100 social media accounts

Police have gathered details about a hundred social media accounts which incited violence centring on the student movement for road safety by spreading provocative contents and going live on Facebook, said a top DMP official.
11 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Listed, now 'cleared of' drug links

Though named in a list prepared by the Prime Minister's Office, about 100 cops in different districts have been found by local police authorities not linked to narcotics trade or smuggling. It is not clear what district police probes found about the other 200 law enforcers listed by the PMO.
11 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Govt to bring back 'Boma' Mizan from India in time

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the government would bring back militant leader Jahidul Islam Mizan alias "Boma" Mizan from India.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Do your part

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged governments and business leaders of the Asia-Pacific region to help Bangladesh shoulder the responsibility of hosting some one million refugees, who have fled atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Repatriation of Rohingyas: More talks, no timeframe yet

Myanmar yesterday agreed to speed up the process of repatriating the forcibly displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine to escape persecution.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Troublemakers identified: IGP

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary yesterday said they have already identified the people responsible for creating anarchy cashing in on recent student protests over demand for safe roads.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM

3 Months of Anti-narcotics Drive: Outcome not as expected

It has been three months since the nationwide war on drugs began, but the godfathers or their patrons still remain untouched while the dealers are selling narcotics discreetly, adopting new strategies.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Cash Incentive Scam: BB blocks rehiring of Janata's audit firm

Bangladesh Bank has rejected Janata Bank's plea for reappointing Syful Shamsul Alam & Co to audit the state-owned bank's financial health as it found that the firm allegedly helped Crescent Group embezzle government funds of Tk 408 crore in cash incentive.
9 August 2018, 20:55 PM

End violence on journos

Condemning the recent attacks on journalists and the detention of noted photographer Shahidul Alam, three international journalists associations have written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take steps to prevent violence against journalists and ensure the release of Shahidul.
9 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Question leak racket busted

They targeted all sorts of public exams and recruitment tests. In the last five to six years, this organised question paper leak gang struck numerous deals with job and admission seekers in exchange of hefty sums, and helped many to cheat their way into universities and jobs.
9 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Road Safety Protest: No bail for 22 pvt univ students

A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to the 22 private university students who were arrested in two separate cases filed over vandalism and attacks on policemen during the road safety movement.
9 August 2018, 18:00 PM