Gas crisis hits capital again

Farhana Nasrin cradled her one-and-a-half-year old daughter with one hand and tried to light the stove with the other. The baby was crying for food and the mother wanted to cook something to calm her down.
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka to touch down today

The Bangladesh cricket team is currently in the charge of technical director Khaled Mahmud after the premature exit of head coach Chandika Hathurusingha in October last year left the post vacant.
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Democracy in India at stake

Four justices of India's top court yesterday criticised its distribution of cases to judges and raised concerns about judicial appointments, in an unprecedented public airing of problems at one of the country's most respected institutions.
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM

First phase of Biswa Ijtema begins in Tongi

The three-day first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began on the banks of the Turag at Tongi after Fazr prayers yesterday.
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM

7 girls flee safe home in Ctg

A probe committee of the Directorate of Social Welfare has found negligence by Ansar personnel and the safe home's staff members in the incident of seven teenage girls fleeing from the Safe Home for Women and Children in Chittagong's Hathazari on Wednesday.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Maulana Saad won't attend Biswa Ijtema

In the face of stern opposition from a faction of Tabligh Jamaat, the movement's top leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi will keep clear of this year's Biswa Ijtema and will likely go back to India today.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

DNCC Mayor Polls: Khaleda plans to join campaign

Khaleda Zia is planning to take part in the campaign for BNP-led 20-party alliance's mayor candidate in the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls on February 26.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Pre-paid food card for refugees, locals

The World Food Programme has planned an e-voucher programme for 12 lakh people -- 10 lakh Rohingyas and 2 lakh locals -- in Cox's Bazar by September of this year. It is hoped that this will help improve their nutritional intake and check any possible socio-economic instability.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

ACC has failed to prove graft allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission has failed to prove the allegations brought against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, claimed Khaleda's senior counsel Jamir Uddin Sircar.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Indians paying for free visa

If an Indian citizen with a valid passport is willing to pay 1,800-2,000 rupees, he or she can get a Bangladeshi visa for a month sitting at home.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Constables must be hired centrally

Top police officials have demanded that the police headquarters centrally recruit constables to prevent entry of inefficient people to the force through corruption and political influence.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Demo, road block disrupt city traffic

Traffic in the capital's northern part was brought to its knees throughout yesterday by a faction of the Tabligh Jamaat, as it blocked the busy Airport Road protesting the arrival of the religious group's top scholar from India to attend Biswa Ijtema.
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

4 Years Of AL Govt: Priority forgotten

The situation was unique when Awami League unveiled its electoral manifesto four years ago seeking people's support ahead of the
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

BASIC Bank: JP MP, husband sued over Tk 275cr scam

Jatiya Party lawmaker Mahjabeen Morshed and her husband have been sued for Tk 275-crore loan scam at the state-run BASIC Bank.
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Money Laundering: Won't let anyone off the hook

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament yesterday mentioned names of some politicians and businessmen, including Khaleda Zia's two sons, who she said were involved in money laundering.
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Massacre in Rakhine: Myanmar admits it for the first time

Members confessed they killed 10 Bengali terrorists," the office said in its post, using a pejorative term for Rohingya and blaming militants for causing the unrest in the village.
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Forced Marriage, Torture on Woman': DIG Mizan withdrawn

DMP Additional Commissioner Mizanur Rahman, who allegedly married a woman forcibly and tortured her, has been withdrawn from Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday.
9 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Give us choppers to fight militancy

In a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday, police demanded an aviation wing for the force.
9 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day today

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed today.
9 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Temperature rises a bit

A man burned to death and three others were injured when their clothes caught up in the fire they had made to stave off the cold in Alipur of Sirajganj on Monday.
9 January 2018, 18:00 PM