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

Cold brings misery for the little ones

With an oxygen mask on, Safat, little over a month old, was reluctant to open his eyes at Dhaka Shishu Hospital. His mother wore a worried expression on her face as she held him tightly, trying to keep him warm.
9 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Big-project Graft: ACC offered to help govt, yet to get response

The Anti-Corruption Commission has offered the government help in checking corruption in large projects, but it is yet to get any response, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Police must be held accountable for every action

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the policemen to build themselves as members of a pro-people force as their duty towards people is enormous.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Custodial Torture, Death: Cops want bail provision for the accused

Police yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take measures for amending the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act so that accused policemen can get bail.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Mercury dips to lowest in 50 yrs

The country yesterday registered the lowest temperature in five decades as mercury dipped to 2.6 degrees Celsius in Tentulia of Panchagarh, causing immense sufferings to people.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

A collective failure

Forty-five years ago, our constitution announced emphatically that the state shall ensure the separation of the judiciary from the executive "as soon as practicable".
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Tanker, Ship Collision off China: Two Bangladeshis among 32 missing

A tanker carrying oil from Iran to South Korea was ablaze and spilling its cargo off eastern China yesterday after a collision with a cargo ship which left 32 tanker crew members missing.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi Road Crash: 7 Bangladeshis killed, 15 hurt

At least seven Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed and 15 others injured in a road crash in Jizan province of Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

RCC, SCC Polls: Liton, Kamran get AL chief's green signal

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has given the green signal to AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran to run for mayor in Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporation polls as AL candidates.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

They acted gallantly, beyond call of duty

A bus crashed into a ditch near the Gouripur bus stop in Comilla's Daudkandi upazila on July 7 last year. Within moments, it was sinking into the filthy water.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Dhaka's mass transport to see overhaul

The government is going to form a company to oversee bus operations in the capital, provide people with better services and reduce traffic congestion.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Country keeps shivering in bitter cold

The cold wave continued to disrupt life across the country yesterday.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

AB Bank Scam: Businessman fails to appear before ACC

Saiful Haque, a businessman whose name came up during investigation into AB Bank's sensational money laundering, failed to appear before the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for questioning without informing the graft watchdog.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

7 killed as bus plunges into ditch

At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus skidded of a road and fell into a ditch following a collision with a
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP bid to stage protests foiled

Law enforcers yesterday obstructed BNP's protest programmes at different places in the capital and elsewhere, the party claimed.
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM

New voters to get NID cards from March

The Election Commission is set to start handing over laminated NID cards this March to those who have been included in the voter list since 2013.
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Troubled banks worry Muhith

Some banks are in serious trouble. A number of sponsors are bankrupting banks, while another group is out to grab power of banks.
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM