Dhaka
Khaleda meets BNP policymakers tomorrow
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s standing committee tomorrow evening to discuss its strategy for the upcoming municipality polls.
9 December 2015, 13:12 PM
Gayle force blows away Chittagong
Unbeaten 92 off 47 balls from Chris Gayle gives Barisal Bulls a resounding win over Chittagong Vikings by eight wickets in the 28th match of BPL-2015 at Mirpur.
9 December 2015, 12:43 PM
Dhamrai upazila chairman suspended
The government suspends Dhamrai upazila parishad Chairman Md Tamij Uddin, also president of the upazila unit BNP, as a Dhaka court has accepted a sabotage case against him.
9 December 2015, 11:39 AM
1.21cr Indian rupees recovered at Dhaka airport
Customs officials today recovered around 1.21 crore Indian rupees at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
9 December 2015, 11:26 AM
Sylhet win a nail biter
Sylhet Super Stars win a close encounter with Dhaka Dynamites by six wickets in the 27th match of BPL-2015.
9 December 2015, 08:31 AM
Business process outsourcing summit begins
A global summit on business process outsourcing (BPO) begins in Dhaka with an aim to earn $1 billion from the sector in the next six years and create two lakh jobs.
9 December 2015, 07:31 AM
Arrest warrants issued for 8 Mymensingh ‘war criminals’
A tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrants against eight war crimes suspects of Mymensingh for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 December 2015, 07:13 AM
Autopsy finds water in Nirob’s stomach
Forensic doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital find water in the stomach of five-year-old Nirob, who died after falling into a sewerage line in the capital's Shyampur.
9 December 2015, 06:44 AM
2 businessmen crushed under truck after ‘robbery’
Two vegetable traders are crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck after they were left, with their hands and legs tied, allegedly by robbers in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
9 December 2015, 04:28 AM
5-yr-old Nirob declared dead
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) have declared dead the five-year-old boy following his rescue from the Buriganga River in the old part of Dhaka this evening.
8 December 2015, 12:25 PM
Dhaka pound Chittagong by 45 runs
Dhaka Dynamites easily defeat Chittagong Vikings by 45 runs to bolster their chances of reaching the knock-out round of BPL-2015.
8 December 2015, 08:30 AM
RMG workers block road, vandalise 3 buses
Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.
8 December 2015, 08:12 AM
1 killed in Dhaka road crash
A woman killed and two others critically injured as a bus hit them in Kamalapur area of Dhaka, police source said.
7 December 2015, 15:51 PM
HC stays Oishee’s fine
The HC stays a lower court verdict that fined Oishee Rahman, who was also sentenced to death for killing her parents.
7 December 2015, 11:29 AM
Be hungry, be Foodie
thedhakafoodies.com along with Coca-Cola and Grameenphone is bringing in the latest edition of its Foodiez Fest – #FoodiezWinterFest 2015 – where more than 35 popular food brands will be coming with their mouthwatering food items, all in one place.
7 December 2015, 11:03 AM
Death of Japanese woman: Accused on 4-day remand
A Dhaka court grants a four-day remand for an accused in the Japanese woman killing case in the capital.
7 December 2015, 10:49 AM
ICC announces U19 World Cup 2016 schedule
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announces the schedule of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016, which will be held across eight venues in four Bangladesh cities from 27 January to 14 February 2016.
7 December 2015, 09:27 AM
Cops fail to nab ‘sex offender nurse’
Law enforcers failed to arrest Saiful Islam, a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka who was accused of sexually harassing a female patient, police informs the High Court.
7 December 2015, 07:29 AM
Labaid fined Tk 10 lakh
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today fines Dhaka’s Labaid hospital Tk 10 lakh.
6 December 2015, 16:14 PM
Rangpur burst Dhaka’s bubble
Rangpur dash Dhaka’s hope to climb up the points table by hammering their opponents by six wickets in the 22nd match of BPL-2015.
6 December 2015, 12:00 PM