EC heading for blueprint city polls: BNP

BNP today alleged that the Election Commission is going to hold a “blueprint” city corporation polls with assistance from Rapid Action Battalion and police to ensure victory of the ruling party backed candidates.
27 April 2015, 15:00 PM

Nepal aid effort intensified as quake toll reaches 3,726

International efforts to bring more aid to Nepal are being increased, as the death toll from Saturday's massive earthquake reached 3,726.
27 April 2015, 14:00 PM

Earthquake severity based on intensity levels

The severity of an earthquake is measured in two ways: in terms of intensity and magnitude levels.
27 April 2015, 14:00 PM

Opinion: Hasina-Khaleda and politics of revenge

Yesterday the country’s two top leaders -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia -- held separate press conferences to urge people to “reject” each others’ candidates in the city corporation polls.
27 April 2015, 14:00 PM

Mobile banking banned till 5pm tomorrow

Bangladesh Bank has banned all kinds of transactions through mobile banking till 5:00pm tomorrow.
27 April 2015, 14:00 PM

CEC directs law enforcers to be vigilant

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad today asked members of different law enforcement agencies to stay impartial and vigilant for a credible and transparent election tomorrow.
27 April 2015, 13:51 PM

Mild tremors felt again

Mild tremors were felt throughout Bangladesh again around 6:45pm today two days into Nepal earthquake that killed over 3,000 people.
27 April 2015, 13:00 PM

Simply Soumya

Young by age and cricketing experience, Soumya Sarkar announced his arrival by smashing a scintillating century in his tenth innings during the third and final game of the three-match ODI series against Pakistan.
23 April 2015, 12:40 PM

Bangladesh believed they were favourites - Mashrafe

Tigers captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said the team's belief before the ODI series that they were favourites kept them in the right frame of mind.
20 April 2015, 12:03 PM

Man pushes pregnant girlfriend off 150-ft cliff, but she survives

A youth pushes his pregnant girlfriend off a cliff near the Nahargarh fort after crushing her face with a stone and then flees, assuming her to be dead.
18 April 2015, 07:19 AM

BNP stumbles yet again

The BNP cannot yet start electioneering in full swing, as its Dhaka south mayor hopeful Mirza Abbas is unable to hit the campaign trail
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM

US to exhume remains of Pearl Harbor dead for identification

The remains of nearly 400 US servicemen killed at Pearl Harbor are to be exhumed so they may be identified and given individual burials.
15 April 2015, 05:00 AM

Polling centre information through mobile sms

Voters in Dhaka north, south and Chittagong city corporations will be able to get information on their polling centres through SMS on their mobile phones.
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Russia evacuates over 650 from Yemen: officials

Russia on Sunday evacuated more than 650 people of different nationalities from war-torn Yemen by air and sea, officials said.
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM

​10 pledges of CCC mayoral candidates

Are you residing in Chittagong City Corporation? Are you wondering what the CCC mayoral aspirants are pledging to win your vote? Read on to find out the top ten pledges of the CCC mayoral candidates and see if the changes they have promised to implement once elected help make a better Chittagong.
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Amal Clooney to defend jailed ex-Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed

Jailed former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has approached renowned international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to defend him.
11 April 2015, 09:29 AM

Saudi authorities catch police shooting suspect

Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others.
11 April 2015, 07:56 AM

Gunmen kill 20 labourers in Pakistan's Baluchistan

Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range.
11 April 2015, 06:41 AM

Hit-And-Run Case: No Evidence to Show Salman Khan Was Driving The Car, Says Defence

Salman Khan's lawyer alleged that the "evidence had been manufactured to falsely implicate" the actor in the hit-and-run accident.
11 April 2015, 06:15 AM

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

A 32-year-old woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a cabbie inside a black-and-yellow taxi in Dwarka, Delhi on Thursday night.
11 April 2015, 05:44 AM
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