CDA gets new chairman
Freedom Fighter Mohammad Younus has been appointed as the new chairman of the Chattogram Development Authority (CDA).
Grocer stabbed to death over Tk10 note
A youth was stabbed to death and his father sustained critical injuries when neighbours attacked on them over a trifling matter in Mymensingh’s Tarakadna upazila.
Supreme Court gets 3 new judges
Three High Court judges have been elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
Six workers killed as truck plunges into roadside ditch
At least six construction workers were killed and several others injured after a truck fell into a roadside ditch on the Udaipur border area in Rangamati’s Sajek upazila yesterday evening.
Road Condition Survey: Fearful of flak, RHD won’t publish entire reports
Roads and Highways Department will only make parts of its annual survey report on road conditions public to avoid, what its officials say, public criticism.
Thailand gives grand welcome to Hasina
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Bangkok yesterday afternoon on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin.
NBR halts export, import by Abdul Monem Group
The National Board of Revenue has suspended all imports and exports by Abdul Monem Group and all its subsidiaries, including Abdul Monem Sugar Refinery, over misuse of bond facilities and non-payment of applicable duty and fines worth Tk 674.35 crore.
Upazila Polls: Those MPs, ministers to face music
Action will be taken against Awami League ministers and lawmakers whose close relatives did not withdraw their candidatures from the upazila parishad elections, party General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
Foreign airlines’ $323m stuck in Bangladesh
The amount of foreign airlines’ money stuck in Bangladesh has increased to $323 million from $214 million in less than a year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Rural areas bear the brunt of power outage
Hundreds of thousands of people in the rural areas have been subjected to hours of power outage despite record-setting generation of electricity over the last few days.
173 return home from Myanmar prisons
A total 173 Bangladeshi citizens, who have been held imprisoned in Sittwe (Akyab), the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, for one to three years, returned to Bangladesh today
Work will be stopped if Aedes larvae found in under-construction buildings: Taposh
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today announced that if Aedes mosquito larvae are found in buildings that are still under construction, work on the projects will be stopped
Action if relatives of ministers, MPs take part in upazila polls: Quader
Action will be taken against Awami League ministers and lawmakers whose close relatives have not withdrawn their candidatures from the upazila parishad elections, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader warned today
Supreme Court gets 3 new judges
Three High Court judges have been elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
HC asks for list of Rohingyas illegally included in the voter list in Cox's Bazar
The High Court today sought a list of Rohingyas who have been made Bangladeshi voters illegally in Cox's Bazar
Eid special train on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar route derails, rail service remains normal
An Eid special train from Chattogram to Cox's Bazar derailed in Dulahazara in Cox’s Bazar this morning
Gatco graft case against Khaleda: Charge framing hearing adjourned until June 25
A Dhaka court today adjourned until June 25 the hearing on charge framing in the Gatco graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others
11 years on, cries for justice remain unheeded
Marking the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladesh's deadliest industrial disaster, survivors and relatives of the victims today gathered at the site in Savar demanding adequate compensation and maximum punishment for the culprits
Thailand rolls out red carpet to greet Sheikh Hasina on her official visit
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Bangkok at noon today on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin
In pictures: A look back at Bangladesh’s deadliest industrial tragedy
April 24 is a date that should not be and cannot be ever obliterated from our memory. Rana Plaza collapsed on the morning of a hot summer day, on April 24, 2013. At least 1,136 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and over 2,500 others injured in the deadliest garment factory disaster in history as the nine-storey building came crashing down in Savar.
3 intercity trains delayed by 2 hours due to engine failure of Turag Express
Three trains -- Ekota Express, Jamuna Express and Nilsagar Express -- were delayed for two hours as the engine of another train, Turag Express, failed at Tongi Railway Junction in Gazipur this morning
