At least 23 bodies, out of 45 who were killed in last night's Bailey Road fire were handed over to their respective family members from Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery today (March 1). Of the deceased, 38 people have

At least 46 people died in the devastating fire that erupted at a commercial building in the capital’s Bailey Road on Thursday night. According to Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters they received the news of the fire at Kachchi Bhai Restaurant at 9:50pm and

A massive fire that erupted in a seven-storey commercial building  at Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday night was brought under control. According to Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters they received the news of the fire at Kachchi Bhai Restaurant at 9:50pm and

The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Amendment Bill, 2024 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad aimed at making the provisional law enacted in 2002 a permanent one to contain vandalism and obstructions to public movement.   Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul

A Dhaka court acquitted Khadijatul Kubra, a student of Jagannath University (JnU), in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) at the Newmarket Police Station in the capital. With the latest development, Kubra, who was released from Kashimpur Women’s Jail in November,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Feb 29) said new crimes are emerging with the advent of advanced technology, asking the police personnel to make necessary preparations to thwart the diversified crimes. She said: “As the technology advances, new types of crime are emerging.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) signal system camera has been introduced in the capital’s Gulshan-2 signal. This system will immediately detect the traffic rules violator and issue a case automatically.   The authorities of Dhaka North City Corporation said an AI signal

A Joypurhat court today (Feb 29) sentenced nine people to life imprisonment for killing a day laborer at Sadar Upazila in the district in 2013.  Besides, the court also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default of payment, they will have to suffer more two years in prison.

Bangladesh and India will hold their bi-annual DG-level border talks in Dhaka next month to discuss issues related to curbing a variety of cross-frontier crimes and measures to create better coordination between their security forces and agencies, official sources said on Thursday. A

As many as 12 persons, including 10 Bangladeshi nationals, were arrested at Agartala Railway Station while going to Gujarat on Tuesday, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee.  Tapas Das, officer-in-charge of Agartala Govt Railway Police Station, said in a joint operation of police, RPF

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (February 29) predicted dry weather with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 9am. According to the met office bulletin, Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Night

Rail communication between Dhaka-Tangail returned to normal after four hour of a commuter train’s locomotive failure this morning (Feb 29). The engine of a commuter train that broke down in Karotiya area of Tangail was taken to Tangail station. As a result, train movement

Police recovered the bodies of a man and his son from a flat in the capital's Badda area on Wednesday (Feb 28) night. The deceased were Gias Uddin, a school teacher and his son Rakib Hossain, an electrician by profession. According to police, they found the body of Rakib hanging

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (February 29) arrested 38 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Rail communication between Dhaka-Tangail was suspended today (Feb 29) due to a commuter train’s locomotive failure. Ali Akbar, in-charge of Gharinda railway police in Tangail confirmed the matter.  He said the incident took place at Sonalia village in Basail upazila

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion-2 (RAB) imprisoned and fined 41 alleged brokers after arresting them from four hospitals at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Wednesday (Feb 28). The hospitals are Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, National Institute of

A man was killed and eight others were injured in a fire at an intelligent card manufacturing factory in Dhirashram Bararul area of Gazipur metropolis on Wednesday (Feb 28). The deceased was identified as Likhon Miah, 24, a resident of Gaibandha district. He was an employee of the

At least eleven shops were gutted in a fire at Joksin Purbo Bazar of Sadar upazila in Laxmipur on Wednesday (Feb 28). Deputy Director of Laxmipur Fire Service and Civil Defense Station Mohammad Abdul Mannan confirmed the matter. He said the fire originated from an electric short

The government on Wednesday (Feb 28) set 9:00 am to 3:30 pm as the office hours during the holy month of Ramadan. The decision was taken at a regular Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub

Fifty parliamentarians of the reserved women's seats of the national parliament have taken oath on Wednesday (Feb 28). Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at 3:40 pm in Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan building. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was present on the occasion.