Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured after a truck hit their bike in Khilkhet expressway area in the capital on Friday (January 26). The deceased were identified as Sajib Hossain, 35, and Roman, 33. The injured Deen Mohammed, 35, is now receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical

Bangladeshi authorities are raising the alarm over increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees going missing at sea as they take risky boat journeys to reach Southeast Asia through the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, who, over decades, escaped death

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (January 26) arrested 29 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members, including the Gun Group Commander, of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar early on Thursday (January 25). Besides, RAB recovered 22 firearms, 100 bullets and four mines from them. The

Information and Broadcasting Minister Mohammad Ali Arafat today (January 25) said the government wants a rumour-free mass media to ensure the free flow of authentic information to hold authorities accountable. He said at a meeting with Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO)

A Dhaka court today (January 25) sentenced E-commerce platform Alesha Mart chairman Manjurul Alam Sikder and his wife Sabia Chowdhury to six months in jail in bank cheque dishonour case. The court also fined the couple Tk 3,46,500. Judge Tasruzzaman of the Second Joint Metropolitan

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today (January 25) urged the local civil and police administration to take action against any hoarding of rice.  He said there would be no scope for illegal storage of rice with ulterior motives of making a profit. Law violators must be

Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are set to sign an agreement on mutual cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries and the content of the accord has already been sent to the Gulf nation. Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Essa Bin Youssef Al Duhailan

A man and his wife were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday (January 25). The deceased were identified as Ansarul Islam, and his wife Anjuman Rozi of Bilkolmi village of the upazila. Md Khairul Bashar,

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (January 24) predicted that light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions.   According to the Met office latest bulletin, weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky

The Supreme Court (SC) today (January 25) upheld its chamber judge's order that stayed the High Court bail for suspended UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the prime accused in Jamalpur's journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case. A five-member bench of SC headed by Chief Justice

Around 142,500 people applied in total - including 123,400 for the first time - and around a third of all requests for protection were accepted, the French Office for the Protection of Refugee and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) said in provisional figures. Just 131,000 people applied in

Thailand Immigration Police has arrested 19 Bangladeshis after receiving a tip-off from the public that a person resembling a foreigner was seen at Taba Market in Che He sub-district of Tak Bai district. When the officers approached the man, he said that his passport was in a

Almost three years after its inauguration, India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge -Maitri Setu over River Feni in Sabroom of South Tripura, the access point of Northeastern states to Chittagong seaport is set to be operational in February. Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) Chairman

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (January 25) arrested 40 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

The government has extended the deadline by eight days for the registration of Hajj pilgrims as per the request of Hajj agencies and Hajj pilgrims. The Religious Affairs Ministry on Wednesday (24 January) issued a notification extending the registration time for Hajj from January 25 to

A Dhaka court today (January 24) sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Mirpur of the capital in 2013.   The court also fined convict Manik Mia Bepari Taka 5,000.   Judge M Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-2 handed down the verdict on Wednesday

Judge of Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal in Natore has convicted a man and sentenced him to suffer life-term imprisonment on charge of raping a woman in the district around 14 years back. The convict identified as Shree Dulal, 44, a resident of Chimnapur village under

Two activists of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were reportedly shot to death and another injured in a gunfight between two groups of the party at Mohalchari uapzila in Khagrachhari district today (January 4).  The incident took place at around 7.30am in Durchhari

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today (January 24) said that the UK would work with Bangladesh to further strengthen Dhaka-London ties on trade and security partnership fronts.   She said: "We discussed working together, strengthening UK Bangladesh ties,