The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (October 2) arrested 56 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

A woman and her son were killed after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Bahubal upazila in Habiganj on Sunday (October 1). The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Dawlatpur area at around 3:00 pm. The deceased were identified as Farida Begum, wife of Dara Miah,

The government on Sunday (October 1) has given its decision denying BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better treatment. The Law Minister Anisul Huq said while talking to reporters at his ministry office in the afternoon today. He said once a petition under Section 401 of

US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter arrived in Dhaka last night (September 30) on a two-day official visit. She will meet with embassy and consulate staff and observe consular operations, said the US State Department.  "Her trip underscores our

Fuel traders went on an indefinite strike on Sunday (October 1) as the increase in commission rate on fuel sales fixed by the government has not yet been implemented. Following the strike, fuel extraction from Padma, Meghna and Jamuna depots was halted and oil transportation in 15

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday (October 1) warned of taking stern action if the media spread propaganda over the next national elections.  He sounded the note of warning during the inaugural speech of a workshop organized by the Electoral Training

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) submitted a supplementary charge sheet against 9 people including Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders, for attacking on the motorcade of former US ambassador Marcia Bernicat at Mohammadpur in Dhaka. Mohammad Ishtiaq Mahmud, the

Police have recovered the slit-throat decomposing bodies of a couple and their 12-year-old son from their flat in Savar's Ashulia on Saturday (September 31) night. The deceased were identified as Moktar Hossain alias Babul, 50, his wife Shahida Begum, 40, and their son Mehedi Hasan

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (October 1) arrested 28 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

The International Day of Older Persons is being observed in the country today (October 1) like elsewhere across the globe with the theme 'Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations'. On the eve of the day,

Japan will provide Bangladesh 217,556 million Japanese Yen (approximately $1,500 million) more under the Japanese Loan Package for the Matarbari Coal-Fired Power Project. Under the project, 'Exchange of Notes' and 'Loan Agreement' for the 7th tranche of Matarbari Ultra

At least 200 tourists are stranded in St Martin as the authorities have suspended the movement of ships on the Teknaf-St Martin route due to adverse weather. Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Adnan Chowdhury confirmed the matter. He said the administration took the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached London, the capital city of the United Kingdom (UK), from Washington DC. A commercial flight of the British Airways carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the London Heathrow Airport at 11:07am today (London time).

Additional Inspector General of Police Habibur Rahman has taken charge as the new commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police through a handover ceremony at the DMP headquarters on Saturday (September 30). The new DMP chief took charge from the outgoing Commissioner Khandaker Golam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to return to jail again and get permission from the court if she wants to go abroad for treatment. The premier remarked this while talking to VOA Bangla on Saturday

Mustafizur Shahin, a Bangladeshi businessman, left his home country for a job opportunity overseas, only to find himself trapped on a Pacific island, forced into slavery. He was promised a chance to work with a millionaire entrepreneur and his chain of clothing boutiques, but instead,

A nine-mile trip from the airport in Dhaka, the bustling capital of Bangladesh, to Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed Park, near downtown, can take as long as 55 minutes, according to Google Maps. A trip of the same distance in Flint, Michigan, from the airport to the Sloan Museum of Discovery,

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Saturday (September 30) arrested 36 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conveyed their love and sincere affection to all children, specially the girls, on the occasion of the National Daughters Day to be celebrated tomorrow. The National Daughters Day is observed every year in the

Two people were killed and five others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a battery-run easy bike on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Daserhat area under Muksudpur upazila of the district today. The deceased were identified as Ranu Begum, 60, wife of Akmal Sheikh of