Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- India has arrested eight people, including a Bangladeshi national, suspected of plotting a major terror conspiracy with alleged backing from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (I... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced four men to life imprisonment in a gang rape case filed in 2009 in Kamrangirchar. Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman of the Women and Children Repression Pre... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Mobile phone connections may be temporarily disrupted during a trial run of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) system. The test will be conducted from 10am to 12pm on S... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The first session of the 13th Parliament will convene on Mar 12, when lawmakers will also elect the speaker and deputy speaker to formally set the legislative machinery in motion. O... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered the trial of 11 people on charges of crimes against humanity over the killing of Imam Hasan Taim, the son of a policeman, during t... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A 24-year-old Bangladeshi man has been arrested in Italy's Milan after spending nine hours trapped inside a bank vault during a failed robbery attempt, Euronews reports. According t... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the retail price of furnace oil by Tk 15.90 per litre, setting the new rate at Tk 70.10, down from Tk 86. The revised ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The Election Commission is awaiting a parliamentary decision on whether the upcoming local government elections will be contested under party symbols, according to Election Commissio... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Muhammad Yunus has returned to the Yunus Centre after 18 months following his stint as chief advisor to the interim government. In a Facebook post on Sunday, the Yunus Centre said h... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A total of 586 people have been killed and 1,238 injured in 597 transport accidents across Bangladesh in January, according to the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association. The grou... Read More