Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Police have been accused of firing sound grenades to disperse a procession of government primary school teachers in Dhaka. The teachers, who have been demanding that their pay be upg... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Emergency workers have taken control of a fire that broke out at a cotton warehouse in Gazipur's Tongi. The fire reportedly broke out at 11:45am on Saturday. Seven firefighting units... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Assistant teachers from government primary schools have launched a continuous sit-in in Dhaka, demanding salaries under the 10th pay grade along with two other demands. The programme... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Detective police have pressed charges against seven suspects, all identified as "drug dealers", in the murder case of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader SM Shahriar Alam Shammo. Nearly ... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- The BNP has suspended the primary membership and all party positions of Sitakunda Upazila Convenor Kamal Kader and two others on charges of breaching party discipline. The decision c... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Assistant teachers of government primary schools are set to launch a fresh protest programme, demanding that their salaries be raised to the 10th grade pay scale and to press for long... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- A conspiracy is being hatched to subvert democracy in Bangladesh again after the July Uprising, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He made the remarks while spea... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Former finance and foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet, who served as the chief foreign representative of the Mujibnagar government in 1971, has died a... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- The family of Sarwar Hossain Babla, who was shot and killed during a BNP event in Chattogram, has filed a case over his murder. Seven suspects have been named in the case filed by Sa... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Thousands of Jamaat-e-Islami activists have staged a protest march in Dhaka, pressing for a five-point charter of demands that includes issuing an order to implement the July National... Read More