Dhaka, April 17 -- Joishthapura village, some 10 kilometres north-east from the main town of Boalkhali Upazila in Chattogram, is nestled among hills and a river. This serene setting provided a safe ha... Read More
Dhaka, April 16 -- Sohagi Das stood on a pile of burnt-down bamboo and tin sheets, the remnants of the shanty she once called home. "My younger daughter's wedding was scheduled to be held in Baishakh... Read More
Dhaka, April 14 -- Eid day came and went, but there were no festivities at the homes of the MV Abdullah sailors who had been taken hostage by Somali pirates. Their families instead waited, anxiously, ... Read More
Dhaka, April 12 -- Ali Reza, a student who recently passed Fazil exams from a madrasa, left home to buy Iftar in the Feroz Shah Colony area of Chattogram on Apr 5. His father Korban Ali, a dentist, al... Read More
Dhaka, April 4 -- The armed bank robberies in Bandarban's Thanchi have spurred fear among the locals and streets seemed empty one day after the attack. The shops opened on Thursday morning in Thanchi... Read More
Dhaka, April 4 -- The streets of Thanchi in Bandarban are eerily quiet and deserted since the armed bank robberies in broad daylight ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, with most of the shops in the Upazila closed.... Read More
Dhaka, April 3 -- Nasrin Sukhi was supposed to travel to her ancestral village in Cumilla from Chattogram to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. "We bought dresses for everyone. Sukhi was also delighted to have t... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Police have arrested a man in Chattogram for allegedly hitting a child with an iron rod.Jahed Ullah Bin Khaled, 42, was apprehended in the port city's Askar Dighir Par area in connec... Read More