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Tarique Rahman inaugurates construction of Jashore hospital

Dhaka, April 27 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 500-bed Jashore Medical College Hospital building. He unveiled the plaque for the facility at ... Read More


3 to die, 3 others get life in prison for murder of farmer in Mymensingh

Dhaka, April 27 -- A Mymensingh court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life in prison in 2014 for the murder of farmer Asrab Ali in Mymensingh's Fulpur. The death row convicts ... Read More


Former MP Golap now arrested in crimes against humanity case

Dhaka, April 27 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has shown former Madaripur-3 MP Abdus Sobhan Mia Golap arrested in a case of crimes against humanity filed over a murder in Madaripur during ... Read More


Robbers killed customs official by throwing him from moving autorickshaw: RAB

Dhaka, April 27 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says that a gang of robbers is involved in the murder of customs officer Bullet Bairagi, whose body was found on the side of the highway in Cumilla.... Read More


Girls' education will be free up to degree level, LPG card planned: Tarique

Dhaka, April 27 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that girls' education up to degree level will be made free under a new government initiative. Addressing a public gathering in Jashore's... Read More


Decomposing body of female Ansar member found in Jurain home

Dhaka, April 27 -- Police have recovered the decomposed body of a woman from a flat in Jurain under Dhaka's Kadamtali, where she had been living with her husband. The victim, 27-year-old Sharmin Akte... Read More


Women's reserve seats EC upholds decision rejecting nomination of NCP's Monira Sharmin

Dhaka, April 27 -- The Election Commission has upheld the decision of the returning officer to cancel the candidacy of NCP's Monira Sharmin for a reserved women's seat in parliament as three years hav... Read More


MP Amir Hamza gets anticipatory bail in defamation case

Dhaka, April 27 -- Kushtia-3 (Sadar) MP and Islamic speaker Mufti Amir Hamza has been granted anticipatory bail by the High Court after an arrest warrant was issued against him in a defamation case. ... Read More


India's West Bengal seals land borders to ensure smooth conduct of elections

Dhaka, April 27 -- The government of India's West Bengal has issued an order restricting movement of both people and vehicles for exit to Bangladesh and entry to Indian territory to ensure the smooth ... Read More


Students protest against judge over alleged teacher humiliation in Dhaka school incident

Dhaka, April 27 -- Students of Willes Little Flower School and College in Dhaka have staged protests and submitted a memorandum to the chief justice alleging that a teacher was "humiliated" after bein... Read More