Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Tarique hands out job letters to 10 July Uprising victims' families

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has handed job appointment letters to 10 members of families of those slain and injured in the July Uprising. He presented the letters at his Tejga... Read More


Bangladesh clarifies stance on private fuel import policy after Bashundhara application

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has issued a clarification following media reports that a policy to open the refined fuel oil market to the private sector was... Read More


Couple killed after being run over by train in Gazipur's Sreepur

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- A husband and wife have been killed after being run over by a train in Gazipur's Sreepur. The mangled bodies of the couple were recovered from near Izzatpur Railway Station on t... Read More


Anti-Modi displays and border killing exhibits removed from July Museum over fear of India, says Nahid

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has alleged that the government removed several "anti-Indian aggression" exhibits from the July Uprising Memorial Museum out of ... Read More


Bangladeshis among dozens of migrants rescued off Greece coast

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Bangladeshis, Sudanese, and Egyptians are among dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of Greece on Thursday, local authorities say. At least 202 migrants have reached the sou... Read More


Train service resumes on Dhaka-Mymensingh route after 7.5 hours, probe launched

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Four derailed carriages of the Jamalpur Commuter train have been recovered in Mymensingh's Gafargaon, allowing train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route to resume after seven a... Read More


Hasina's speech: Delhi reiterates its previous stance after Dhaka protests

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Despite Dhaka's strong reaction to the press conference held by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to Delhi in the face of a mass uprising and has been sentenced to de... Read More


'The bus suddenly fell on us, then I saw blood and bodies everywhere'

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Like many others from his area, Saju Mia - a middle-aged man from Gaibandha's Gobindaganj Upazila - had come to Bogura's Erulia to work as a seasonal labourer during the Aman sea... Read More


2 injured in drive-by shooting in Dhaka's Pallabi

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Another shooting has occurred in Dhaka's Pallabi in the span of two weeks. Two people have now been injured in a drive-by shooting. The attack was due to a prior dispute over dr... Read More


Couple die on same Bogura road where 7 others lost their lives only hours ago

Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- A husband and wife have been killed in a crash involving a car and motorcycle on the same road in the Bogura Sadar Upazila where seven day labourers lost their lives only hours a... Read More