Dhaka, May 19 -- A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam in a case over the murder of a seventh-grader during the July Uprising. ... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- Coastguards have seized 14,500 litres of fuel and 5,000 litres of soybean oil illegally stored for sale in Chattogram city amid a nationwide crackdown on unauthorised hoarding. The f... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- A group of 170 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Libya's Benghazi after attempting to reach Europe by sea, have been repatriated. The returnees touched down at Shahjalal In... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- Applicants seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 will have to declare whether they hold a valid or an expired passport from Bangladesh, Afghanista... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- An official of the Indian High Commission in Chattogram has been found dead inside the mission premises. The deceased has been identified only as Narendra, 38, who was serving as an ... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to the country "very soon", linking her comeback to what she described as the restoration of a democratic environment and ... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- The thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates who call the USA's San Diego home are grappling with unprecedented anxiety and grief after a deadly, hate-motivated shooting outside a major m... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- Singapore has reiterated its interest in managing the proposed Bay Terminal at Chittagong Port and plans to invest up to $1 billion in its infrastructure development. The non-residen... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- A woman has given a "confessional statement" in court over the gruesome killing and dismemberment of Saudi-based Bangladeshi man Mokarram Miah, whose body was found in eight pieces in... Read More
Dhaka, May 19 -- A worsening measles outbreak has claimed the lives of 11 more children across the country in the last 24 hours, with two confirmed deaths from the virus and nine from related symptoms... Read More