Dhaka, May 1 -- The Election Commission has described as "abnormal" the registration of unusually high numbers of voters at several houses on a single road in Narayanganj, including two properties own... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Iran's supreme leader has declared that the only place for Americans in the Persian Gulf is "at the bottom of its waters", signalling a new era for the region's history, The Times of I... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Right now, oil investors' main obsession is excessively high prices. Fair enough: the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since early March has sent Brent crude as high as $126 a... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- The New Mooring Terminal (NCT) has handled a record number of containers, surpassing 5,700 TEUs in a single day, says the Chittagong Port Authority. A total of 5,709 TEUs (twenty-foot... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- The wife and eldest son of a former expatriate in Chattogram's Rangunia have confessed to his murder and the subsequent scrubbing of their home to destroy evidence following their arre... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Following surges in the prices of vegetables, chicken, eggs and soybean oil, butchers in Dhaka have started charging Tk 20 more for each kg of beef. The upward revision means beef is ... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Anjoli Aich, who works as an attendant at a private hospital in Chattogram city's Mehedibagh, receives Tk 5,400 per month for eight hours of daily work. Along with occasional small ti... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- A Bangladeshi imam has been arrested in New York in a case involving allegations of child sexual assault at a mosque. The allegations relate to two incidents said to have taken place ... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman says that some quarters are trying to turn Bangladesh into a "friendless" country. According to him, these quarters do not like the return of democracy t... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has announced that 14,300 candidates recommended for the position of assistant teacher in government primary schools will soon be appointed "... Read More