Dhaka, April 28 -- An unidentified man has been shot dead in Dhaka's New Market area. The shooting occurred around 8pm on Tuesday in the Bottola area adjacent to the market, said New Market Police ch... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Police have identified the man shot dead in Dhaka's New Market area as "top criminal" Khandaker Naim Ahmed Titon. After the incident on Tuesday evening, police said: "From differen... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- A sixth-grade student was abducted on her way to school and "raped" throughout the day before being abandoned in a bush in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj Upazila, her family has alleged. ... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Amid conflicting statements from the administration's top brass over reported militancy in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says it does not see "any danger" - at least ... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- India's decision to appoint a former union minister, West Bengal political heavyweight Dinesh Trivedi, as its next high commissioner to Bangladesh marks a subtle but significant shi... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has expressed hope that a verdict from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the ongoing Rohingya genocide case will be delivered soon. Respo... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Bangladesh has registered 464 murder and 666 rape cases since the BNP-led government took up office, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. Disclosing the estimates in the parlia... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- BNP lawmaker Fazlur Rahman has said members of freedom fighters' and martyrs' families "cannot join Jamaat-e-Islami", saying it would be a "double offence" if any of them did so. T... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has met a delegation of representatives from the Chevron Corporation, the American energy giant. The meeting took place at the premier's offices at th... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- Several hours of torrential rain have left large parts of Cumilla City waterlogged, with streets and low-lying areas submerged under knee-deep to waist-deep water, causing immense s... Read More