Dhaka, May 21 -- Rawhide traders in Chattogram have set a target of collecting 400,000 sacrificial animal skins this Eid-ul-Azha, up from the 356,500 collected last year, though they say the final fig... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- A freight train has derailed near Jhenaidah's Kotchandpur Railway Station, snapping all rail links between Khulna and northern Bangladesh. Ripon Mia, station master of Sabdarpur Rail... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- A freight train that derailed near Jhenaidah's Kotchandpur Railway Station has been recovered, restoring all rail links between Khulna and northern Bangladesh. Ripon Mia, station mas... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- Two labourers and as many farmers have been killed and another injured when lightning struck them in Barishal and Naogaon. Police said the fatalities were reported between Thursday m... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- A year has passed since a Magura court delivered the death penalty in the shocking rape and murder case of an 8-year-old girl, but the verdict has still not been executed -- leaving t... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is on maximum alert to prevent any illegal push-ins. Speaking at a press briefing at the Secretariat on Thur... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- Amid mounting public outrage over the brutal "rape and murder" of 7-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital's Pallabi, rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) has released a grim a... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has announced that metro rail services will remain suspended on Eid day, alongside a special operating schedule for the holidays. On Th... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- Stakeholders at a public hearing have opposed proposals to increase retail electricity prices, urging the state regulator to focus on trimming institutional costs and rooting out corr... Read More
Dhaka, May 21 -- Outrage and protests have kept pouring in following the brutal "rape and murder" of a 7-year-old child in Dhaka's Pallabi, with citizens coming down to the streets to form human chain... Read More