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Police recover woman's body from in-laws' house in Feni

Dhaka, March 17 -- Police have recovered the body of a housewife from her in-laws' house in Feni's Sonagazi Upazila. Her in-laws fled with her three-year-old child. The body was recovered from the h... Read More


Early Eid shoppers in Dhaka feel price pinch as cost of living soars in Ramadan

Dhaka, March 17 -- Shahabuddin Ahmed left Shah Ali Plaza in Mirpur without any purchases despite his plans to buy clothes for his children. "The prices were prohibitively expensive for my budget. I'l... Read More


How a 'horrific fireball' in Gazipur shattered lives in the blink of an eye

Dhaka, March 17 -- As Iftar approaches, the corridor outside the ICU at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery bustles with activity. Family members frantically search for plate... Read More


Police arrest classmate, teacher over Abontika's suicide

Dhaka, March 17 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have formally arrested Jagannath University student Amman Siddique and Assistant Proctor Din Islam on Saturday over the death of pupil Fairuz Abontika ... Read More


Classmate, teacher partly involved in Abontika's suicide: police

Dhaka, March 17 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have formally arrested Jagannath University student Amman Siddique and Assistant Proctor Din Islam on Saturday over the death of pupil Fairuz Abontika ... Read More


Shahabuddin, Hasina pay tribute to Bangabandhu on his 104th birth anniversary

Dhaka, March 17 -- President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have commemorated the 104th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh... Read More


Fire erupts at building housing Chinese nationals in Dhaka's Baridhara

Dhaka, March 17 -- A fire has broken out at an apartment building in the capital's Baridhara diplomatic zone. The incident occurred at 1am on Sunday and was brought under control quickly, according t... Read More


Police beat up UP chairman, foiling his bid to remove hawkers from highway in Narayanganj

Dhaka, March 16 -- A video of policemen and hawkers beating up a union council chairman during his attempt to free a highway from encroachment in Narayanganj's Rupganj Upazila has gone viral on social... Read More


Hijacking spotlights Bangladeshi vessel's security protocols. Were they enough to stave off Somali pirates?

Dhaka, March 16 -- The Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah set sail for the United Arab Emirates from Mozambique's Maputo port, carrying coal along the Indian Ocean. On Mar 12, about 600 nautical miles off... Read More


Death toll from Gazipur cylinder gas fire rises to 3 as a child victim dies

Dhaka, March 16 -- A 3-year-old girl has succumbed to her injuries sustained in the fire ignited by gas from a defective cylinder in Gazipur's Kaliakair, taking the death toll to three. Taiyeba, iden... Read More