Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Telecom operators need 'more freedom' to control network, says Robi CEO Rajeev Sethi

Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Telecom operators in Bangladesh should get rid of the mandatory involvement of a third party in expanding the network, believes Rajeev Sethi, the chief executive of Robi. Sethi thin... Read More


RAB arrests 38 teen suspects in Dhaka

Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 38 teenagers across Dhaka over their suspected ties to various crimes. The arrests were made during raids conducted by RAB-1 in Dhaka's airpo... Read More


Anti-govt forces fuelling price hikes through hoarding to create unrest: Hasina

Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes the deadly violence during the BNP's anti-government rally on Oct 28 last year was part of a deliberate scheme to 'sabotage' the election. "It ... Read More


Fire breaks out at Demra yarn factory

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A fire has ravaged a yarn factory in Dhaka's Demra. Two firefighting units were dispatched to the scene after the incident was reported around 7:15 am on Thursday, according to the ... Read More


Daily Star journalist Ashfaqul, wife cleared in case over injury of 9-year-old domestic worker

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A Dhaka court has acquitted The Daily Star's Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker of charges in a case over the injury of a child domestic worker after f... Read More


Directorate issues 10 directives for healthcare facilities after circumcisions gone wrong

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Jolted into action in the wake of the death of two boys following circumcision, the government has reminded all private hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres that administering ... Read More


Bangladesh backtracks on government mill sugar price rise before Ramadan

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The government has rolled back its decision to raise prices of sugar from its mill before Ramadan. Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation raised the prices of the sweetene... Read More


Bangladeshi expat who came from Italy to attend mother's burial dies in Narsingdi road crash

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A Bangladeshi expatriate from Italy and his brother-in-law have been killed in a road traffic accident in Narsingdi on his way home to Brahmanbaria to attend his mother's funeral. T... Read More


BGB repatriates 9 Rohingya members amidst clashes in Myanmar

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Border Guard Bangladesh has repatriated nine Rohingya individuals to Myanmar after they attempted to enter Bangladesh by boat during clashes between the Arakan Army insurgent group a... Read More


Bangladesh records 16 dengue cases, 1 death in a day

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Hospitals in Bangladesh have admitted 16 new dengue patients in a day, taking the tally of infections since Jan 1 to 1,316 after the worst outbreak last year. The death toll from th... Read More