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Workers block highways over unpaid wages, assault protest in Gazipur

Gazipur, March 11 -- Garment workers in Gazipur blocked key highways on Tuesday over unpaid wages and protesting the assault of a fellow worker. The workers staged demonstrations on the Dhaka-Mymensi... Read More


DMP claims its officers were attacked during anti-rape protest

Dhaka, March 11 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has claimed that an attack on police personnel was carried out from within the anti-rape protest march. In a press release issued on Tuesday night, ... Read More


Saif Ali Khan resumes work after stabbing incident, looks fit and cheerful

Dhaka, March 11 -- Saif Ali Khan has returned to work after recovering from a stabbing incident that took place in January. The actor was attacked by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his resid... Read More


Osmani's Independence Award proposal dropped over precedence issue

Dhaka, March 11 -- The interim government initially considered posthumously awarding General MAG Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini during the Liberation War, with the Indep... Read More


Focus on solving public issues, not just reforms: Tarique to political parties

Dhaka, March 11 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday urged political parties to present proposals to the nation to address public issues, rather than focusing only on reforms to the state ... Read More


Fire at Aminbazar Substation under control

Dhaka, March 11 -- A fire that broke out at the Aminbazar 400/230 kV Substation in Savar on Tuesday morning has been brought under control. Nine firefighting units managed to control the fire by 9:15... Read More


Aminbazar Power Grid in Savar catches fire

Savar, March 11 -- A fire broke out at the Aminbazar 400/230 kV Substation in Savar on Tuesday morning. The blaze started at the grid around 7:15 am. Fire at Liberation War Museum; doused quickly N... Read More


4 get life in prison for 2005 murder in N'ganj

, March 11 -- A Narayanganj court on Tuesday convicted four people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2005. Judge of the Narayanganj Additional Session Judge court-2, Humair... Read More


Family protests false case against real estate trader Mortuza

Dhaka, March 11 -- The family of Engineer SM Golam Mortuza, a real estate developer, has protested his arrest in what they claim is a false and conspiratorial case related to the July-August student u... Read More


On the frontline of disaster-preparedness, Koyra must be given the tools to fight

Khulna, March 11 -- Koyra, on the southern edge of Bangladesh, is one of the five upazilas of Khulna district, and is actually the second-largest upazila in the country. Yet it is grappling with an in... Read More