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Dr Yunus voices displeasure as 2 key projects remain stuck for 10 years

Dhaka, March 9 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday expressed displeasure over the very slow progress of the 'Sayedabad Water Treatment Plant Construction Project Phase-3' and the 'Master Pl... Read More


Home Ministry to launch hotline for rape complaints

Dhaka, March 9 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs is set to launch a hotline for reporting rape and abuse complaints. "It will be announced within the next 24 hours and will be toll-free," Law Adviser A... Read More


Protest erupts at DU demanding death penalty for rapists

Dhaka University, March 9 -- Dhaka University students staged a protest at the Raju Sculpture Saturday midnight, demanding the death penalty for rapists. They also announced the Raju Sculpture as the... Read More


Prime Bank crushes Brothers Union registering record-breaking total in DPL

Dhaka, March 9 -- Prime Bank Cricket Club carved their name in the record books with a 422 for 8 before bowling out Brothers Union for 249, securing a big 173-run victory in the Dhaka Premier League (... Read More


Couple killed in Bogura road crash

, March 9 -- A couple were killed when a bus ran over them on the Dhaka-Bogra highway in Bogura district town on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam Sajal, 50 and his wife Hosne Ar... Read More


Thousands in Nepal want monarchy back as public frustration with politics grows

KATHMANDU, Nepal, March 9 -- Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal's former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state r... Read More


Advance sale of Eid-ul-Fitr train tickets starts March 14

, March 9 -- The sale of advance train tickets will start online from March 14 to facilitate travel of Eid holidaymakers. Bangladesh Railway (BR) will operate five additional pairs of trains on five ... Read More


Jinjira's counterfeit drink factories thrive as Ramadan begins

Keraniganj, March 9 -- As Ramadan progresses, markets are witnessing a surge in counterfeit and adulterated food products, particularly fruit juices and glucose drinks manufactured in Jinjira - a Dhak... Read More


Teenager strangled to death in Bogura

Bogura, March 9 -- year-old boy was strangled to death in Bogura's Gabtoli upazila on Saturday night. The deceased, Md Sifat, was a seventh-grade student at Gabtoli Pilot High School and the son of H... Read More


RAB vows to eradicate teen gangs from Mohammadpur-Basila

Dhaka, March 9 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has vowed to eliminate any presence of teenage gangs in the Mohammadpur- Basila area, revealing that previous local Ward Councillors had been nurturi... Read More