Rescuers recovered four bodies late Sunday night from the Buriganga River, where a waterbus carrying around 100 passengers sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead earlier in the evening.
Voting for the by-election for Dhaka-17 parliamentary constituency ended on Monday afternoon amid low turnout of voters and some untoward incidents. Ruling Awami League activists allegedly assaulted independent candidate Ashraful
A customs preventive team of Dhaka Customs House seized 29.67kg of gold worth Tk 33.4 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Custom sources said
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday decided to register two new political parties -Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP). Ten parties, including Gono Adhikar Parishad, were left
A female lawyer was killed and another injured as a bus hit their motorcycle on Hanif flyover in Jatrabari area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday. The deceased is Parveen
The overall flood situation in Kurigram has started to improve as water level in most rivers of the district is receding. Except the River Dudhkumar, all the rivers in Kurigram,
The UN Human Rights Council has called for early repatriation of Rohingyas by creating conducive environment in Rakhine state of Myanmar. To this respect, a resolution on Rohingyawas adopted by
The flood situation in Kurigram district deteriorated further as water levels in all the major rivers in the region are rising rapidly. Abdullah Al Mamun, executive engineer of Kurigram Water
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh has suspended the installation of a new 240/132 kV, 450 MVA transformer at Dhaka’s Rampura Grid Substation. ‘As the work has been suspended, there is
At least five people, including a woman and her son, were killed in road accidents in Adamdighi and Shajahanpur upazilas of Bogura district on Friday night and early Saturday. In