Some unidentified miscreants set fire on a sugar carrying truck at Lalpole in Feni Sadar upazila early Thursday, the last day of the three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP, its allies, and Jamaat-e-Islami. The truck was set on fire on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway around 4am. 

A group of miscreants have set fire to one passenger bus and vandalized two others in Chattogram early Thursday (November 2) morning, the last day of the three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP, its allies, and Jamaat-e-Islami. The incident took place at the Chandraghona Lychee

Fishermen are set to resume catching hilsa as the 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting the fish is going to end on Thursday midnight. The fishermen are now busy preparing nets and boats to go to the rivers to catch hilsa fish in different parts of the country.

The Rapid Action Battalion today said that they arrested 10 people for stabbing three policemen during a clash among BNP activists, police and Awami League (AL) activists in Narayanganj on October 31.  They were arrested during a raid at a hotel in Dhaka’s Gulshan area on

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (November 2) arrested 24 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Unidentified miscreants set fire to a bus under a flyover in Azampur area of Uttara in Dhaka on Thursday (November 2), the last day of the three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP, its allies, and Jamaat-e-Islami. The incident took place at about 7:00am today. Shahjahan Shikder,

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) will hold a representative conference at Jatiya Press Club (JPC) in the city at 10am today.   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the conference as the chief guest with BFUJ President Omar Faruque in the chair.  

President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who underwent his cardiac bypass surgery at the National University Hospital in Singapore on October 18, returned home today (November 01) evening.   A commercial aircraft (flight BG-585) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, carrying the President

Some unidentified people torched a wheat-laden truck in Tebaripara area on Bogura-Nagarbari road in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj last night. Raiganj Fire Service and Civil Defense Station Officer Ashiqur Rahman confirming the matter said no one was hurt in the incident. He said

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that witnesses have accused the Bangladesh police of unnecessary use of force during political protests on October 28. The New York-based human rights organisation in a statement on Wednesday (November 01) said that the police indiscriminately

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged all concerned to shun hartals, blockades, and any intolerant political programmes to maintain the country's economic stability. The country's top trade body also today (November 01) expressed deep

The United States has said it is "closely monitoring" the electoral environment in Bangladesh leading up to January’s national election and they take incidents of violence "very seriously". The US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller said this at a

Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has said the government will protest against the statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the recent political situation in Bangladesh as the statement is flawed. The minister was talking to reporters at

Saima Wazed, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been nominated as the next World Health Organization Regional Director for South-East Asia. The agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health confirmed the matter on its website today (November

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today (November 1) jointly inaugurated the 12.24 km Akhaura-Agartala cross-border rail link, hoping to foster possibilities in trade, business, tourism and people to people contact. The two leaders jointly opened the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (November 1) inaugurated Bangladesh's first ever local currency card, "TakaPay", aiming to reduce dependency on international cards such as Visa, Mastercard as well as to save foreign currencies.   The premier inaugurated the

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Wednesday (November 1) arrested 11 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug

Oman will no longer allow conversion of tourist and visit visas into work visas for all nationalities, while also suspending issuing all types of new visas to citizens of Bangladesh. In a statement, Royal Oman Police said, ‘ROP, within its review of the policies for obtaining

Police arrested Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy (retd) today (October 31) in a case filed on charge of presenting a fake advisor of US president to destabilise the country. The case was filed against three people with the Paltan police station on 29 October, and they are

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal today (October 31) said as per the constitutional obligation, the next general elections will be held on time. He said: “I want to make it clear that the polls must be held in time following electoral procedures. We are firmly