Mamunur Rashid becomes new MD of BTCL
Engineer Mohammad Mamunur Rashid has taken the charge as managing director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited...
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Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife in Faridpur
A Faridpur court on Monday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment for burning his wife to death in sadar upazila in 2011...
Man in ApBN uniform killed Anas, father testifies at tribunal
Shahriar Khan Palash, father of martyr Shahriar Khan Anas, on Monday testified at the International Crimes Tribunal 1 that the man who targeted, shot and subsequently killed his son was in the uniform of Armed Police Battalion...
Rapist of woman with disabilities held in Rangpur
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested the accused in the rape of a woman with disabilities at Keranirhat under Hajirhat metropolitan police station in Rangpur city...
Travel ban imposed on Rongdhonu Group owner, sons, Afsar Group鈥檚 Soma Nasrin
A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on Rongdhonu Group owner Rafikul Islam, his sons Mehedi Hasan Dipu and Kawser Ahmed Apu...
22 parties shortlisted for聽EC verification
The Election Commission has shortlisted 22 political parties, including the National Citizen Party for聽 field-level verification as part of its ongoing registration process.
Prime accused SI Akbar gets bail in custodial death case
Sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, prime suspect in a custodial death case, was released on bail from the Sylhet Central Jail on Sunday...
Nat鈥檒 Pay Commission officials meet finance adviser
Officials of the National Pay Commission appointed in the past month to set pay hikes for the public servants held a meeting with finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday...
Tarique warns of plots against democracy
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Monday alleged that conspiracies were under way to obstruct the people鈥檚 right to vote and undermine democratic progress in Bangladesh.
Youth lynched on mugging suspicion at Tongi
A youth was beaten to death on suspicion of mugging on Tongi station road in Gazipur on Monday.
Swing voters rise to 48.5pc in 8 months
A survey has found that 48.50 per cent of respondents are undecided about who they will vote for in the national election expected to be held next February...
Law to ban 鈥榗landestine politics鈥� at edn instts demanded
The Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday demanded a law to ban 鈥榗landestine politics鈥� in all educational institutions across the country...
Ocean Centres to be launched today
The Ocean Centres Bangladesh, a multi-stakeholder platform to advance safety culture to promote a sustainable blue economy and marine conservation, is scheduled to be launched in Dhaka today...
New German ambassador presents credentials to president
The newly appointed German ambassador to Bangladesh, R眉diger Lotz, has presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
One more dies of dengue, 434 hospitalised in 24hrs
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 102 this year...