Bangladesh

Rainfall likely to increase over next 5 days, says BMD

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted that rainfall is likely to increase across the country over the next five days commencing 9:00am on Saturday as monsoon is fairly active over

Prime minister Tarique Rahman, his wife reach Cox’s Bazar on daylong tour

Prime minister Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman arrived in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning on a daylong visit to attend a series of development and environmental programmes. Prime

BCB condemns harassment of cricketer Nayeem in Ctg

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has expressed serious concern and issued a strong condemnation following the harassment and abuse of national team cricketer Nayeem Hasan reportedly by members of a law

Five people suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj ‘gas cylinder blast’

Five people including four members of a family suffered burn injuries in an explosion apparently from gas cylinder blast at a house at Madanpur in Narayanganj district on Thursday. The

3 die after mob sets fire to rape-murder suspects’ homes in Pabna

Three people have died from severe burn injuries sustained after an angry mob set fire to the homes of suspects involved in the rape and murder of a teenage girl

BSF’S PUSH-IN BIDS: Families spend days in sun, rain without food

Scenes of people passing days in no-man’s-land of the Bangladesh-Indian border over the past few days reveal a looming humanitarian crisis fuelled by relentless push-in attempts by the Indian Border

Four killed after pickup crashes into parked truck in Tangail

Four people were killed when a pickup van hit a parked truck in Shakhipur, Tangail. The accident occurred at approximately 5:00am on Tuesday in the Kalia area of the Shakhipur-Sagardighi

Rail link of Ctg with rest of country restored

Rail communication between Chattogram and the rest of the country was suspended for about one and a half hours on Sunday after a collision between a freight-laden pickup truck and