City: latest news of Dhaka, Chittagong and other cities of Bangladesh

Buddha Purnima celebrated nationwide

The Buddhists yesterday celebrated Buddha Purnima, the biggest...
Level playing field to be ensured: EC

The Election Commission will present a free, fair and credible city...
No 'pocket committee' to run BCL: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said...

Misogyny, harassment block women's rise to leadership

Even though the country's garment workforce consists of a...
JU student 'sexually assaulted' in capital, 2 held

A female student of Jahangirnagar University was allegedly sexually...
Work to ensure 100pc conviction

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has given priority to quality...

Implement pay structure

Almost 4,000 workers of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna and...
Two newborn bodies recovered

Police recovered the bodies of two newborn babies from separate...
Fire breaks out in RMG factory in capital

A fire broke out at a RMG factory in the capital's Rampura...

Coasts still vulnerable

Yesterday was April 29.
BFUJ, DUJ protest sacking of 70 journos, staff

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of...
Journalist Omar Faruk's death anniversary today

Today is the first death anniversary of Omar Faruk, a veteran...

Sharp rise in snatching

Habibur Rahman, a student of East West University, along with his...
Bangladesh Bar Council polls May 14

The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory body for...
Rampura ML Tower fire doused

The fire that broke out at a garment factory in Rampura of Dhaka is...

Call for doing more to protect people from natural disasters

Today is the dreadful April 29. On this day in 1991, Gorky, a...
Rozina, who lost leg in road mishap, also dies

Rozina Akter, who lost her right leg in a road accident in the...
We must break free from existing system

The failure to implement communist ideologies in the societal...

Heavy rain inundates Dhaka roads

Heavy rain sweeps through Dhaka city after a nor’wester lashes the...
Modernising the outsourcing business

The job of executives is changing fast, and so is the appearance of...
Setting an example

Parul recently completed her degree (pass course) examinations from...

JU female student harassed in Shyamoli, 2 held

Police detain a hawker and his sister-in-law on charge of...
TABLIGH JAMAAT: Scuffles expose simmering division

Two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat scuffled at the capital's...
Prisons will turn into correction centres

The government is going to formulate a new law and amend the...

In pursuit of reviving a lost art

The act of writing things out by hand on paper, sealing it in an envelope, and mailing it makes the message feel much more personal and enjoyable.
Accountability at stake: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed grave concern over some “controversial” provisions in the draft
Anwara Khanam passes away

Anwara Khanam, a social activist, died on Thursday at the age of 85, says a press release.
Quota reformists meeting MP Nanak

Facing threats of agitation resuming from May, lawmaker and senior Awami League leader Jahangir Kabir Nanak has invited the quota reformists for talks to chalk out a solution.
Ex-Jubo League leader shot dead in Ctg city

A former Jubo League leader is shot dead and four others, including a baby, are injured during a clash between groups of cable TV providers in Chittagong city.
Demo at Shahbagh for raising age ceiling of govt job

Job seekers demonstrate at Dhaka’s key point Shahbagh demanding a raise in the age ceiling of enrolment into government service.
Gazipur city Jamaat chief, 44 others held with bombs

Police detain 45 leaders and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Gazipur city chief, just weeks ahead of the city corporation elections there.
BGB still concerned over border killings

During the ongoing DG-level talks between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force, BGB has once again expressed
2 bank officers, vessel owner sent to jail

A Barisal court yesterday denied bail and sent to jail, three persons including two bank officials and a vessel owner in a case filed over a loan scam.
Man gets life term for throwing acid on college student

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for throwing acid on an Eden college student in January 2013.