May 2019

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive rescued a kidnapped man from Uttara area of the capital on Monday, six hours after he was kidnapped. Md Tanjir Islam, 47, was kidnapped by miscreants from Banani area of city. RAB-1 also…

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Barrister Rumeen Farhana as its candidate for reserved women seat in the 11th parliament. BNP sources said Rumeen Farhana is going to submit her nomination papers to the Election…

A bus service between Dhaka to Siliguri via Banglabandha and Fulbari is all set to start operations from May 26. Official sources confirmed that the bus will be flagged off on that day from Kamalapur depot in Dhaka. But it has not been…

Rival political supporters on Tuesday clashed with rocks and sticks during an election rally by the Bharatiya Janata Party in eastern India, leaving several people injured and a university college vandalised. Police say they used sticks…

A worker at a ship-breaking yard was burnt to death and five others sustained injuries while dismantling a ship in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday, UNB reports. The deceased was identified as Mohamamd Rubel, a cutting worker…

Prominent columnist, researcher and intellectual Syed Abul Maksud claimed capital punishment for food adulterators. He came up with the call while speaking at a citizen meeting held in front of Dhaka University on Wednesday morning.…

On Wednesday, Priyanka Gandhi is taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his home turf - by holding a road show in his constituency Varanasi. Ever since she formally joined politics in February, she has been on a whirlwind tour,…

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in 4th match of the tri-series at the Malahide Cricket Club ground in Ireland on Monday. The match will start at 3:45pm (Bangladesh time). Bangladesh is eying to seal the…

Bharat is creating an uproar across the nation ever since the project was announced. Director Ali Abbas Zafar feels no one else could have played the character of Bharat in the film better than Salman Khan. Salman Khan's love and care…

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq has issued a security alert, warning U.S. citizens of "heightened tensions" in Iraq and advising against travel there. The advisory warning was posted on Twitter on Sunday night. It comes at a time of rising…