Barbed-wire barricades on roads before BNP central office removed
UNB, Dhaka : The barbed-wire barricades put up on either side of the roads in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters by police have been...
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EC to announce polls schedule in a couple of days: PM Hasina
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the next national election is drawing nearer and the Election Commission is likely to announce...
11 injured in M’singh gas cylinder blast
UNB, Mymensingh : Eleven people including seven children sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Char Kalibari in Mymensingh city on Tuesday. Ten...
BNP itself locked its central office: DMP Chief
UNB, Dhaka : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Tuesday said BNP itself locked its central office in the capital’s Nayapaltan. “If BNP...
Bangladesh’s response to UN rights chief: Letter to PM written ‘hastily without full information’
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh has expressed its displeasure to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk over a recent letter to Prime...
2 killed as covered van rams into two vehicles in Chattogram
UNB, Chattogram : Two people were killed and at least four others injured as a covered van crashed into a stationary mini truck and an...
Over 9 arson attacks reported every day on average since Oct 28: Fire Service
UNB, Dhaka : On average, more than nine arson attacks have been reported across the country every day between October 28 and November 13, Fire...
PM Hasina declares 11 more districts having no one without land and home
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday declared 11 more districts having no one without a land or home, raising the total number...
Costly rental power plants keep getting extensions, even in the era of surplus capacity
UNB, Dhaka : Despite demand being nearly half of electricity generation capacity, the government continues to extend the tenure of costly rental power plants. The...
Peter Haas has requested meetings with senior leaders of 3 major parties: US Embassy
UNB, Dhaka : US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has requested meetings with senior leaders of three major political parties to underscore the US position...
Bus torched in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra
UNB, Dhaka : Miscreants set a bus on fire at Shanir Akhra in the capital on Monday evening, presumably as part of the ongoing countrywide...
PM Hasina opens 24 dev projects, lays foundation for 5 others in Khulna
UNB, Khulna : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated 24 development projects, involving Tk 2593 crore and laid foundation stones for another five schemes...