3 hrs ago | Gulf Times
By Mizan Rahman Dhaka Police have arrested 19 Bangladeshi applicants for UK visa at the British High Commission in Dhaka over charges of fraud.
8 hrs ago | The Daily Star
BGMEA demands punishment to factory attackers
Clockwise from left , workers of Opex & Sinha Textile Group block the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narayanganj yesterday to protest an attack on a trade union leader.
12 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Confirming the deaths, Bangladesh's first secretary in Bahrain Muhammad Ibrahim said the victims all suffocated from heavy smoke after fire broke out from an electric short circuit at their house in Rifa, 30 kilometres from the capital, Manama.
15 hrs ago | Bdnews24.com
19 Bangladeshis arrested for fraud
Police have arrested 19 Bangladeshi applicants for UK visa at the British High Commission in Dhaka on charges of fraud.
21 hrs ago | The Daily Star
Fakhrul, others seek HC bail again
This May 16 file photo shows BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and party leader AKM Fazlul Haque Milon chant anti-government slogans as they board the prison van from a Dhaka court.
'Newlyweds' goes way beyond title's romantic implications
Eventually, Nell Freudenberger will have written so many wonderful books that we'll stop gossiping about how success fell into the young woman's lap at age 26.
Corruption, power abuse blamed for water shortage
Dhaka residents are being deprived of proper water supply due to the 'bribery, lack of accountability and abuse of power', speakers pointed out at a discussion on Saturday.
oDesk to help transfer freelancers' payments
Bangladeshi freelancers will be able to receive payments in their local accounts from their US clients directly through the accounts of oDesk, a global marketplace that helps businesses hire, manage and pay remote freelancers or teams.
PM for bringing eligible people under tax net
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called for spurring all people eligible for paying tax to bring them under tax net to boost revenue and free the country from the net of the income beyond tax.
Obaidul hopes for graft-free railway
'The grabbed land of Bangladesh Railway will be recovered soon and the service of the railway will be improved,' the minister said on Saturday.
Under $1.0b credit line-India wants early execution of two river transit projects
A high official of the shipping ministry said implementation of the projects was delayed because of Indian conditions which are against the interest of Bangladesh New Delhi wants Dhaka to complete two infrastructure projects under the Indian US$1.0 billion credit on a priority basis to help it start transportation of goods in full swing under the ... (more)
Nazrul birth anniversary celebration in Mymensingh
The national level 113th birth anniversary celebration of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam has kicked off in Trishal.
Residents of Islambagh in the capital's Lalbagh area jostle to collect water from a Wasa lorry on Thursday.
UK journal picks on Hasina govt, again
The Economist magazine has taken an increasingly hostile snipe at Bangladesh and its government in two more articles where it also sees Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from planning to twist election results to cracking down on NGOs.
Police for mandatory national identity card (NIC) for cyber cafe users
The Internet providers will have to close all the pornographic websites by using a centrally monitored server after the amendments... DHAKA: The Police have proposed amendments to the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006, keeping provision for mandatory use of national identity card and registration of user's name and address for ... (more)
Teletalk 3G only in Dhaka first
Shamim Ahamed bdnews24.com Senior Correspondent Dhaka, May 25 -State-run mobile-phone operator Teletalk will start with providing 3G services to over 300,000 consumers in Dhaka City in July.
Build Bangladesh based on equality: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged Bangladeshis to build a 'Sonar Bangla' free from oppression and poverty to fulfil the hopes of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday inaugurated a two-day programme jointly organised by Bangladesh and India to celebrate the 113th Birth Anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and the 90th anniversary of the publication of his poem 'Bidrohi' or 'Rebel'. Indian Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid was present at the inauguration ... (more)
Bangladesh broadcasts disrupted by WiMAX
Bangladesh's broadcasting and cable and satellite TV operators, in co-ordination with the international satellite communications industry, have called for the Government of Bangladesh to take rapid action to halt the disruption of TV services suffered by millions of Bangladeshis.
Dhaka failing to stop killings by security forces, says Amnesty
By Mizan Rahman/Dhaka Amnesty International has censured the Bangladesh government for failing to live up to its promise to stop extrajudicial killings in the country.