Dhaka, Bangladesh News

By Mizan Rahman Dhaka Police have arrested 19 Bangladeshi applicants for UK visa at the British High Commission in Dhaka over charges of fraud.

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.

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.

Police have arrested 19 Bangladeshi applicants for UK visa at the British High Commission in Dhaka on charges of fraud.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

'The grabbed land of Bangladesh Railway will be recovered soon and the service of the railway will be improved,' the minister said on Saturday.

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)

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.

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.

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)

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.

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'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.

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.