Joypurhat, May 22 (UNB)– The dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami demanding the rescue of the party’s district unit general secretary Nazrul Islam, who was reportedly picked up by law enforcers from his re...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB)–At least 15 CNG-run auto-rickshaws were vandalised and another torched by pickets in Keraniganj upazila during the BNP enforced daylong hartal in Dhaka district today (Wednesday). The shutdown was e...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB)–The daylong hartal enforced by the district unit BNP in Dhaka, excepting the capital, demanding the release of the party’s joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and its other leaders and activist...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) – Two alleged terrorists were killed in a ‘shootout’ with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Uttara in the capital early Wednesday.Identity of the deceased could not be known immedia...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Hallmark Group chairman Jasmine Islam.An High Court division bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Kazi Izarul Haque p...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) - Ihsanul Karim, former chief editor and managing director of official news agency BSS, has been made the President’s press secretary.According to an official order issued by the Public Administrati...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) - A four-day conference for deputy commissioners, arranged by the Cabinet Division, will begin in the city on July 23. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the DC conference 2013 at her Office...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) – A parliamentary watchdog on Tuesday asked the Home Ministry to take necessary steps to ensure safety in all commercial belts in the country’s interest.The parliamentary standing committee on Com...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) – Tea garden workers withdrew their strike in all the seven tea valleys in Sylhed division on Tuesday as the government assured them of meeting some of their 20-point demand.They called off the stri...

Dhaka, May 21 (UNB) – Elections to the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporations are likely to be held after Eid-ul-Fitr and the Election Commission (EC) will take a decision in this regard soon, said election commissioner M ...