Another body found in Dhaleshwari

The body of an unidentified man was found in Dhaleshwari river in Munshiganj Thursday in what is believed to be another incident of secret killing and dumping. বিস্তারিত… »

What may await us in 2012!

Maswood Alam Khan
The question that most of the people all over the world are today boggling at is: What would the economic prognosis for 2012 be? The safest answer, as said by Annie Lowrey, an economic policy reporter for The New York Times, বিস্তারিত… »

Fog unsettles ferry services

Dense fog disrupted ferry services overnight on Mawa-Kewrakandi and Paturia -Daulatdia routes.The services resumed after the fog that reduced visibility to near zero wore off Tuesday morning. বিস্তারিত… »

4 killed as microbus catches fire

Four passengers of a microbus were killed and eight others injured when the CNG-run vehicle caught fire on being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Mawa highway in Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj yesterday morning. বিস্তারিত… »

Suspect held in city

Rab intelligence arrested a man from the capital Sunday night on charge of demanding ransom from the families of three youths who had been abducted two months ago and of whom one was later found dead. বিস্তারিত… »

Unrestricted transit through Bangladesh: For whose benefit?

Maswood Alam Khan
A recent news report published in a Bangla newspaper was disquieting. According to the report, in pursuance of a ban on vehicles carrying heavy transports over four bridges and 15 culverts along the 47-kilometre road from Ashuganj to Akhaura, বিস্তারিত… »

Mawa launch terminal relocation protested

Launch owners have protested against relocation of the Mawa launch terminal in Munshiganj district to another nearby place. They went on a strike on Wednesday as it was relocated to Mawa Chowrasta area. বিস্তারিত… »

Hamidullah Khan passes away

Veteran freedom fighter M Hamidullah Khan Bir Pratik, one of the sector commanders of the Liberation War, passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital yesterday. বিস্তারিত… »

Dhallywood ‘sweet girl’ Doel dead

Popular film actress of the 1980s Ifte Ara Dalia Doel, known as ‘sweet girl of Dhallywood’, died at a hospital in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Thursday. বিস্তারিত… »