25 Bangladeshis among dead in US-Bangla crash
Co-pilot Prithula Rashid is among 25 Bangladeshi nationals dead in the US-Bangla airlines plane crash in Kathmandu on Monday.
US-Bangla Airlines plane crashes in Kathmandu
A Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers on board crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday as it was coming in to land, officials said, as firefighters battled to extinguish the burning wreckage and rescue passengers
Hundreds of shanties gutted in Mirpur slum fire
Several hundred shanties were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at a slum in Mirpur in the capital early Monday.
BNP to hold rally in Dhaka on Mar 19
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the party would hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on March 19 demanding ‘unconditional’ release of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail
Khaleda gets four months bail
The High Court on Monday granted four months bail to former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim issued the bail order.
Trying to resolve Teesta, Modi tells Hamid
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said they were trying to resolve the hurdles to the signing of the Teesta water-sharing deal with Bangladesh ‘keeping all concerned on board’
Muhith calls businessmen greedy
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday censured businessmen calling them greedy as they intend to avoid taxes.
Khaleda’s bail petition : HC defers till Monday for giving order
The High Court Division on Sunday deferred to Monday the order on former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition.
Mushfiq leads Tigers to record win
Mushfiqur Rahim hit a blazing half-century to help Bangladesh chase down a record 215 and beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in a thrilling Twenty20 international of the tri-series in Colombo on Saturday.
Chandimal suspended, Mahmudullah fined
Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal received a two-match suspension from Twenty20 internationals while Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah was also fined 20 per cent of his match fees for slow over-rate during their Saturday's match in Colombo
