Tag: Dhaka

New Delhi: Defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess from Odisha was on Monday named captain of the India team that will compete in the Boys Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament to be held at Dhaka, from September 24-30. Sanjeep’s defensive partner Hardik Singh will be the vice-captain. Both players have also been part of the junior team […]

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina today narrowly escaped a bomb blast which occurred in a Dhaka neighbourhood minutes after her convoy passed the area, according to media reports

Bangladesh's capital was today under virtual siege with overnight stoppage of transport services with the rest of the country as main opposition BNP is set to defy a government ban on their protest march tomorrow, escalating tensions afresh

Dhaka: Five persons were killed while 65 others injured after a massive fire engulfed a high-rise building here on Thursday, fire officials said. “The fire is under control now and a search operation has begun,” Efe news quoted fire official Mohammad Russel as saying. The blaze that razed the 22-storey FR Tower in the city’s […]

Dhaka: Sixteen people, including a head teacher of an Islamic seminary, were charged in Bangladesh on Wednesday with the murder of a 19-year-old girl, who was burnt to death after reporting sexual harassment. Nusrat Jahan Rafi had filed a police complaint against headmaster Siraj Ud Doula in late March and he was arrested. On April […]

Dhaka: Hindu community people in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday amassed at a temple to have blessings from a girl adorned as the living embodiment of their goddess Durga. During the five-day Durga Puja festival, the Hindu Goddess Durga is worshiped in her different forms and one of those is Kumari, the virgin form of […]

Dhaka: Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria reached here on a three-day visit on the invitation of Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat. The visit comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Bangladesh on March 26 and 27 to join Bangladesh’s […]

Dhaka: A case has been filed against 500 to 600 unnamed accused in connection with the clash at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque here on Friday, amid the nationwide strike called by Islamist groups to protest Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit, police said on Monday. Meanwhile, life was limping back to normal across Bangladesh […]