BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that the government has resorted to a repressive path to ‘free’ the country from its opponents. “The government is filing false cases against our leader Khaleda Zia…there’s no opposition…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will have to surrender before the trial court in two months in the GATCO graft case as the High Court (HC) has released the full text of its verdict rejecting her two…
The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016′ keeping a provision for constituting trade unions (TUs) in the export processing zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage…
Declaring ruling party MP MA Latif persona non grata in Chittagong for tampering with Bangabandhu’s picture on billboards and festoons, city Awami League on Monday demanded his arrest within 15 days.
Thousands of leaders and activists of the ruling alliance on Monday linked their hands in a human chain protest from Gabtoli to Jatrabari in the city to denounce BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s controversial remarks about the number of 1971 martyrs.
The visiting delegation of the Labour Friends of Bangladesh (LFoB) on Monday met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and appreciated the significant contribution made by Bangladesh Diaspora in the UK.
RU Correspondent Due to insufficiency in class attendance 51 First year student of Law department of Rajshahi University have been failed to seat for in exam in year final of, on the other hand others student have taken part in…
BNP has sought the intervention of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to help the release of Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman.
STAFF REPORTER Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, a retired High Court judge, who moved for taking part in an appeal hearing before the Appellate Division as a defense lawyer on behalf of war crimes convict and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali,…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday framed charge against seven persons including executed war crimes convict BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s wife, Farhat Quader Chowdhury and their son Hummam Quader Chowdhury in a case filed for leaking the draft…
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson expressed his high satisfaction on Bangladesh as the host nation of the 11th ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup that ended on Sunday.“Certainly, for this event, probably more so than any previous event,…
Police recovered the body of SSC candidate from Devipur area in Kachua upazila on Sunday.The victim is Golam Rabbi, 17, one SSC examinee of Ashak Ali Khan School and college and son of Arif Miah of Devipur village.
A mobile court fined two cottage industries at Natore BSCIC industrial area Taka 60 thousand for running without licence last night. Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) M Nairuzzaman along with RAB-5 members conducted a drive at Natore BISCIC industrial area…
Students of Comilla University on Monday blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway four about one and a half hours demanding punishment of the miscreants involved in a recent attack on their university bus.Mahmudur Rahman, sub-inspector of Kotbari police outpost, said the students blocked…
A fisherman was killed and four others injured as a fishing boat capsized in the Meghna River in Basondanga area on Monday.Police said a Hatia-bound passenger trawler from Dhaka named ‘MV Faran’ rammed a fishing boat in the area early…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 42,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a boat at Damdamia area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday morning.Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB battalion-2, said tipped…
Police in separate drives from Sunday night to early Monday arrested 39 people including four BNP-Jamaat activists from eight upazilas of the district on sabotage charges.Kamal Hossain, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the law enforcers conducted separate drives in…
Two schoolgirls were injured as a speeding bus knocked down their bicycles on Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Bohera area of Debhata upazila on Monday.Officer-in charge of Debhata Police Station Mostafizur Rahman said a Kaliganj-bound bus from Satkhira hit Sumaia Khatun and…
Police recovered an unexploded 82 mm mortar shell from Choroymuri village of Ullapara upazila on Sunday noon.Golam Kibria, officer-in-charge of Ullapara Police Station said, on information a team of the law enforcers went to the village and recovered a mortar…
A Nilphamari court on Sunday sent eight activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case for killing five Awami League (AL) activists following an attack on the motorcade of Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor in 2013.Judge Mohammad Samiul Islam of…
The anti-smuggling task force in a drive seized 100 bottles of Indian Phensidyl from a train at Montola railway station in Madhabpur upazila on Sunday afternoon.Locals said the anti-smuggling task force led by assistant commissioner (land) and executive magistrate Aminul…
Lionel Messi fakes to take a penalty then passes to teammate Luis Suarez to score his hat-trick and Barcelona’s fourth in the 6-1 beating of Celta Vigo.Messi has sidefooted his pass to Suarez from the penalty spot for the Uruguayan…
Superhero movie “Deadpool” dominated the North American box office on its debut weekend, taking in a record breaking $135 million and leaving its competitors in the dust, industry estimates showed Sunday.Starring Ryan Reynolds as a Marvel Comics character, the film’s…
The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016′ keeping a provision for constituting trade unions (TUs) in the export processing zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage…
At least 14 civilians were killed when missiles hit a children’s hospital, a school and other locations in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border on Monday, a medic and two residents said.They said at least five…
Hundreds of letters and photographs that tell the story of Pope John Paul II’s close relationship with a married woman, which lasted more than 30 years, have been shown to the BBC. The letters to Polish-born American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka…
Two Sub-Inspectors (SI) of Paltan Police Station on Sunday submitted three separate charge sheets to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against 93 leaders and activists of BNP including its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in…
A viral short film “Ami Ekjon Pagol Bocchi” by director Raihan Rafi has been recently seen all over the social media. The short film got huge response for its wonderful direction, performance and massage for social awareness. The short film…
Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan were among those who had to be evacuated when a big fire broke out at a lavish cultural show in Mumbai.The show was part of an economic event, “Make in India”, designed to…
Bidita Rahman, New York “The function of education is to teach one to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.” –Martin Luther King, Jr Every year school produces the best output to build up the…