Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women and girls in line with its international obligations. The pending legislation would restrict women’s rights in matters of inheritance and…
Apprehending manipulation in the third phase of upazila polls set to be held on Saturday, BNP on Friday threatened to lay a siege to the Election Commission (EC) in case of any vote fraud. “We together with people will lay…
By Lauren Everitt A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits. Do they ever really make…
The government is planning to ban Jamaat-e-Islami by June this year for its war crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971. Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq disclosed this on Friday while the 13th Muktir…
The BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad (JAOP) swept the Supreme Court Bar Association elections against the ruling Awami League-supported Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP). JAOP bagged 13 posts, out of 14, including the posts of the president and the general…
By James Morgan A new report on genetically modified (GM) crops, commissioned by the prime minister, calls for more UK field trials and fewer EU restrictions. The Council for Science and Technology (CST) wants “public good” GM varieties to be…
The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are among Middle Eastern countries banning Hollywood epic Noah as it breaks Islam’s taboo of depicting a prophet. “There are scenes that contradict Islam and the Bible, so we decided not to show it,” Juma…
The US has sent surveillance teams to the Indian Ocean to help search for the missing Malaysian plane, after claims emerged that it may have flown for longer than investigators had thought. Unnamed officials said the plane sent signals to…
The Indian authorities have been diverting water and so Bangladesh get only 10 percent water at the Teesta Barrage. The Teesta is supposed to have 5,000 cusecs water at the time but we receive only 500 cusecs that is the…
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: Father get 15 days jailed and mother one thousand taka penalty for arranging their minor girl’s marriage, by mobile court led by upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) at Sundorpur village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah Thursday morning.
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: 28 Jamaat Islami Bangladesh, Moheshpur upazila unit activists were sent to jail on Wednesday after noon when they went to the court in a case filed on the charge of torching vote centers during last general…
The voting in the two-day election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended on Thursday afternoon. The voting was held from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday with a one-hour break from 1pm every day. Some 3,143 lawyers,…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman on Thursday said they are going to issue an order to fix the loan refinancing for some small women entrepreneurs below Tk 50,000. Addressing the Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference and Product Display 2014, the BB…
Dhaka’s District and Sessions Judge’s Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Tazreen Fashions’ Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain and set March 20 to pass order on the prosecution’s petition to scrap the bail of Delwar’s wife and also…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has collected some information on money laundering by some former ministers of the BNP-Jamaat led government, says Commissioner M Sahabuddin Chuppu. “The commission has received specific information on money laundering by about four or five BNP…
The mediation between Sonali Bank Limited and the directors of Dandy Dying Limited in the case filed for a defaulting loan amount of Tk 45.49 crore failed and the court fixed March 23 to frame issue of the case. Judge…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Home Ministry to update the lists of terrorists. While talking to journalists at the secretariat in the afternoon, the state minister said that the Prime Minister had given the direction when she attended…
The defence counsel on Thursday accused the Prime Minister’s Office of planning the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami out of political vengeance. “It’s purely a politically-motivated case designed and planned by the Prime Minister’s Office, and…
Law Minister Anisul Haq on Thursday said the government is committed to bringing to justice those who attack minority community members. “The anti-liberation forces are still active. They’re involved in conspiracies against the pro-liberation forces. They’re carrying out attacks on…
The fifth edition of the ICC T20 World Cup kicked off in the city as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening formally opened the gala event seeking cooperation of all in making the tournament a grand success. “I seek…
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on a three-day remand for interrogation in a case of money laundering. Metropolitan magistrate Shamsul Arefin granted the remand for the former health minister upon an appeal filed…
The BNP has announced agitation programmes across Bangladesh on Friday in protest against the latest power tariff hike. Earlier in the day, the government had announced an average 6.96 percent rise in the electricity price. BNP’s spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam…
Eight people, including four of a family, were killed in two road accidents in Brahmanbaria and Feni districts on Thursday. In Brahmanbaria, five people, including four members of a family, were killed and two people injured in a collision between…
Official records show that pangolins are being illegally traded on a “shocking” scale, according to a report.
Chinese satellite images that were said to show debris from a missing Malaysian airliner were released by mistake, Malaysia’s transport minister says.
A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion.
Leading figures from the world of politics and showbusiness have been remembering Sir David Frost at a memorial at Westminster Abbey.
A gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers.
Speakers at a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for protecting and preserving wild animals anyhow to have a better environment with bio-diversity.
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), a state-owned organization has decided to check any more installation of deep tubewell (DTW) to control the lowering of underground water table.