Dhaka-Claiming that the ongoing crackdown is not politically motivated, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said it is being conducted as part of security measures following the target killings and also on the occasion of Ramadan and upcoming Eid.
Dhaka-Underscoring the need for massive tree plantation in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all, including her party followers, to plant at least three saplings — fruit bearing, herbal and timber ones — each over the next…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury on a one-day remand each in two arson attack cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh Police Stations of the capital.
Dhaka-The High Court yesterday warned three people including superintendents of Dhaka Central Jail and Kashimpur Central Jail Part-1 for not releasing the three accused from jail even after bail order from the higher court.
Dhaka-Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu termed Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s comment on Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) as undesirable, sad and irrelevant.
Dhaka-The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that ordered the government to stop the production of medicines by 20 drug manufacturing companies on charge of producing substandard medicines.
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday reiterated her allegation that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina knows as to who are behind the recent killings but she is not taking them into custody.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government is overhauling obsolete laws and reforming the judiciary as a country cannot move forward without modern and time-befitting effective laws.
Dhaka-United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, has warned that action taken to stop elder abuse around the world has been insufficient.
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against 18 accused, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, in the case filed for violating the building code while constructing the building that collapsed in 2013 killing 1136 people.
Dhaka-BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan has been sued on Monday for torturing his wife.
Dhaka-Protesting the threat on journo of Jahangirnagar University (JU),yellow journalism of 71’ TV savar correspondent and demanding for proper investigation and justice of attack on journalist Shafiq the JU correspondent of bdnews24.com, JU Journalist Association (JUJA) formed a human chain…
A man was found dead in a pond at Chonka village in Ghona union of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a Florida community club in the United States and called for taking collective efforts to eradicate this hateful menace from society.
Dhaka-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed concern over the dramatic rise in the incidents of murder in Bangladesh.
Dhaka- FBI Director James Comey says the gunman in the Orlando nightclub attack that killed 49 people had “strong indications of radicalization” and was likely inspired by foreign terrorist organizations.
Dhaka-The gunman in the attack that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub was inspired by extremist information over the internet, President Barack Obama said Monday, calling it an apparent example of “homegrown extremism” that U.S. officials have been worrying…
The BNP yesterday claimed that more than 2,100 leaders and activists of the party have been arrested during the ongoing nationwide anti-militancy crackdown.
Dhaka-A city court fixed July 18 for the hearing on framing charge against 41 accused in the murder case filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza building.
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against former Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and eight other high officials in a graft case.
A Dhaka court on Monday sent BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an anti-state plot, to jail.
Professor M Maniruzzaman Miah, a noted educationist and former vice chancellor of Dhaka University, died on Monday at a city Hospital. He was 81.
Officer-in-Charge of Gendaria Police station sustained bullet injuries in an encounter with robbers during a raid at Namapara slum area of Gendaria early Sunday.
Dhaka-Alongside Google and Facebook, the government has also started working with Microsoft for ensuring cyber security in the country and preventing child pornography. State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim came up with the disclosure in Parliament on Sunday.
Dhaka-BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar party for professionals and eminent personalities here on Sunday, the sixth day of Ramadan.
Dhaka-Doctors at the Forensic Department of Comilla Medical College Hospital in their second autopsy report did not find any specific cause of the death of Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, but got the ‘sign of sexual intercourse’.
A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in…