The cabinet today approved in principle the draft of “The Dowry Prohibition Law, 2017” incorporating a tougher punishment of maximum 14 years of rigorous jail and fine for provoking a bride to commit suicide. Besides, maximum life-term sentence or up…
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Bangladesh Ship Recycling Bill, 2017 keeping a provision of tougher punishment for violation of the law, aiming to give a further boost to the country’s potential ship recycling industry. The approval…
United States President Donald Trump has announced several policies that will cause tremendous harm to refugees and do little to address terrorism and other national security threats, Human Rights Watch said today. In an executive order signed on January 27,…
Railways Minister M Mazibul Haque today said the government would restore all the shutdown railway routes with India. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already instructed the Railways Ministry to restore the closed down railway routes with India,” the minister told…
Stock faced major corrections on Sunday to open the week amid a cautious move when the central bank was unveiling its new monetary policy statement (MPS) for the second half of the current 2016-17 financial year. All the indices at…
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) here today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to conserve and develop the existing social, cultural, environmental and archeological infrastructures in the city. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Joint Secretary of…
Indonesia today offered to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh to meet its (Bangladesh) growing energy demand. The proposal came when Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwan Wiranata-atmadja paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya…
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned of the High Court to prepare the paper book for hearing the death reference in the Narayanganj seven-murder case quickly. The Chief Justice will assign an HC bench to hear…
The High Court (HC) on Sunday rejected the writ petition filed seeking ban on airing of three Indian TV channels-Star Jalsha, Star Plus and Zee Bangla-in Bangladesh. An HC bench comprising Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan…
Around 40 Turkish soldiers stationed in NATO military bases have sought political asylum in Germany, according to German print media and the German public TV channel ARD on Saturday. Some of these Turkish armed forces members are officers, which according…
The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration on Saturday to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement programme was vital.US President Donald Trump on Friday put…
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday lamented that justice cannot be ensured in many cases for the hapless people for lack of capable lawyers to defend them at district level. “The Constitution stipulates that everyone is equal in the…
The leading European human rights organization, Council of Europe, has slammed both Israel and Egypt over the blockade against Gaza in a new report, branding the policy a form of “collective punishment” against Gazans. The report also accuses Israel of…
British journalists were locked outside of the White House because their dates of birth were submitted in UK format – and it baffled the Secret Service. Prime Minister Theresa May today became the first world leader to visit the new…
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday issued warrant of arrest against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed accusing six persons including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique. Judge Abu…
Police have assaulted two journalists at Dhaka University amid clashes during a strike called against the Rampal Power Plant.A protester was seen being dragged away by his T-shirt before the journalists were assaulted in front of Shahbagh Police Station around…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday visited Bangabandhu’s ancestral home in the district town here, now being used as the district Awami League office, as she is now on a two-day visit to her village home. “After her oath of…
Police foiled an attempt of Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, a platform of leftist student organisations, to stage demonstrations in front of Shahbagh intersection demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project during National Committee’s hartal in the city.
Bangladeshi-origin American scientist Dr Shafiqul Islam has jointly won the prestigious Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW). The Creativity prize was awarded to the team of Dr Shafiqul Islam (Tufts University, USA) and Dr Rita Colwell (University…
“Transferring the US embassy to al-Quds would be a public and more-explicit-than-ever declaration of war against Islam,” he said in a statement. In a break with previous administrations, new US President Donald Trump has pledged to recognize al-Quds as the…
Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Rafiuzzaman Siddqui has been summoned and asked to tell his government to “strengthen” the presence of security personnel in all Bangladesh missions in his country.Siddqui met the director general of South Asia Wing on Wednesday…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrapped up a PIL on cleaning of river Ganga and sent it to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for more effective adjudication. The apex court had been monitoring the issue for 31 years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she does not want to hear the rattles of arms anymore on campuses as the government has given the utmost importance to maintaining congenial atmosphere in educational institutions. “I’ll tell Chhatra League we…
Dhaka – A day-long training workshop on “Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Food Analytical Laboratories” was held at Center for Advanced Research in Sciences auditorium (CARS) on Dhaka University (DU) campus on Wednesday.
A defamation case has been filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for making a ‘defamatory statement’ about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. AB Siqqique, president of Jananetri Parishad, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abullah Al Masud…
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday formed a six-member search committee for reconstituting the new Election Commission (EC) and sent the names to the Cabinet Division for publishing a gazette notification, said President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin.
This year’s Oscar nominations are finally out, and it looks like the Academy took last year’s #OscarsSoWhite campaign to heart. Four of the five films nominated for Best Documentary — “O.J.: Made in America,” “13th,” “I Am Not Your Negro,”…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down hard on those rights bodies that remained silent over the killing of Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 Manjurul Islam Liton. “These days, we often see hue and cry when even a small…
Asia-Pacific nations on Tuesday responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo described Trump’s decision as a “great shame,” but said it was “not unexpected.” “Australia…
Burmese authorities should immediately release or appropriately charge two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders arbitrarily detained by the military since December 24, 2016, Human Rights Watch and Fortify Rights said today. The military in Northern Shan State should urgently transfer Langjaw…