Khulna city people observed a half-an-hour strike on Wednesday morning to push for their demand for development of Khulna division. The Greater Khulna Action Coordination Committee... Full story
The dalits on Wednesday put forth a 10-point demand, including the enactment of a law to end discrimination against them and to ensure their rights.
They demanded that the government... Full story
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Wednesday called on the Awami League-led government to take steps to secure the country’s rights and resources in the Bay of Bengal. Full story
A man, convicted of trafficking his wife to India and selling her there to prostitution racketeers, was sent to jail for life on Tuesday.
Convict Ahmed Ali is a native of village Baikala at Sharsha in Jessore.Full story
Deposition in the serial bomb blast case in Habiganj was deferred again on Wednesday as two accused were absent.The district joint sessions judge Faruk Ahmed fixed April 26 for... Full story
Expatriate Welfare Bank, a specialised bank established to reduce migration cost for Bangladeshis and ensure safe transaction of their remittances, has failed to attain its goal, the... Full story
The Indian Border Security Force again intruded into Bangladesh territory and assaulted three Bangladeshis in Bhurungamari upazila early Wednesday.
Local sources said some 10/15 BSF men... Full story
President Zillur Rahman is expected to watch the Asia Cup Cricket final between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday.Full story
The Meherpur judicial magistrate court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against 14 officials and employees of the district’s deputy commissioner’s office, including four assistant... Full story
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday deferred until March 21 the hearing of arguments of the defence counsel against the prosecution plea to indict detained Jamaat assistant secretary... Full story
The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, has said the Saudi Arabian government is satisfied with the action taken by Bangladesh after murder of a Saudi embassy official in Dhaka.Full story
Bangladesh has raised a strong demand for taking effective steps for total halt to killings of unarmed citizens of the country at the frontiers of it close neighbours.Full story
An international conference on ‘Sustainable Development in Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Bangladesh’ would be held in the city on March 24, the organizers said on Wednesday.Full story
Sayed Fakhre Azam Saleheen, former director general of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, died of old-age complications in Dhaka on Wednesday morning at the age of seventy-eight.Full story
Law minister Shafique Ahmed on Wednesday said keeping the caretaker government provision in the constitution was not possible, following the Supreme Court verdict scrapping the 13th amendment.Full story
Zulfikar Ali Gama, kingpin and notorious gang ‘Gama Bahini‘ died in an encounter with the police in Mongla upazila on Wednesday. Sagar, 30, Constable of Mongla police station, was injured by bullet... Full story
‘Exercise Shanti Doot-3’, a military exercise on peace support operation, concluded at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training on Wednesday.Full story
Safina Rahman was elected first woman Rotary governor. The election was held on Saturday during the organisation’s 2-day conference in Dhaka.
Industrialist Safina Rahman... Full story
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday asked the government to immediately withdraw the ‘false’ cases against the party leaders and workers, including Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman... Full story
The prime minister on Wednesday urged her party leaders and activists to mobilise public support for the trial of the war crimes committed during the War of Independence in 1971.Full story
The vice-president of Lalmanirhat Sadar upazila unit Juba League was found slaughtered on Wednesday morning at the upazila in Lalmanirhat. Police recovered the body of the victim, Iqbal Kabir Ripon, from... Full story
Students of Adampur Fazil Madrassah at Dashmina in Patuakhali started boycotting classes for indefinite periods on Wednesday, protesting at an assault on their teacher... Full story
Debate plays an important role in developing rationality among people and students should practise debate to develop rationality, said speakers at the award ceremony of daylong... Full story
