Students start leaving JU campus
Jahangirnagar University students on Monday started leaving the campus fearing more violence as Chhatra League activists, who attacked the striking teachers and campus-based cultural activists on... Full storyBNP-led alliance to stage nationwide demo tomorrow
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led ‘18-party’ alliance on Monday announced to stage nationwide demonstrations tomorrow to press home its demand for ‘returning’ the party’s missing leader M Ilias Ali... Full story11 hand bombs recovered in Savar
The police recovered 11 hand bombs in a drive at Choto Kaliakoir in Savar on Monday. The officer-in-charge of Savar Model police station, Asaduzzaman, said acting on a tip-off, a team of the police raided the... Full storyMan seeks his own security, after seeking PM’s security
A man on Monday moved a city court to seek his own security within days of filing a general diary requesting the police to step up the security of prime minister Shikkh Hasina. Full storyAga Khan Architecture Award money doubled
The prize money of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has been doubled to $1 million, a release said on Monday. The architectural prize, established by the Aga Khan in 1977, is presented in three-year... Full storyAL dominates city streets
Probe committee visits spot of cash haul at BGB HQ
A railway probe committee led by Bangladesh Railway director general Abu Taher on Monday visited Bangladesh Border Guard headquarters at Peelkhana in the city where the assistant private secretary of former... Full storyCollege student wins freedom 44 days after RAB picked him up: Odhikar
A college student in the city, who had disappeared, after being picked up by Rapid Action Battalion and handed over to the police after 44 days, dramatically won his freedom on April 16, said a fact finding... Full storyShakeup in BR, 9 officials transferred
Nine senior officials have been transferred and given new posting in the latest reshuffle in the Bangladesh Railways. According to a notification issued by the railways ministry on Monday, Dhaka... Full storyAli Aksad’s 80th birth anniv today
Today is the 80th anniversary of birth of Ali Aksad, president of Bangladesh Peace Council. Ali Aksad, a member of the Communist Party and also a journalist, started the movement of the Bangladesh... Full storyGovt to procure 10 lakh tonnes of rice this season
The food and disaster management minister, Abdur Razzaque, has said the government will procure 10 lakh tonnes of rice during this Boro season. ‘We’ve decided to procure 9 lakh tonnes of rice at Tk 28 per... Full storyBan on catching fish in Kaptai Lake
A pause in catching all species of fish in the country’s biggest artificial Kaptai Lake under Rangamati begins Monday night to increase... Full storyDipu Moni receives Mother Teresa award
