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Left parties protest at Hillary, Pranab visits

Left-leaning political parties at rallies in front of the National Press Club on Friday called on the people to stand united and protest against the visit of US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton and India’s finance minister Pranab... Full story

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Supplementary charge sheet Monday: CID

Criminal Investigation Department will Monday submit a supplementary charge sheet in a case for attempt to kill late professor of Bangla Department of Dhaka University Humayun Azad on February 27, 2002. Full story

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Govt asked to trace Ilias, withdraw cases against BNP leaders

A section of Dhaka University teachers and staff on Friday asked the government to find out the missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali immediately and withdraw the cases filed recently against the opposition leaders. Full story

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Call to enhance police-people ties to curb crimes

Speakers at a community policing conference in Naogaon have called for strengthening relation between police and community people to free the society from various criminal activities. They viewed that close coordination between... Full story

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North Bengal Sugar Mills remembers martyrs today

The North Bengal Sugar Mills in Natore will observe Martyrs Day today in remembrance of freedom fighter Anwarul Azim and others who were killed by the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971. Full story

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4 jailed for making fake fertiliser

A mobile court in Jhenaidah on Thursday sent to prison four men for varying terms, convicting them of producing adulterated fertiliser. RAB camp commander Squadron Leader Hamidul Haque said they arrested them from the Chariarbeel... Full story

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BNP-Jamaat alliance conspires to hamper trial of war criminals: Tuku

The state minister for home affairs, Shamsul Haque Tuku, has said BNP-Jamaat alliance is conspiring to hamper the trial process of war criminals, who committed crimes against humanity in 1971. Full story

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BTRC to impose new directives on gateways

The telecom regulator is going to announce new directives for the new gateway licence holders to keep the country’s telecom market stable. The regulator — Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission — has taken the... Full story

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Father, son die as boat capsizes in Hakaluki Haor

The local people recovered the bodies of a boy and his father who went missing since they went to fishing in Hakaluki Haor in Moulvibazar on Tuesday. Family said the body of Basudeb Biswas, 14, was found on Thursday evening and that... Full story

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2 go missing in Kishoreganj boat capsize

Two people, including a woman, went missing as a boat sank in the River Nagchini near Chamraghat in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday morning. The missing people were Jobeda Khatun, 45, of Murikandi village and... Full story

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US govt urged to ensure tax-free, quota-free entry of BD garments

A section of Bangladesh garment workers on Friday urged the United States to allow tax-free and quota-free access of Bangladeshi garments products to the US market. Full story

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Woman thrashed for protesting at stalking in Lalmanirhat

A woman was hospitalised in Lalmanirhat after a youth seriously injured her on Thursday afternoon for protesting at his stalking of her younger sister. The victim, taking treatment at Lalmanirhat Sadar... Full story

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Excessive bleeding causes 22pc maternal deaths: report

Excessive bleeding is one of the most common causes of pregnancy-related maternal death which is accounting for 22 per cent in Bangladesh. Quoting data from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, a... Full story

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College teacher jailed for life for raping student

A Chapainawabganj court sentenced a college teacher to life imprisonment and fined him Tk. 1 lakh for raping a student and recording the act on his mobile. The convicted is Abdul Latif, 40, of... Full story

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Democracy, human rights in danger: professionals' group

Academics, physicians, lawyers and politicians, sympathetic to the opposition, said that democracy was absent in the country and human rights were in peril. The meeting, organised by Bangladesh Sammilita... Full story

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Cases filed on specific charges: Qamrul

The junior law minister, Qamrul Islam, has said the cases against the senior leaders and activists of the opposition BNP were filed based on specific charges. ‘Those are not harassment cases. All are equal in the... Full story

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14 women return after jail terms in India

Fourteen Bangladeshi women, who went to India in search of jobs and were detained by the Indian police, have returned home after languishing about two years in a jail in the neighbouring country’s Maharashtra state. Full story

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Juba Dal stages demo May 7-8

Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, opposition BNP’s youth front, has announced countrywide demonstration May 7-8 demanding ‘return’ of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali and withdrawal of the cases filed against party leaders. Full story

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EC is working to hold free, fair polls : Jabed

The election commissioner, Mohammad Jabed Ali, a retired Brigadier General, has said the Election Commission is working relentlessly to hold free, fair and impartial elections in the next parliamentary polls. Full story

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One killed in Sirajganj clash

A man, who was seriously injured in a clash between two groups at Rautara village in Shahjadpur upazila on Saturday, died in the capital on Thursday morning. The deceased was Hafiz Fakir, 28, son of Hayat... Full story

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Bandarban farmers’ hard labour goes down the drain

Bandarban, a hill district that presents all charms, including diversified biodiversity and spectacular green hills, produces huge crops, fruits and vegetables, but most of those get perished for lack of marketing and storage facility. Full story

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Miscreant held with arms in Khagrachari

A joint team of army and police in a drive arrested an alleged miscreant along with arms at Boalkhali Balpaiya Adam village in Dighinala upazila on Thursday night. The arrested was Nilmoy Chakma alias Keres, 48... Full story

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Indian Ocean Rim officials meet in Mauritius May 7

The second bi-annual meeting of the committee of senior officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation will begin on May 7 in Mauritius. The Mauritian foreign minister, Arvin Boolell, at a... Full story

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