Not quite a mark of respect for schoolteachers
Adding insult to injury
Eurozone in turmoil
‘Bad impression’ about govt’s use of funds needs to be dispelled
National budget and some ethical issues
Price spiral of eggs, chickens
Mohaiemen’s historical docu screened
Momena Choudhury talks on Lal Jomin
Syria accused of fresh ‘massacre’
Pakistan clears way for NATO summit
Trade deficit soars to $6.58b in 9 months as exports fall
Share investors demo in HC, confine lawyers in court room
Endless wait for Sraboni
Mohammedan accuse BCB of ignoring bylaws, vow not to return
Fire razes city slum
Health dev stressed for overall uplift
Apparel worker killed as bus plunges into ditch at Ashulia
No buyers for OMS rice
Top opposition leaders sent to jail after surrender
Teacher beaten by police dies from injuries
Govt appoints commission to scan Grameen activities
US bid winner doesn’t meet tender requirements

Top opposition leaders sent to jail after surrender

BNP leaders shout slogans on the CMM court premises in Dhaka on Wednesday as they are taken into a prison van after the court ordered them to be sent to jail. — Indrajit Ghosh

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent to jail 33 senior leaders of the BNP-led opposition alliance, including the acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Violence broke out in the capital and elsewhere after metropolitan speedy trial court magistrate... Full story

Teacher beaten by police dies from injuries

Teachers of non-government primary schools wear black badges as they sit in at the Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday. — New Age photo

Non-government primary schoolteacher Mohammad Abdul Aziz, who was beaten up by the police at demonstrations of teachers at Shahbagh on Tuesday, died from his injuries early Wednesday. The teachers on demonstrations on Wednesday, however, vowed to continue with their... Full story

Govt appoints commission to scan Grameen activities

The government on Wednesday appointed a four-member commission, headed by retired secretary Mamunur Rashid, to look into the activities of Grameen Bank and its 54 sister concerns... Full story

US bid winner doesn’t meet tender requirements

The small US company that won a $10 million consultancy contract to assist in the launch of Bangladesh’s first space satellite, Bangabandhu-1, beating some of the largest satellite... Full story

BNP allies call dawn to dusk hartal for today

A bus goes up in flames at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka on Wednesday. — Ali Hossain Mintu

BNP-led 18-party alliance on Wednesday called nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal for today demanding immediate release of the opposition leaders. It announced the nationwide shutdown immediately after a lower court in the Full story

HC asks govt to probe allegation against AL MP

The High Court on Wednesday asked the cabinet secretary to form a high-powered committee to investigate the allegation that Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque had grabbed a four-bigha... Full story

Patuakhali mayor picks up, tortures WDB engineer

A group allegedly led by Patuakhali municipal mayor Mohammad Shafiqul Islam on Monday picked up and tortured Kalapara Water Development Board executive engineer Mohammad... Full story

Bangladeshi among six UN monitors evacuated in Syria

Six members including a Bangladeshi of a UN observer team which came under bomb attack in Syria were forced to stay the night with anti-regime activists in the northwest town of Khan... Full story

Suranjit resumes active politics after one month

The former railways minister, Suranjit Sen Gupta, on Wednesday said he is going to resume active politics after a month-long ‘pause’ now that a railway departmental probe exonerated him... Full story

HC summons Shafiq Rehman

A High Court bench has asked the former editor of Bangla daily Jaijaidin, Shafiq Rehman, to appear before it on May 22 and explain how he was allocated the Tejgaon area plot which houses... Full story

SQC was known as an army Major in 1971: Prof Anisuzzaman

Dhaka University professor emeritus Anisuzzaman on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that detained war crime suspect Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, MP, was known as... Full story

Work hard for country’s positive image abroad

The prime minister on Wednesday paid her first visit to the foreign ministry since she assumed office in January 2009 and asked for an intensified effort to sustain the country’s positive... Full story

Fewer South Asian child brides looks positive for health

Fewer girls under 14 are getting married in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, with sizable declines seen in each nation, according to a study released on Tuesday that suggests positive... Full story

High blood pressure affects one in three: WHO experts

One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key trigger of heart disease, health experts said on Wednesday while underlining the growing number of cases in developing countries. Full story

Sheikh Hasina’s 31st Homecoming Day today

The ruling Awami League and its associate bodies will observe the 31st Homecoming Day of its president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina with a daylong programme today. Full story

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF

A Bangladeshi farmer was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force in frontier Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday. The deceased, Durul Islam, 38, son of Afzal Hossain, lived... Full story

Thursday’s HSC exams shifted to Friday

The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations scheduled for today have been postponed following the countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the 18-party alliance. Full story

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