5 injured as BCL groups clash

At least 5 people were injured in a clash between 2 groups of the Bangladesh Chhatra League at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University campus on Wednesday. Activists lead by Ahmedul Bashar and... Full story

Subalterns not able to demand rights from state: Gayatri

Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak said subaltern people in South Asia are not able to demand their rights from the organs of state. Gayatri, a teacher at Columbia University, best known for her essay... Full story

HC declares illegal notices seeking wealth statements of seven former police officers

The High Court on Wednesday declared illegal the notices issued in 2002 by now-defunct Bureau of the Anti-Corruption asking seven former senior police officers to submit statements detailing the wealth they... Full story

High Court gets 6 more judges

The government has appointed six new judges to the High Court, said an order issued by the government on Wednesday evening. The list of six judges includes incumbent law secretary Ashish Ranjan Das and... Full story

Govt wants to eliminate opposition: BNP

A senior BNP leader on Wednesday alleged that the government was trying to wipe out the opposition through ‘abduction, repression and arrests’. ‘The government cannot tolerate the opposition. Full story

Charges pressed against former lawmaker Hafiz, wife

The Anticorruption Commission pressed charges against former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker, Hafiz Ibrahim and his wife Mafruza Sultana, in a case of money laundering. Full story

Commission unconcerned about election-time govt: EC

Election Commissioner Md Shahnewaz on Wednesday said the EC is not worried about election-time government as the authority and facilities that it now enjoys is ‘enough to hold neutral polls under any government’. Full story

BUET to open nuclear engineering department

A department on nuclear engineering will be opened at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology for which Russia will provide assistance. An official familiar with the process told the news agency... Full story

Former deputy prime minister MA Matin dies

MA Matin, former deputy prime minister and chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Party, died of a cardiac arrest at his Shantinagar residence in the capital Wednesday morning. Full story

Sayedee’s elder son dies

The elder son of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Rafique-Bin-Sayeed, died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital. The hospital’s Registrar, Syed Daud Mohammad ... Full story

Demand for affordable housing finance market in Bangladesh: IFC Study

A study conducted by the International Finance Corporation revealed that there was a huge demand for finance for affordable housing in Bangladesh. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, said that... Full story

Awami League activists beat up doctors in Bogra

Doctors at Sonatola health complex in Bogra stopped work for an hour on Wednesday morning, protesting against an assault by Awami League activists in the early hours of the morning. Full story

Govt takes action against 309 brick fields across the country

The minister for environment and forest, Hasan Mahmud, on Wednesday told parliament that department of environment has taken action against 309 brick fields across the country between July 2011 and... Full story

ACC quizzes five top officials of Destiny Group

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday questioned five more top officials of Destiny Group over alleged irregularities in the multi level marketing company. A three-member ACC team led by its director squadron... Full story

Journalist attacked in Benapole

A local journalist was seriously injured in an attack in Benapole on Wednesday. An armed gang beat up Abdur Rahim, 42, a correspondent of Independent Television and Daily Destiny after abducting him from... Full story

SS Sinha now acting chief justice

Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, the senior most justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will perform the responsibility of the chief justice of Bangladesh in June 15- 22 or until chief justice Mohammad... Full story