Of 'generally immoral' character
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha deserves kudos for his timely remarks against a draconian provision of the Evidence Act of 1872,
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM
143-year-old law which allows rape accused to question victims’ character needs change
The Law Commission wants the repeal of a draconian provision of the Evidence Act of 1872, which permits a man accused of rape to
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Should fortune-seekers be punished?
In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
EC is not a postbox
As the chief election commissioner, Justice MA Aziz had once compared the Election Commission's task with that of a “postbox.”
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The same old face-off between AL and BNP in Dhaka, Chittagong city elections
Six million voters today get to decide the outcome of a high-voltage battle of ballots between the ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP, as Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations go to polls.
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Can Khaleda become game changer?
Khaleda Zia is in the spotlight now! It largely depends on her whether or not the upcoming elections to three city corporations will be
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
40 Years of Public Administration and Governance in Bangladesh
EXPERTS in an authoritative book explores many aspects of the bureaucracy and offers food for thoughts to address the crisis in the administration.
8 March 2015, 18:00 PM
No light at the end of tunnel
Nothing has been able to break the ongoing political deadlock.
5 March 2015, 22:04 PM
Khaleda 'fugitive'
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has lost her right to defend herself in the two corruption cases for now, as a Dhaka court has declared her a fugitive in the cases.
4 March 2015, 20:48 PM
World XI versus AL?
Why does Sheikh Hasina now oppose the UN's call for holding a dialogue between her ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP to resolve the ongoing political crisis?
27 February 2015, 09:59 AM
Anti-exam feat for BNP, allies
The continuing disturbances to the SSC examinees have set a record.
21 February 2015, 22:47 PM
Extremism Destroys Democracy
All the prevailing signs suggest that the top politicians of our two major political parties nurture extreme ideas.
20 February 2015, 06:00 AM
15 days in hand for review plea
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has 15 days to file a review petition with the Supreme Court to know the final say on its verdict that has upheld his death penalty for war crimes.
18 February 2015, 22:22 PM
Democracy for the dead?
At least 71 people have been killed so far with many of them burnt alive in arson attacks. The economy continues to bleed and academic life of students is in peril.
17 February 2015, 23:40 PM
Act tough even before ruling
Amid the mindless violence that has already killed at least 71 people and disrupted education and businesses, the High Court has asked the government to take all necessary steps to prevent deadly blockade and hartal.
17 February 2015, 23:24 PM
Mad politics
POLITICS seems to have gone mad! It has ruthlessly been harming future nation-builders by shattering their academic life alongside killing innocent people and destroying the country's economic backbone.
13 February 2015, 18:00 PM
The Fortunetellers
At the Friday afternoon rally in the capital, he announced that utility connections to BNP chief Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office would be disconnected if she did not call off the ongoing non-stop blockade. To many people, his threat appeared as a joke as he had made some more such ridiculous remarks in the past.
6 February 2015, 11:45 AM
Hasina versus Khaleda
Both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have made the same record of leading their respective governments to stage one-sided and controversial parliamentary elections. Khaleda was first to have done it in 1996 while her archrival Hasina followed suit in 2014.
19 January 2015, 09:30 AM
Hasina versus Khaleda
Both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have made the same record of leading their respective governments to stage one-sided and controversial parliamentary elections.
16 January 2015, 16:00 PM
Genocide they wrote
These chilling words came from no other person than the chief of Pakistan army for its eastern command, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi.
15 December 2014, 18:02 PM