Nine ministers have been dropped from the central working committee of the ruling Awami League as it continues efforts to separate itself from the government.

Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and 28 other activists of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad have now been accused in an attempted murder case.

People of lower-income group in the northern region have been immensely suffering for the last few days as a cold wave sweeping over the country.

The inspector general of police needs to take necessary measures to ensure quick probe into allegations against law enforcers and actions against those found guilty, the High Court has observed in the full text of a verdict.

Amid an outbreak of winter illnesses, at least 5,945 people took treatment at government facilities in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.

The country’s politics, which has mostly been in a hiatus since the last general election a year ago, is likely to heat up ahead of Dhaka north and south city corporation polls on January 30.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday said he did not want the upcoming polls to two Dhaka city corporations to be like the ones held in Barishal, Gazipur and Khulna city corporations last year.

The water was once so clear that you could see to the bottom. Locals used to drink water from the canal and also bathed in it. Now what one would find there is black liquid flowing down the river. It smells so bad that it is hard to stand beside it, said Tara Mia, an elderly man from Barabari village.

Raisul Alam Mondal, secretary at the fisheries and livestock ministry, will serve as a senior secretary just for a day.

Local players dominated the day with a 53-ball 76 from Rajshahi Royals all-rounder Afif Hossain trumping an unbeaten century from Cumilla Warrior batsman Dawid Malan as Rajshahi registered a seven-wicket win in their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Muktijuddho Moncho, which hit the headlines for attacking Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and Chhatra Dal activists in the last couple of months, has current and former Chhatra League leaders at its helm.

June 30, 2018 By BCL men in front of DU Central Library when he was leading quota reform protests

A number of civil society members and parents of several Dhaka University students yesterday submitted a memorandum to the DU Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman criticising him for his alleged support to the controversial activities of Chhatra League.

The Christian community is set to celebrate the Christmas Day in the country, as elsewhere across the world, today to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.

It’s a house right on the zero line. Transnational syndicates have turned its kitchen into a storeroom of smuggled motorcycles. They also use it for assembling bikes, bringing in parts like tanks, wheels, headlights and seats from across the border.

Detectives yesterday detained two leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho over the attack on Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on Sunday.

About 700 lower-tier DMP officials, including 16 officers-in-charge of Dhaka metropolitan police stations, were transferred over the last two and a half months following information that they were involved in corruption and other criminal activities.

While an all-round performance from Mahedi Hasan ensured a five-wicket win for Dhaka Platoon during their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) encounter against Cumilla Warriors, it was an all-round team effort from Rajshahi Royals that helped them register a seven-wicket victory over Khulna Tigers under lights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

India’s main opposition Congress party and its allies yesterday won Jharkhand state elections amid nationwide protests against the government’s new citizenship law.

More than half of primary schoolkids do not have the expected level of competence in mathematics and Bangla, reveals a new government assessment, raising questions about the quality of the country’s primary education.