Innocent must not face torture, harassment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the police to remain careful so that innocent people are not harassed and tortured during their duties. "You need to keep in mind that no innocent person should fall victim to torture and harassment by you," she says.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Two shot dead in Rangamati

Criminals shot dead a member of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS-MN Larma) and his friend at Karigar Para village in Kaptai upazila yesterday afternoon.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Joint Panels for Ducsu Polls: Student bodies in talks with allies

Likeminded student organisations have been reaching out to each other in the hope of forming alliances to contest the coming Ducsu election.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Cancer treatment far beyond poor's reach

When Mohammad Ershad arrived at a hospital in Dhaka four years ago with a persistent cough, he had no idea that it was symptomatic of something that could be so fatal.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Hasina warns against food adulteration

Terming food adulteration one kind of “corruption”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said this ill practice must be stopped at any cost to save people's lives.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Is it another Joj Mia case?

The High Court yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission whether it had produced another “Joj Mia drama” while commenting on the imprisonment of an innocent person.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Job creation lags behind target

Less than half the target of creating 39 lakh jobs was achieved in the first two years of the government's Seventh Five Year Plan (SFYP), though the country registered robust economic growth during the period.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM

NO POLLS, NO LOANS for river grabbers

River encroachers cannot run in any elections or get bank loans, the High Court has ordered, in efforts to save rivers from greedy grabbers. The HC also ordered the government to make a list of every grabber in the country and publish the list in the media to expose them to the public.
3 February 2019, 06:53 AM

Back to cold-war era?

President Vladimir Putin yesterday said Russia was suspending its participation in a key Cold War-era missile treaty in a mirror response to a US move, triggering fears of a new arms race.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Bus easier, cheaper

Once built two decades from now, the five metro rail lines costing around $27.6 billion would serve only 11.5 percent of city passengers, said experts citing the capital's transport master plan.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Underground Metro: First one by 2026

Construction of the country's first underground railway may start in July with funds from Japan. Named MRT Line-1, this track will link the capital's airport and Kamalapur. It will also have an elevated part to connect Purbachal with Notun Bazar. The project deadline is 2026.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Know your history well

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the new generation to know the real history of the nation that had earned the independence and right to speak in their mother tongue through huge sacrifices and struggles.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Ex-BCL leader 'picked up' from home

Locals yesterday formed a human chain on Natore-Rajshahi highway demanding release of a former Chhatra League leader who was allegedly picked up by law enforcers in the early hours of the same day.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Dhaka's rope running out

Shakib al Hasan's Dhaka Dynamites seem to have lost the spark with which they began the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as they lost their fifth consecutive match at the business end of the tournament yesterday.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Murder, not suicide

Depending entirely on the autopsy report, detectives had been claiming that Nilufa Akhter died by suicide in February 2016. The focus of Nilufa's case had shifted to suicide from murder after police got the forensic results.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Legal battle begins

With the help of Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bangladesh yesterday launched a legal battle to recover the full amount stolen from its central bank's reserve.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Who is this Hercules?

Police yesterday recovered another body of a rape suspect with a note hanging round his neck in Jhalakathi's Rajapur upazila, the third one since the recent turn of events.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Question Paper Leak: Two rackets busted

The gangs that had been leaking questions of public exams and government recruitment tests included government officials, schoolteachers, printing press employees and Dhaka University students.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Equal rights for all

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government's goal was to ensure equal rights for all, irrespective of their religion and caste.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM

News Analysis: Democracy vs graft

The Corruption Perceptions Index released by the Transparency International on Tuesday provides food for thought on corruption and democracy.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM