Bijoya Dashami today

Bijoya Dashami of the five-day Sharadiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will be observed today.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM

AL to step up campaign in next 2 weeks

The ruling Awami League is preparing to beef up electioneering across the country in the next two weeks before the Election Commission announces the schedule of the upcoming parliamentary polls.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Silence of the strings

Music was not just a passion to the self-taught guitarist, it was his sole profession, and fortune did not let him down either. The word “legend” is generously used to refer to celebrities nowadays but Ayub Bachchu was and remains a legend in the truest sense.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Oikyafront denied nod for first rally

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) denies Jatiya Oikyafront of permission for holding a rally in the city on October 23 on security ground.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Rift in EC: AL not for Mahbub's resignation

The Awami League does not want Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar to resign, said party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM

2 women surrender after 39 hours

Two suspected women militants surrender two days after law enforcers cordoned off a seven-storey building in Gangpar area of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

SA Group MD held over loan scams

Shahabuddin Alam, managing director of Chattogram-based SA Group and a director of Mercantile Bank, was arrested yesterday on at least five counts of loan irregularities.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Crimea college attack kills 19

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea yesterday afternoon when a student went through the building shooting at fellow pupils before killing himself, Russian law enforcement officials said.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

KSA deports another 80 Bangladeshis

The Saudi authorities yesterday deported 80 more Bangladeshi migrants, bringing the total number of deportees close to 600 this month.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Mahbub under fire

The ruling Awami League led 14-party alliance has accused Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar of "violating the oath of secrecy" and it thinks he should resign.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Thorny issues remain thorny

Less than two weeks before the 90-day countdown begins for holding the general election, a number of contentious political issues remain unresolved.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Quitting 20-Party: Rifts emerge in NAP, NDP

Internal rifts emerged in the leaderships of the Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) and National Democratic Party (NDP), soon after the two parties had severed ties with the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Dhaka, Riyadh opt to take more time

The expected defence cooperation deal between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia was not signed as both sides agreed to discuss the matter further.
17 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Narsingdi Militant Hideout: Two killed in police raid

Two militant suspects, including a woman, were killed in a police operation at a hideout in Narsingdi's Shaikerchar area yesterday, about two weeks after they came to the district with several other suspects to attend the wedding of one of their female accomplices.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Digital Security Act: Legal notice seeks proper amendments

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the authorities concerned for proper amendments to nine sections of the much-debated Digital Security Act.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

CEC finds polls atmosphere satisfactory

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said the overall atmosphere ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election was “satisfactory”.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

AL, BNP brace for seat-sharing hurdles

The Awami League and the BNP, who lead the two major alliances, may not have much to offer their own leaders in the parliamentary polls if they want to keep their partners happy.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Highlight migrant workers' rights

Labour migration analysts and businesses have expressed optimism that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will highlight Bangladeshi migrant workers' rights during her meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Digital Security Act: PM rules out talks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday dismissed any possibility of talks with the Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) on the Digital Security Act, saying there is no scope for discussions as the law has already been enacted.
15 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Amend nine sections of Digital Security Act

Editors of the country's leading newspapers yesterday took to the streets and formed a human chain to press for proper amendments to nine sections of the much-debated Digital Security Act.
15 October 2018, 18:00 PM