Freedom forever

On Sunday afternoon, Khulna jail received the copy of a High Court order that one Obaid Ali be released from death row because the court had found him innocent.
8 October 2018, 18:00 PM

CEC moves to heal rift with commissioners

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has finally moved to end his “go alone” policy that used to leave the four other election commissioners in the dark while running the EC.
8 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Businesses suffer for truck strike

Truck-owners and drivers continued their work abstention for the second day yesterday, dealing a blow to businesses and affecting the supply chain of goods to the capital.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Movement from single platform

The BNP, Juktofront, and Jatiya Oikya Prokriya have decided to wage a movement from a single platform to press home their five-point demand, including release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi job market shrinking fast

The Saudi labour market is shrinking fast for Bangladeshis as locals are taking up foreign workers' jobs amid the kingdom's strong policy against undocumented migrants.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Dengue Cases: Sharp rise rings alarm

"What thousands of bombs and a hundred of militants could not do, an Aedes mosquito has done it today. [I'm] hospitalised! Seeking blessing!" wrote Sanwar Hossain, chief of the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP looks to 'forgotten ones'

In a bid to strengthen the party ahead of the next general election, the BNP high-ups have launched an initiative to reinstate expelled leaders and reformists who became politically inactive after the 1/11 changeover.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM

100 police teams active nationwide

Around 100 police teams across the country are monitoring social media to the prevent spread of rumours and fake news.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Khaleda taken to BSMMU

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Dhaka's Old Central Jail for treatment yesterday, in line with a High Court order. The BSMMU authorities formed a five-member medical board to assess her health condition.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Leave politics to politicians

resident Abdul Hamid yesterday urged all political parties to promote those who have an early orientation in politics, as it is not right to become a politician overnight, reports UNB.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Trucks won't carry goods from today

Bangladesh Goods Transport Owners Workers United Association yesterday announced that truck owners and workers would abstain from work across the country from 6:00am today to press home their seven-point demand, including bringing changes to the Road Transport Act-2018.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Shakib Injury: A case of sheer negligence?

Prior to his departure for Australia on Friday night, premier Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said that his injured finger would never be the same again.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP, other parties resume unity bid

After a brief pause in the efforts towards “greater unity”, the BNP and other political parties involved will begin to sit from today to give it a concrete shape.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Never said polls would be held this December

The Election Commission has never said the national polls would be held in December this year, claimed Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM

2 killed in terror den

A faction of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh had plotted to carry out subversive activities at the court building of Chattogram, Rab claimed after busting a “militant den” in the district's Mirsarai yesterday.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Nobel Peace Prize 2018: Award goes to two anti-rape activists

Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Reinstate 30pc FF quota in govt service

Protesters demanding reinstatement of freedom fighters' 30 percent quota in class-I and class-II government jobs continued their demonstration in the city's Shahbagh for the third straight day yesterday.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM

From jihadists' slave to Nobel laureate

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM

IGP asks cops to scrutinise dubious cases

The inspector general of police (IGP) has directed the “unit commanders” to scrutinise why some deceased, expatriates, hajj pilgrims and paralysed men were made accused in cases filed on charges of planning subversive activities.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP's agitation plan in 15 days

The BNP plans to launch countrywide agitation soon after the formation of polls-time government to realise its demand for a free, fair and inclusive national election under a neutral administration and the release of its chairperson.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM