Padma keeps eroding parts of Naria

Locals have started demonstrating for government action to tackle erosion by the Padma in Shariatpur's Naria upazila.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Cases too puzzling

Implicated in three “false cases” and tired of police harassment, Ahad Khalifa was desperately looking for a break.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Shahidul Alam denied bail once again

Internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam has once again been denied bail in a case filed for “spreading propaganda against the government”.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Polls-time govt in mid-October

An election-time government is likely to be formed in mid-October to oversee the eleventh parliamentary polls due in late December.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

7 killed in bus-leguna collision

At least seven people, including three women, were killed, and 10 others injured, in a road accident on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Chakoria upazila of the district yesterday.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Digital Security Bill: JS body finalises report

A parliamentary body yesterday finalised its report on the much-debated Digital Security Bill without addressing some concerns of journalists and media owners.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Madrasas get big boost before polls

With the national elections likely this December, the government has taken up a Tk 5,918.63 crore project to construct buildings of 2,000 madrasas chosen by the MPs.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

AL clamps down on 'errant' leaders

With the national polls over three months away, the ruling Awami League has launched a drive against its “errant” leaders to resolve intra-party disputes mainly over party nominations.
10 September 2018, 20:04 PM

A case, many questions

Luthful Haque was treated at Labaid hospital in the capital's Dhanmondi for seven days from August 4 for hypertension, diabetes and kidney complications.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Free Mozammel

While family members of road safety campaigner Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury sought the prime minister's intervention for his release in an extortion case, police yesterday moved to show him arrested in another case filed in February.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

9,000MW power to be imported by 2041

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has planned to import 9000 MW electricity from neighbouring countries by 2041 to maintain the country's high economic growth.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

12 students produced in court, finally

The 12 students picked up by detectives allegedly six days ago were finally produced before a Dhaka court yesterday.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Forging Unity: BNP to pledge reforms, checks and balances

For forging a greater unity, the BNP wants to negotiate with potential partners promising them that if voted to power, it would implement a set of reforms, including putting in place “realistic checks and balances”.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Medical board to be formed for Khaleda

A medical board will be formed for checking up on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's health, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM

It's 'misuse' of judicial powers

Pro-BNP lawyers yesterday said shifting Khaleda's trial to jail was “misuse of judicial powers” by the law ministry and they sought the chief justice's intervention into the matter.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Swarming Motorbikes: Violation of rules rises, risk as well

Every day 1,035 motorbikes are being registered in the country and experts say that if the authorities do not control the number of the accident-prone vehicle, the situation on the road could take a turn for the worse.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM

AL on campaign trail in North

Hundreds of people suffered and rail timetable fell into disarray yesterday as an Awami League team led by Obaidul Quader took a passenger train to the North to launch its campaign for the national polls.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Road safety campaigner sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, to jail rejecting prayers for bail and remand in a case filed for extortion.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Free Shahidul, drop charges against him

Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy and three other acclaimed authors have for the second time urged the Bangladesh government to release noted photographer Shahidul Alam.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP ready to make sacrifices for nat'l unity

The BNP is ready to go to any lengths to forge a greater national unity against the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance ahead of the December election.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM