Students chased, beaten up in Mirpur, Ctg

Police and alleged ruling party men attacked student protesters in the capital and elsewhere, injuring a number of them yesterday.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

3 ministers slam BNP over protest

Three ministers have blasted the BNP over the ongoing student protest that has spread across the country.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

A new law is not the answer

In Bangladesh it is easy to pass a law and then forget about its implementation and making any real effort to correct the system.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Protesters resolute

Rejecting assurances from three ministers, student protesters hit the streets for the fifth straight day yesterday, issuing a clarion call to meet their demands for a safe and orderly road and justice for their two fellows killed in recent road crash.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Revote in two Sylhet centres on August 11

Revote at two polling centres in Sylhet City Corporation will be held on August 11.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Fixing all ills by beating?

We never take one unique medicine for all illness. Do we? Never. Because it invariably would compound the illness and wreak havoc on the delicate human body, causing death even.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Slay this monster

School children coming in hordes, marching down the street in raw rage is something unprecedented. But that is happening right now, and it signifies only one thing – a show of complete no-confidence on the governance in the transport system.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Dhaka shaken by youth spirit

Student protests spread like wildfire across the capital and elsewhere in the country yesterday, as demonstrators vowed to remain on the streets until their demand for safe road is met.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

People suffer for lack of transport

Commuters in different parts of the capital struggled to reach their destinations yesterday as public transports were off the streets fearing retaliation from aggrieved protestors.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Protests flare up

Agitating students put two buses on fire at Dhaka’s Uttara as they take to the streets for the third consecutive day protesting death of two college students being run over by a bus on Sunday.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Truck crushes schoolgirl to death

A schoolgirl was killed and another injured when a truck hit them in Comilla's Muradnagar upazila yesterday. The accident happened at a time when school and college students took to the streets in the capital, demanding justice for the death of the two college students.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Take action against the culprits: PM

The Prime Minister's Office yesterday directed the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to take legal action against those responsible for Sunday's road crash that took the lives of two college students and left several others injured.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

It'll lead to civil war

Heated debates over stripping around 40 lakh people in Assam of citizenship continued for the second day yesterday with the opposition parties accusing the government of politicising the issue and making people refugees in their own country.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

WI's pedigree or Tigers' momentum?

Bangladesh will embark on the three-match T20I series against West Indies today with the first match to take place from 6:30am Bangladesh time in St Kitts.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP surprised over Sylhet

The election result that put the BNP mayoral hopeful ahead of the Awami League contestant in the Sylhet city polls came as a "surprise" to the party high-ups as they had feared the ruling party would take away all the three mayoral posts through irregularities.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Airport Road Accident: Protest rages, commuters bear brunt

After six hours of blockade, law enforcers have managed to convince agitating students to step aside and resume traffic on the busy Airport Road.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

40 lakh left off Assam citizen list

India has stripped 40 lakh people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the north-eastern state.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

AL, BCL men, cops attack journalists

Three journalists were assaulted by activists of Awami League and its student wing BCL yesterday and another one was allegedly beaten up by police, while they were covering the city corporation polls in Sylhet.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Elections in 3 Cities: AL wins 2, irregularities rule

The ruling Awami League's mayoral candidates won big in two city corporations and the BNP contender was leading in one in yesterday's battle of ballots, marred by widespread electoral irregularities.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

2 more 'drug peddlers' killed in 'shootouts'

Two alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate incidents of “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Munshiganj and Rajshahi early yesterday.
29 July 2018, 18:00 PM