It's rights violation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday termed the use of force by Israel on Palestine a violation of human rights, reports UNB.
15 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Salah boosts Ramadan sales

Egyptian football star Mohammed Salah set a scoring record this season that helped Liverpool clinch fourth place in the Premier League. Now pictures of his bearded face are boosting sales ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
15 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Tailback for Feni Overpass: Lack of traffic management plan caused it

The massive tailback due to the construction of Fatehpur rail overpass on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni over the past week was expected, said a leading traffic system expert. He noted that the work lacked a traffic management plan.
15 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Land Tax, Mutation: Service seekers harassed

For about four decades, Toha Mia had been in possession of a plot of land in the capital's Malakartola area and duly paid tax on the land.
15 May 2018, 18:00 PM

The countdown begins

The domestic football leagues of Europe and elsewhere are yet to be completed, the finals of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are still in the offing, but the focus has shifted to even bigger things as the countdown to next month's FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia is well and truly underway.
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Khulna city polls: AL, BNP set for tough contest

Amid allegations and counter allegations about violation of electoral rules and possible vote rigging by both the Awami League and the BNP, the high-voltage battle of ballots in Khulna City Corporation takes place today to decide which camp is having the last laugh.
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli troops kill 55 in Gaza

The United States opened its deeply controversial embassy in Jerusalem yesterday but the inauguration was marred by violent clashes along the Gaza border that left 43 Palestinians dead from Israeli fire in the conflict's bloodiest day in years.
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Fresh demo over quota

Demanding immediate gazette notification on abolition of quota system in government jobs, the quota reformists took to the streets again, beginning an indefinite strike at universities and colleges across the country yesterday.
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Gazipur city polls now on June 26

The Election Commission (EC) has revised the schedule for Gazipur City Corporation polls and set June 26 for voting, which was postponed earlier following a writ petition.
13 May 2018, 18:00 PM

KCC Polls: Last Day's Campaign: AL men dominate, BNP men lie low

Supporters of the Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate dominated the last day's election campaign in Khulna City Corporation yesterday as many of the followers of the BNP-backed candidate kept off the campaign trail amid fear of arrest and harassment by law enforcers.
13 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Flyover chokes highway to Ctg

Traffic would not move an inch for hours on end. There was no food, no water, no toilet on the way. Relatives of the patients needing urgent medical attention did not know what to do.
13 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Source of sickness

Abir* first tried yaba out of curiosity with one of his neighbours. Eight years later, he is now fully addicted to the drug, having taken it regularly for the past seven years.
13 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Meth epidemic in its birth place

Like Germany, the US and the UK, Japan had supplied pills made of methamphetamine to its soldiers and even factory workers to enable them to work longer hours without eating during the World War II.
13 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Police raids send BNP men fleeing

With the electioneering for Khulna City Corporation polls ending this midnight, tension has gripped the rival camps of the Awami League and the BNP after police picked up more BNP men yesterday.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP raises question over ownership

The BNP yesterday alleged that the ownership of the country's first satellite, Bangabandhu-1, went to two people.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Ground gets signals from Bangabandhu-1

Banghabandhu-1 is getting closer to its orbit slot at 119.1 degree east and it is on Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), said officials concerned.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

'Untouchable' yaba lord of Bihari camp

Ishtiaq Ahmed was a ragpicker 18 years back. But now, he is known as a big businessman among locals in Savar and Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Two killed in 'gunfights' in Mymensingh

Two alleged criminals, including a murder suspect, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in the early hours yesterday.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Mother's day today: The forgotten ones

Rani Bala cannot remember much about her life before she was brought to a shelter home at Abdullahpur in the capital. After her daughter and son turned her away, homeless Rani wandered around the streets of Shanir Akhra for two years.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Fate of 3,200 trees rests on the cabinet

The government has initiated a move to cut down around 3,200 trees from the reserve forests in Gazipur and Cox's Bazar to implement two development projects, including building a mini stadium.
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM