New route for yaba trade

A syndicate is bringing yaba pills from Teknaf to Dhaka through a new route after the contraband tablets are smuggled from
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM

End rights violations in Rakhine

Commonwealth leaders yesterday agreed that Prince Charles should follow his mother Queen Elizabeth II as the next head of the
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Monsoon worry for Rohingyas

With early rains falling on the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar, the fear of natural calamities has heightened among the refugees living in tiny shanties made of bamboo poles and tarpaulin in the district's Ukhia and Teknaf.
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Sufia Kamal Hall: Four students thrown out late at night

Dhaka University's Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall authorities handed four female students over to their guardians late last night.
19 April 2018, 21:38 PM

Hasina meets Modi, holds 'productive' meeting

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday had a “productive” meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi discussing various
19 April 2018, 21:33 PM

Careless Childcare: Family members receive threat

Family members, who were given a body of a baby by a hospital because of an alleged mix-up, said they were threatened to keep
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

MPs likely to be allowed in city polls campaigns

Following the ruling Awami League's request, the Election Commission is considering an amendment to the electoral
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

BCL leader runs wild

A video clip where Chittagong City Chhatra League General Secretary Nurul Azim Rony is seen assaulting another man inside a room
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Not my concern'

A top Myanmar official has admitted Rohingyas were tortured but played down the global concern over its ethnic cleansing, saying his
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Digital Security Act: Editors' worries 'largely logical'

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday assured the Editors' Council of removing loopholes and vagueness in the digital security act
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Reform C'wealth to meet goals

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for a comprehensive reform to the Commonwealth to achieve the desired goals and meet constantly evolving needs and expectations of the member states.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Right to Life: At stake for unsafe road

This seems to have become a game being played with people's lives and their right to life.
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

LNG to come from Oman too

As part of its efforts to address gas crisis in the country, the government is going to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman.
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Careless childcare

With a heavy heart, Rokhsana Akter, 21, began making preparations for the funeral of her five-day-old girl, also her first child.
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Press Myanmar on repatriation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for more international pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees, rejecting an assertion by Myanmar that it has repatriated the first Rohingya family of five.
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Rule of law blindfolded

In 2016, the Supreme Court in a verdict on widespread abuse of police's powers over arrest and detention strongly denounced all sorts of torture by the law enforcement agencies and directed magistrates to take action against errant policemen in case of any such incident.
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Brothers stare at a bleak future

It was like they were orphaned once again.
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Slap of a severed hand

After two weeks in coma, Rajib Hossain drifted off to death yesterday. With this, the struggle he was waging ever since he became parentless at an early age came to an end.
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Banking sector now orphan: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday came down hard on the finance ministry for the host of moves it made earlier this month to
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Islami Bank chairman quits

The Islami Bank, the country's largest private bank with over Tk 100,000 crore deposits, saw some sudden, dramatic changes yesterday.
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM