Khaleda’s Sentence: Law ministry opines for 6 more months of suspension

The law ministry yesterday gave its opinion for extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for six more months.
8 March 2021, 18:00 PM

No revealing of identities of rape victims: HC

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to immediately take necessary steps to stop online and print news media and electronic media from publishing and broadcasting identities and photographs of rape and sexual assault victims in line with the relevant law.
8 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Law there, awareness little

The government has enacted the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act in 2010 that ensures the victims’ rights to law enforcement officers’ assistance, required medical facilities, and legal services.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

A Year of Pandemic: Country on recovery trail

One year on, Bangladesh is well and truly on the recovery trail from the deep impacts the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on life and livelihood.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

I did not do anything wrong: Kishore

When I entered the hospital room, the bed was empty. Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore Kishore had gone to get his eyes checked. When he returned to the cabin in about 20 minutes, I was flabbergasted that he was on a wheelchair.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Six held over protesting Mushtaq’s death get bail

Six out of seven leftist student leaders and activists who were arrested following the protests over writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in custody got bail yesterday.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Freedom Fighters’ List: To be released on Mar 26

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said yesterday that a list of freedom fighters that is not “debatable” will be released on Independence Day on March 26, when the country will start celebrations of its golden jubilee of independence.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

If one tarnishes country’s image, no bail

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday warned about posting abusive and indecent comments on social media and asked how educated people could do such things.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

It was declaration of independence

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the historic March 7, 1971, speech of the Father of the Nation was the actual declaration of the country’s independence as it contained the directives on taking preparation for the Liberation War.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid Inoculation: Foreigners’ registration begins on March 17

Foreigners in Bangladesh can start registration for Covid-19 vaccination from March 17, the birthday of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the government planned inoculation of all eligible people.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Gunfight staged’ to get loggers boat released

Three forest officials in Chattogram’s Rangunia staged a fake gunfight allegedly to give back a boat, seized earlier with logs, to its owner in exchange for a bribe.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Papul jailed, but victims in lurch

Thousands of poor Bangladeshi workers who faced physical, mental and financial exploitation over the years due to Kazi Papul’s crimes have so far been denied justice.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

50,000 female migrants returned during pandemic

About 49,924 female migrant workers returned home from 21 countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Brac Migration Programme.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Abuse of DSA worries editors

Journalists and free speech advocates are constantly being harassed and tortured by the execution of the Digital Security Act, Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) said in a statement yesterday.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Pandemic Response: Hasina among 3 phenomenal PMs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named among the top three inspirational women leaders who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Commonwealth, Bangladesh High Commission in London said in a statement yesterday.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Ansar Al Islam: Regrouping by stealth

Ansar al Islam is far from over.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Thus spoke Mujib

It was the afternoon of March 7, 1971, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made the historic speech that would resonate throughout the annals of history, changing its course forever.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

HC: Juvenile offenders can be jailed for max 10 years

A special High Court bench has observed that confessional statement of an accused child has no legal evidentiary value and such confessions cannot form the basis of finding him guilty.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM

PK Halder’s Financial Scam: ACC to file 10 more cases

Investigators have so far been able to trace the whereabouts of Tk 1,150 crore out of about Tk 2,500 crore misappropriated allegedly by PK Halder and his accomplices from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Mushtaq’s Death: Ensure justice, scrap DSA

Seven victims of the Digital Security Act and ICT Act yesterday demanded a judicial probe into the alleged brutal torture on writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in custody and trial of law enforcers accused of torture.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM