Gun-toting Youths in Ctg Polls: Police yet to identify them

Police have yet to identify any of the alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League activists who brandished firearms during by-polls in a ward in Chittagong City Corporation on Thursday.
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Khaleda falls sick in jail

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia suddenly fell sick in Nazimuddin Road old central jail yesterday, said party Senior Joint
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Efforts needed to fight graft

The judiciary, the revenue administration, the attorney general's office, the Bangladesh Bank and the Anti-Corruption Commission should
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Sagardighi UP in Tangail: Jubo Dal leader shot dead in polls violence

A local Jubo Dal leader was killed and another man injured as police opened fire at a polling centre in the district's Ghatail upazila after
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Turning towards turkeys

Growing up next to a hatchery, Bablu Chowdhury, a resident of Dhaka's Savar upazila, aspired to one day own a hatchery of his own.
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP's return to power means destruction

Seeking vote for the Awami League in the next general elections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said BNP's
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Many rapists escape thru' loopholes

The HC, while delivering the judgment, pointed out a few loopholes in the investigation and the case the prosecution presented. Coupled with the absence of medical evidence, the court decided to acquit the accused.
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Return: PM calls for keeping up pressure on Myanmar

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to the international community to continue pressurising the Myanmar
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Industrial Sector: Job growth falls further

Employment growth in industrial sector slowed further in 2016-17 for the second year in a row, in a sharp reversal from its previous growth record, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics last week.
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Khaleda's Jail Term: HC asks why it should not be extended

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and the government to explain why her jail sentence in the
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Smith, Warner pay heavy price

The hammer has come down heavy on Australia's disgraced captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner for their roles in the
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM

No less than a movie

It was an unusual but lucrative offer for Selim Mia, a rickshaw-puller in Brahmanbaria's Chhoto Kuripaika village.
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Next JS Polls: BNP demands non-partisan, neutral govt

Amid the presence of a huge number of party men, the BNP yesterday called upon the government to dissolve the parliament before the next parliamentary polls for holding the elections under a non-partisan neutral administration.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Aircraft Safety, Maintenance: Regulator under fire

Former pilots and aviation experts yesterday came down heavily on the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and accused it of irregularities and failing to overseeing safety measures in private airlines.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Don't let anti-liberation forces come to power

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to remain alert so that the anti-liberation forces can never come to power.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM

An untold rape, life thereafter

At the tender age of 13, when she should be out playing with friends or studying, her life now revolves around tending to a son born out of rape.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Nepal Plane Crash Insurance: Each victim may get up to Tk 1.6cr

Families of the victims of US-Bangla plane crash are each entitled to get up to Tk 1.6 crore in compensation from the airlines and its insurers under international aviation laws.
26 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Injured Shahin dies at DMCH

For the family it felt like a miracle that Shahin Bepari survived the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu two weeks ago when so many of his fellow passengers did no
26 March 2018, 18:00 PM

US, EU expel scores of Russian diplomats

The United States said yesterday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in taking action against the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.
26 March 2018, 18:00 PM

A war for oil #6: Of a taxi driver and Iraq invasion

“45 minutes from doom”, the most significant dossier that Tony Blair produced to convince his country that Saddam Hussein actually possessed WMD and that he could hit British mainland within 45 minutes of an order, was completely false.
26 March 2018, 18:00 PM