Myanmar Elections: UN decries discrimination against the minorities

The UN has expressed serious concerns over the human rights violations, including the right to political participation of minority groups such as the Rohingyas and Rakhines, ahead of the general elections in Myanmar on November 8.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Erfan Salim: Building on father’s murky legacy

After Monday’s arrest of Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, law enforcers have unearthed tales of his lavish lifestyle, which included 12 bodyguards and 30 to 40 young men at his beck and call.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

All democratic institutions destroyed

Md Shah Alam has been the general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) since May 2017. He has been involved with politics since he was a student and played a key role during the mass upsurge in 1969.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Clear, yet not seen

The CCTV camera of Hotel Bondhu captured it all.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Safeguard forex reserve: noted personalities warn govt against loan-seekers

The central bank should not allow any private company to take a loan from the foreign exchange reserve under any circumstances, observed Khaled.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus, ended yesterday with the immersion of the idols of goddess Durga and her children in water bodies.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

SUV with MP sticker has no papers!

The Road Transport Act-2018 stipulates up to six months’ imprisonment or a fine of Tk 25,000 or both for driving a vehicle without an updated fitness certificate. The law also specifies a fine of Tk 10,000 for not having a tax token.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccine for all, free of cost

The government has decided to administer Covid-19 vaccines to all the citizens free of cost once those are procured.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Assaulting A Navy Officer: Haji Salim’s son Erfan arrested

Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday for illegally possessing walkie-talkies and foreign liquor.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump, Biden begin final week campaign

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden yesterday were to storm swing states in the final week of campaigning before the Nov. 3 election, as surging coronavirus cases and an uncomfortable admission by his chief of staff keep the focus of the race on the pandemic.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Rangpur cop suspended over rape charges

An assistant sub-inspector of Rangpur police was suspended yesterday on charges of gang-raping a ninth grader with two others.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Women Repression Cases: HC’s monitoring order ignored

Over three years ago, the High Court directed the administration of the Supreme Court to form a cell to monitor whether the trials of cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000 are completed in 180 days.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Cable repairs can cause slow internet for five days

Internet users may face reduced speeds in some areas for five days starting from the wee hours of today due to maintenance work on the submarine cable connecting Chennai to Singapore.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Two held in connection with rape in Noakhali

Two people were arrested in cases filed over rapes of a teenage girl and housewife in Noakhali’s Begumganj and Hatiya upazilas yesterday.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

The majority has returned to KSA

Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines have ferried over 31,316 stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia in 31 days since September 23.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

‘We can make things better’

An energized Joe Biden and Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of a massive screw-up in his handling of the coronavirus, but the US president remained ebullient despite trailing in polls with 8 days to go until the election.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Shun unethical journalism

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged journalists to write reports based on facts and perform their duties to the country and the nation, shunning unethical journalism.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Protecting Hilsa: 25 cops hurt as fishermen attack them

At least 25 river police personnel were injured when fishermen attacked the law enforcers conducting a drive against hilsa catching and selling at Chandpur’s Laxmirchar in the Meghna yesterday.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

PK Halder yet to return, cites fever as reason

Proshanta Kumar Halder, director of International Leasing and Finance Service Limited (ILFSL), who allegedly embezzled crores of taka from NBFIs, did not return to Bangladesh though he was supposed to yesterday.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Preventing second wave: No mask no service

The government has asked public and private organisations not to provide services to people without a face covering as it aims to curb a possible second wave of Covid-19.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM