TIB demands review of Digital Security Act

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday demanded that the Digital Security Act 2018 be reviewed with its “repressive” provisions dropped to ensure the free flow of information and press freedom.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Rape of Chakma Girl: All 9 rapists are robbers

All the nine rapists who raped a Chakma girl are professional robbers and they confessed about their crimes, police said in a press conference in Khagrachhari.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute: Heavy fighting tests shaky truce

Baku and Yerevan put themselves on a war footing after heavy fighting erupted yesterday between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists, claiming military and civilian casualties on both sides.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

BCL reign over MC College: Crimes thrive on factional politics

Ten years ago, Uday Singha Palash, a student of Murari Chand College and a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist, was murdered in Sylhet city’s Tilagarh area in a factional clash.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Saudi Returnees: Many worried despite govt assurances

Migrant workers, who had been stranded at home ever since they came back from Saudi Arabia for holidays, yesterday said they were worried about the renewal of their work permits despite assurance from Bangladesh government.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 fallout: 68% lost jobs in Dhaka and Ctg

Around 68 percent of the people who had to stop working in urban areas of Dhaka and Chattogram due to the pandemic have lost their jobs, according to a World Bank report.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Mahbubey Alam passes away

Eminent jurist and Attorney General of the republic Advocate Mahbubey Alam is no more.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

DGs run by a driver!

Directors general came and went, but the power and influence that the health directorate driver gained stayed.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Rape in MC College: 6 accused BCL men moved with impunity

On Friday night around 8:00, a married couple was visiting the college campus when the suspects forced both of them to the hostel and gang-raped the wife while keeping the husband tied with a rope.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Ensure vaccine for all countries

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the world community to treat the Covid-19 vaccine as a “global public good” and urged the United Nations to ensure its timely availability to all countries at a time.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Unpunished crimes led to horror like this

DS: If there is a rape incident at the college dormitory, the responsibility falls on you as the principal. I would like to know your reaction to what happened on your campus last night.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 Test: Many Saudi returnees on edge for tight flight schedule

From early morning to around 2:30pm yesterday, the situation seemed normal at the Dhaka North City Corporation Market at the city’s Mohakhali as the Bangladeshi expatriates -- mainly Saudi Arabia and UAE-bound workers -- stood in the queue for Covid-19 test.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

From the Archives: So far Tk 10,200cr swindled by PK Halder

The amount of money embezzled by Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and his associates from four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) might leave you baffled.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

2m deaths ‘likely’ without collective action

Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization has warned, as resurgence of cases across the world forced governments around the world to impose fresh curbs.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM

21 more die, 1,383 infected in a day

Twenty-one people were reported dead from Covid-19 yesterday, the 201st day since the first cases were reported in the country.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM

None will be left behind

All the stranded Bangladeshi expatriate workers will be able to return to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia and they need not to be worried about it, said Tarik A Alowaidi, country manager at Saudi Arabian Airlines.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Selim siphoned off Tk 13.28cr to Thailand

Online casino kingpin Selim Prodhan raked in crores through online gambling in Bangladesh and amassed business firms and a villa in Thailand.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Cox’s Bazar police go thru’ overhaul

In an unprecedented move, the police administration has transferred 1,487 of its members -- from constables to inspectors -- from Cox’s Bazar.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM

US Election 2020: Race much tighter in key swing states

The US presidential race is much closer than national surveys suggest, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls in battleground states that show Democrat Joe Biden with only a slim lead over President Donald Trump in three highly competitive states and in a dead heat in three others.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Protect our planet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a robust international collaboration as she unveiled a five-point proposal to protect the planet from the adverse impact of climate change.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM