Zero Border Killings: Promise that keeps ringing hollow

For years, India has been promising to bring the killing of Bangladeshis along the Indo-Bangla border down to zero.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid vaccine still possible this year

Drugs giant AstraZeneca yesterday said a Covid-19 vaccine could still be available by as early as the end of the year, despite a randomised clinical trial being paused.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate: Clinical trial begins here this month

Already trailing behind in the race to get a potential Covid-19 vaccine, Bangladesh is all set to start the much-talked-about clinical trial of the Chinese shot by the end of this month.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Probe Into Cops’ Crimes: 53 SC lawyers for forming independent commission

Fifty-three Supreme Court lawyers yesterday collectively sent a legal notice to the government, requesting it to constitute an independent commission to investigate the allegations against law enforcers of committing crimes.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

PM on Extra-Judicial Killings, Crimes: Govt not sparing anyone involved

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was not sparing anyone involved in extrajudicial killings.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Renu’s Death in Mob Beating: Police submit charge sheet against 15

The police probe has found involvement of 19 people in the killing of Taslima Begum Renu in the capital’s Badda last year.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

N’ganj Mosque Blast: Probe body seeks another week to submit report

Three more men injured in the Narayanganj mosque fire died yesterday, raising the toll to 31.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Pay Tk 5 lakh for each victim

The High Court yesterday directed Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial costs in seven days to each family of the victims, who died and suffered burn injuries in the Narayanganj mosque blast.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccine safety top priority

Safety of a prospective Covid-19 vaccine comes “first and foremost”, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said yesterday, as a trial of a leading candidate from AstraZeneca was paused due to concerns over side effects.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

This will encourage people to file case

Eminent jurists and rights activists yesterday welcomed the first ever verdict in a case filed under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013 and said it will encourage people to come forward to file cases under this act.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

The culprits must be punished

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said perpetrators of the attack on Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam must be punished as an investigation was underway to find out the real cause and identify the masterminds behind the heinous act.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Justice catches up with killer cops

Yesterday afternoon before a Dhaka court, Imtiaz Hossain Rocky, brother of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny who was tortured and killed in police custody in 2014, was constantly on his feet.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Killings: 2 Myanmar soldiers taken to the Hague

Two Myanmar soldiers have been taken to The Hague after confessing to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during a 2017 crackdown, two news organisations and a rights group reported yesterday.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Tk 22.5cr loan taken out thru fake contract

It’s another glaring example of collusion between bank officials and a businessman who took Tk 22.5 crore loan from the state-run Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) through a fake contract.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Mosque Tragedy: 8 survivors still in critical condition

Eight victims of the Narayanganj mosque fire were still fighting for life at the intensive care unit of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery yesterday.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Custodial deaths: Law there, victims afraid to file cases

Although the government enacted a law to prevent torture and death in custody of different law enforcement agencies seven years ago, not many cases have been filed under the act.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

A brother’s quest for justice may end today

Today is likely to be the culmination of a long and strenuous battle for justice.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh unique in vulnerability, resilience

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh is a unique example of climate vulnerability and resilience.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Plan to Reopen Primary Schools: Health guidelines finalised for kids

Only two will be allowed to sit on each bench at classrooms after the reopening of primary schools, and everyone in those institutions -- students, teachers and other staffers -- will have to wear masks.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM