A Dhaka court Monday rejected the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, who is the son of ruling Awami League-backed lawmaker Pinu Khan. Rony is in police custody for allegedly firing from a moving vehicle in the early hours of 14 April and killing two people in the city. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…

Rivers around the capital are gradually dying, as untreated industrial wastes, chemical garbage, sewage, domestic effluents and water vessel’s wastes are being dumped into them. This is also polluting the rivers and endangering public health and ecology. Besides, rampant encroachment and filling…

A letter giving death threats to Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and 23 others was received yesterday at the office of the DU vice-chancellor. The letter was sent by a group claiming to be ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team-13’ and used…

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted a charge-sheet against 13 people, including Tazreen Fashions managing director and owner Delwar Hossain, in a case filed over the devastating fire in the garment factory in Ashulia that claimed over 100 lives in 2012.  Taking cognisance of the charge-sheet, Judge…