Denouncing the arrest of BNP activists, the party's vice-chairman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, has said that Prime Minister Shekh Hasina has turned the country into a jail. “What do you want to achieve by carrying out such  mass arrests,” he asked addressing the Prime Minister. At a meeting…

Residents of Tejgaon allege that the area has become a safe haven for muggers with no strong action from the law enforcers. Local police, however, have denied the allegation and claimed that mugging has almost come down to a naught. Nurul Afsar, joint convener of Tejgaon Sports Club, told The Independent…

It was just after sunset when the first hazard came dimly into view. Peering through wire-rim glasses into the inky-black waters of Bangladesh’s…