The Election Commission (EC) yesterday requested the top political leaders, including the heads of political parties, not to violate the electoral code of conduct in the upcoming municipality polls. Though the heads of political parties can participate in the campaign for the municipal elections, the…

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman has said the challenges faced by the country's civic and political rights must be addressed. His comments came at the plenary session on ‘Consultation on second cycle of UPR Recommendations: Status of its Implementation,’…

A total of 459 answer sheets of the recently concluded Primary School Certificate (PSC) examinations were burnt in a mysterious fire in the sadar upazila complex in Sylhet on Saturday morning, reports UNB. A total of 450 teachers started checking the PSC answer sheets at sadar upazila complex on December…

The High Court (HC) yesterday fixed December 9 for passing its order on a revision petition filed by Selina Hossain Beauty, wife of slain councillor Nazrul Islam, seeking its directive for further investigation into the seven-murder case in Narayanganj. The HC bench, comprising justices M Enayetur Rahim…

The Indian and Pakistani national security advisers met in Bangkok yesterday to discuss regional security and their Kashmir dispute, a joint statement said, as the two countries seek a thaw in frosty relations. The meeting, which was originally set to be held in August but cancelled by New Delhi, came…

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday fined Dhanmondi’s Labaid Hospital Tk 10 lakh for keeping unauthoried medicines. RAB Executive Magistrate Firoz Alam said a ‘huge amount’ of 26 types of unauthorised medicines were found during the search that lasted around four…