The Election Commission (EC) said they would take into consideration only specific allegations, not vague charges, against candidates in the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) polls scheduled on March 22. “The allegations have to be specific and must mention the place of incidence, persons involved…

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against Shahadat Hossain, a suspended national cricket team player, and his wife Nitto in a case filed for allegedly torturing their 11-year-old domestic help, reports UNB. Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 Tanzina Ismail framed…

A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) yesterday seeking a restriction on publishing or broadcasting statements of former Supreme Court judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury about the judiciary. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate SM Zulfiqur Ali filed the petition with the related branch of…

Thirteen policemen, including Tangail acting police super and its additional police super, have been blamed for the ‘police firing’ on some demonstrators in Kalihati upazila of the district that left four people dead in September last year, reports UNB. Two probe reports submitted by police…

The United States and Russia announced yesterday that a landmark “cessation of hostilities” in war-torn Syria will take effect on February 27 (Saturday), reports AFP from Washington. In a joint statement, the two countries said Saturday's partial truce would begin at midnight Damascus…

Non-MPO teachers yesterday went on a fast-unto-death strike in the capital demanding that their job be brought under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) facilities, reports UNB. Under the banner of Non-MPO Bangladesh Shikkhak Oikya Parishad, the teachers were observing the indefinite hunger strike in front…

Food scientists have emphasised the importance of setting up an international standard ‘Food Safety and Quality Training Centre’ in the country with a view to increase the supply of safe food. They were speaking at a workshop on ‘Bangladesh Food Laboratories Conclave’ jointly…