34 ‘militants’ among 3,245 held

Law enforcers arrested 3,245 people from different parts of the country on the third day of the anti-militancy and anti-terror drive. Among them, 34 were…

UN concerned over ‘growing incidents of killings’

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has expressed deep concern over increased number of killings of freethinkers, religious minorities and LGBT activists in Bangladesh. Noting the recent police arrests, he called for bringing the perpetrators to justice fully…

Prof Maniruzzaman Miah passes away

Professor M Maniruzzaman Miah, a noted educationist and former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday, reports…

Meena Bazar fined over cigarette advert

A mobile court yesterday fined the Mohammadpur outlet of mega shop Meena Bazar in the capital for selling frozen meat and displaying advertisements for…

Gunman was ‘cool and calm’

While the bodies of Omar Mateen's victims were removed from Pulse nightclub overnight, investigators worked Monday to determine what motivated the…

Troops will be sent to KSA, if needed

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday that armed forces would be sent to Saudi Arabia to protect two holy mosques—Al-Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) in Mecca and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina—if needed. She told this to ministers at a cabinet meeting…

BTRC to serve notices on GP, ADN, Agni

Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday decided to serve show cause notices on Grameenphone (GP), ADN Telecom and Agni Systems asking the companies why they should not be fined for providing ‘Go Broadband’ services illegally to customers. According to a BTRC senior official,…

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