The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to take steps to ensure security to the witnesses of criminal cases. In response to a writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty issued…

Jumatul Wida, the last Juma prayer during the holy month of Ramadan, will be observed across the country today with due solemnity and religious fervor, reports UNB. Thousands of Muslim devotees will attend the Juma prayers at different mosques, seeking divine blessings for peace and progress of Bangladesh…

Global technology giant Microsoft would forecast about any probable threat for Bangladesh to keep its cyber space secure. To this effect, the government and Microsoft signed an agreement yesterday. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and Microsoft Bangladesh…

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, has expressed concern over human rights abuse in the country. It said in a report that at least 79 people were killed in police custody over the past six months. The rights body yesterday (Thursday) released the report on human rights…

It was an attack that echoed the carnage earlier this year at the Brussels airport, down to the taxi that carried the men to their target: Inciting panic and then taking lethal advantage, three suicide attackers unleashed a deadly tide of bullets and bombs at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, leaving…

At least 30 policemen were killed yesterday and 52 wounded after a bomb attack claimed by the Taliban struck a convoy of buses transporting police cadets in Kabul, the interior ministry said, reports AFP, Kabul. The attack comes little over a week after 14 Nepali security guards who were heading to…

For the first time in the country’s history, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) generated electricity beyond the 9000-megawatt (MW) yesterday. The BPDB generated 9036-megawatt (MW) electricity yesterday evening, breaking its previous record of producing the highest volume of electricity…

The United States Department of State yesterday announced Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) group. The AQIS has claimed responsibility of some recent killings of Bangladeshi activists and writers including…