Notwithstanding allegations of irregularities in the dredger  procurement project, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the procurement of 20 dredgers and other necessary machineries worth Tk. 2,048 crore at a meeting yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,…

Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said actions will be taken under the country’s existing laws against those who hurts any religious belief through their writing in blogs or other media, reports UNB. “Each person will follow his own religion. We will take action under the existing…

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) yesterday declared the death sentence to Sheikh Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. It also sentenced Khan Akram Hossain to jail till death in the same case and abated proceedings against another…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed private satellite television channel Ekattor TV to submit the video footage of a talk show and a report aired by it on the conversation between two SC judges. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra…

Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said law-enforcing agencies have crossed the line marking failure, over arresting the killers involving in repeated murder of bloggers, reports UNB. “Bloggers are being killed one after another. Failures of the law-enforcement agencies have…

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why a directive should not be issued to formulate a law on children’s carrying of schoolbags weighing more than 10 per cent of their body weight. The secretary of the law and education ministries, director general…

At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast in a part of northeast Nigeria frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists yesterday, reports AFP. The explosion ripped through the weekly market in the village of Sabon Gari, around 135 kilometres (85 miles) south of Borno state capital…

Home minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said the NDA government wants to completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border as illegal immigration was a matter of serious concern, reports PTI from New Delhi. "We want to take all possible steps to check illegal immigration. All loopholes have to be plugged,"…