Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday slammed those seeking constitutional amendment again, saying that these people were either advisers to military…

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was murdered following a factional feud at Madan Mohan College in Sylhet yesterday. The deceased, Abdul Ali, was a student of Class XII of the college and a member of the Chhatra League faction called Kashmir group led by Bidhan Kumar Saha. Police said…

Exclusion of Bangladesh from the generalised system of preference (GSP) is not because of any political reason. The US Ambassador to Dhaka, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, made the comment at a briefing after visiting two RMG factories in Gazipur yesterday. She came up with the observation in response…

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Bangladesh to stop promoting self-censorship for expressing opinion. “Bangladesh authorities should unequivocally declare their commitment to free speech, instead of proposing self-censorship,” said the HRW in a statement on Tuesday. The killing of…

India’s government is seeking damages of nearly $100 million from Nestle for “unfair trade practices” after the food safety watchdog banned its hugely popular Maggi noodles brand, reports AFP from New Delhi. The government said yesterday it has filed a suit with the country’s…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its order in the contempt of court rule against the daily Janakantha Editor Mohammad Atiquallah Khan Masud and Executive Editor Swadesh Roy. According to an earlier court order, both the editor and executive editor of the daily will have to be…

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher Ruhul Amin Khandakar to three years’ imprisonment for desiring the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Facebook post. In absentia of the accused, Dhaka Additional Chief Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamal passed the verdict.…