BNP leaders aspiring for important posts in the party are lobbying with the top hierarchy, including senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in London. Many of them are interested in either getting a place in the standing committee or a post as joint secretary general. Some of them are also lobbying for…

The Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd (CDDL), an enterprise of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC), will become a military enterprise soon, sources in the industries ministry have said. It will reportedly be used to dock  two submarines to be procured for the Navy from China this year. The…

Chief Justice Surendra Kumkar Sinha yesterday said it is very difficult for the apex court judges to write all verdicts in Bangla. “The apex court judges often have to write around 100 verdicts a day. If they have to write all of these verdicts in Bangla, it would be very difficult for the judges.…

Ten people have died in caste protests which triggered widespread arson and looting in a north Indian state, police said Sunday, as New Delhi faced a water crisis after mobs shut down a key supply. Thousands of troops with shoot-on-sight orders were deployed on Saturday in Haryana state, a day after…

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based global rights body, has said Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country's leading newspapers, reports UNB. "Bangladesh should repeal its criminal…

Two middle-aged men were murdered, allegedly by their nephews and the latter’s henchmen, in Manikganj district yesterday morning. The motive was apparently to settle an old dispute over property and borrowed money. The victims—Aziz Molla, 50, and his brother Tendul Molla, 45—lived…

Five Bangladeshi nationals, including a couple, were killed and three others injured in two road accidents in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, reports UNB. Of them, four were killed in an accident in Al Kharj city. The deceased were identified as Abbas Ali, 45, his wife Rehana, 32, residents of Bhogti village…