A Dhaka court yesterday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on…

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana in a case filed over charges of terror financing, reports UNB. A High Court bench comprising Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque granted her the bail until the framing of charges against her. Earlier…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh will appoint  Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as the UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Youth…

The 14-party alliance, led by ruling Awami League, yesterday postponed its human chain programme scheduled to be held on February 24 in all district headquarters, reports UNB. The ruling alliance has postponed the programme for the preparations of the upcoming union parishad polls across the country,…

The European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) yesterday condemned the Sunday’s killing of a Hindu priest in the northern district of Panchagarh. In a statement, the EU, a bloc of 28 European nations, called upon the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to…

After six months of raising pay scale of civil bureaucracy, the cabinet yesterday approved the new pay scale for the members of the judicial service raising the current salary by nearly 100 percent to be effective from July 1, 2015. The salary of a Senior District Judge will be equivalent to the salary…

More than 10 million people in India's capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests. Much of New Delhi’s water supply was cut off yesterday after members of an influential Indian caste sabotaged a canal as part of protests seeking preferential…