International Women’s Day will be observed across the country and elsewhere today. The theme this year is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up…

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday hoped that the Supreme Court will uphold the death sentence of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, reports UNB.  “Like other cases, we’ve submitted our arguments in written in this case, too. We hope the court will deliver fair justice tomorrow,”…

A legal notice was served asking Food Minister Quamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque to explain their position over making comments on the appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and the chief justice. Advocate SM Julfiqar Ali, a Supreme Court lawyer, sent the notice asking them to reply…

This year, 13 persons and an institution for public service have been nominated for Swadhinata Padak, the country's highest civil award. The Cabinet Division took the decision yesterday (Monday). They include finance minister Abdul Maal Abdul Muhith for mobilising  public opinion abroad for…

Leaders of the BNP are not sure whether foreign guests could attend the party national council on March 19 at such short notice. The party received permission for the venue two days ago and has just started sending out invitations, according to BNP sources.   The international sub-committee…

Noted filmmaker and painter Khalid Mahmood Mithu died yesterday after a tree fell on him in Dhanmondi area of the capital yesterday. He was 56. The accident…

A suicide bomber killed 13 people and injured 23 in northwest Pakistan yesterday, in an attack which the Taliban said was revenge for the hanging of an Islamist assassin last week, reports AFP from Peshawar. The bomber attacked as lawyers and litigants were arriving at a court complex during the morning…