The Supreme Court (SC) in a full verdict has dissolved a long-pending issue by giving judges six months to put their signature on the copies of a verdict…

Two ancient swords have been stolen from poet Rabindranath Tagore’s historic Shilaidaha Kuthibari in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia, reports UNB. Kuthibari is the place where Rabindranath Tagore lived a part of his life and composed some of his memorable poems while living here. A source at the…

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said that all programmes celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, must be ended by 5pm to avoid any untoward incident. “We've imposed a ban on wearing masks and playing vuvuzela during Mongol Shobhajatra—a rally for the welfare of the…

The alliance partners of the ruling Awami League (AL) have blamed the Election Commission (EC) for massive irregularities and violence in the first and second phases of the union parishad (UP) elections. The polls are being held in six phases. Talking to this correspondent, the top leadership of the…

The High Court yesterday ruled that after the death of a person, the money deposited in his/her accounts would go to their heirs instead of nominees. After making a rule absolute, the HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury said that as per the law the nominee is…