Left-leaning Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) has apparently fallen into deep waters again with the Awami League central leaders and a Jatiya Party top leader supporting AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam who termed JSD a party of hypocrites. JSD leaders, however, termed the Ashraf comments a…

Formal transshipment between Bangladesh and India will begin from Thursday. A Bangladeshi ship carrying 1,000 tonnes of corrugated iron sheets, which will be transported to the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura, will arrive at Ashuganj port this afternoon. The goods will be unloaded at Ashuganj…

Excessive pressure at the Mubarakpur gas field has again put exploration work on hold, delaying the possibility of finding gas reserves there. As a result, state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (BAPEX) is planning to set up bigger surface facilities to identify whether the…

Two alleged murderers of a newly elected union parishad (UP) chairman were killed in a gunfight with the police in Joypurhat Sadar upazila early yesterday. They were identified as Shohel Rana (25) and Monir Hossain (26). Police officials claimed that Rana and Monir were allegedly involved in the murder…

Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, press secretary to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has been sued for torturing his wife, police said. Tania Khan, wife of Maruf Kamal Khan, filed a criminal case with Mohammadpur Police Station on Monday night, Jamal Uddin Mir, officer-in-charge of the police station, said. Tania…