Thousands of people began to leave the capital yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their families and relatives at their country homes. As a result,…

Mizanur Rahman, acting managing director of Agrani Bank Ltd, was arrested yesterday (Thursday) by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), barely six hours…

Where is Kamrul Sikder, alias Abu Musa? The question doing the rounds is whether Musa, prime suspect in the murder of Mahamuda Khanam Mitu, wife of SP Babul Akter,  is alive or has he become a victim of forced disappearance. There are allegations that the police are trying to shield someone on…

The government has suspended Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka-5 Md Juel Rana for misconduct that includes bringing false allegations against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. A circular issued by the law ministry said that Judge Juel Rana had displayed audacious, out of beyond etiquette,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written a letter to Noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar, conveying a message of honest and sincere engagement with its neighbour. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, who is now in Myanmar as a Special Envoy to the Prime Minister, handed over the…