The government is going to abolish Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (Amendment) Act, 2013, by enacting a new law named ‘Digital Security Act, 2016’, which has been prepared by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division. The draft of the Digital…

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday released video footages of six suspected killers of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, reports UNB. Deputy Commissioner…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused again the then BNP-Jamaat government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that though this grisly attack jolted world conscience, the conscience of the BNP leader or her party was not stirred in this incident,…

The proposed hike in gas prices has sparked a heated debate at the policymaking level. While the energy regulator and the Power Division want the prices to remain the same, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) favours a hike. The differences surfaced during a high-level meeting at the Prime…

A Chinese economic and industrial zone in Chittagong and two garment industrial parks will be the focus of the discussions at the Bangladesh-China Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting to be held today, well-placed sources in the government have said. According to these sources, China is keen to invest…