After harmful toxins were found in soft drinks produced by two major multinational companies—PepsiCo and Coca Cola—in India, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has decided to test all soft drinks marketed in the country. “I am not very much aware of the developments…

The condition of Khadiza Akter Nargis, a Sylhet college student who was brutally hacked by a local Chhatra League leader last Monday, is now stable, hospital sources said yesterday. She is still being kept at the intensive care unit of Square Hospital in the city, they said. However, Khadiza is not…

The Appellate Division yesterday stayed till October 30 a High Court verdict that had directed the government to recognise 2,367 members of the guerrilla force, who participated in the country’s War of Liberation in 1971, as freedom fighters. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan…

BNP vice-chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain yesterday accused the government of killing the suspected militants unlawfully, and likened it to crime against humanity, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, he also alleged that the government is staging a drama by resorting to ‘extrajudicial’…

Shipping minister Shajahan Khan yesterday directed the authorities concerned to stop sand, brick, and stone businesses on the banks of the city’s rivers with immediate effect. “The city’s rivers will be cleared of encroachers, no matter how powerful they may be. Legal action will be…