The judiciary was at the centre of political discourse for some landmark judgments delivered in 2016. These included a contempt of court verdict against two ministers, war crimes cases against Motiur Rahman Nizami and Mir Quasem Ali, cancellation of the 16th Amendment, the Supreme Court’s (SC's)…

People yesterday bid farewell to 2016 and welcomed New Year 2017 through various programmes across the country. With the authorities imposing a ban on…

Like previous years, Bangladesh’s diplomatic front experienced ups and downs in 2016. In the last 12 months, there were diplomatic success like the visits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States Secretary of State John Kerry. At the same time, there were also challenges like tackling…

A woman was shot dead when miscreants attacked a Bangladesh Awami League (AL) leader in Shitalbari area in Khulna city yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sipra Rani Kundu, 50, wife of Chitta Ranjan Kundu, deputy general manager of Shilpa Bank Khulna branch. Six masked miscreants…

Over-taxation has paralysed the state-owned Petrobangla, eating up a lion's share of its income and pushing it into debt to the National Board of Revenue (NBR). Because of such high taxation, Petrobangla owes Tk. 22,000 crore to NBR. Najibur Rahman, chairman of NBR, yesterday said the board was…

Naypyidaw has not yet made any official contact with Dhaka with regard to taking back 2,415 Myanmar nationals, commonly known as Rohingyas, from Bangladesh. Quoting a senior official of the Myanmar foreign ministry, Reuters ran a report on Friday that the country, formerly known as Burma, plans to take…