Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down hard on those rights bodies that remained silent over the killing of Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 Manjurul Islam Liton, reports UNB. “These days, we often see hue and cry when even a small incident happens. But when an MP was killed, neither…

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that Awami League has made President’s dialogue initiative ‘controversial’ as it wants to cling to power by creating political instability in the country, reports UNB. “Awami League won’t be able to stay…

A Dhaka court yesterday sent national cricketer Arafat Sunny to jail rejecting his bail pleas in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jakir Hossain Tipu passed the order when police produced him before his court on completion…

A 48-hour transport strike in 21 southern-western districts have been called off following a four-hour meeting between leaders of the Malik Sramik Oikya Parishad and three ministers at the Secretariat yesterday. The Parishad, a platform of vehicle owners and workers, had called a strike on Monday in…

Munira Ahmed, a 32-year-old freelancer from Queens, has become the face of resistance to the Trump administration, her image carried by thousands of protesters in Saturday’s massed marches in opposition to the newly elected president, The Guardian reports. The image, which shows the Bangladeshi…

A mobile court yesterday fined Holcim cement factory in Mongla Port Tk 1.5 lakh for disposing waste from their factory illegally into the Poshur River and for not printing the maximum retail price on cement bags. Executive Magistrate of Bagerhat District Administration, Nazim Uddin fined the factory…