The government is going to set up seven more special anti-terrorism tribunals at five divisional headquarters in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur to try arson cases against leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, sources said yesterday. The…

Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque has expressed optimism that the Teesta water sharing agreement will be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India in the first half of April. “We are hopeful,” he told reporters last night after holding a bilateral meeting with his…

 Police yesterday arrested Anwarul Haq Rana, a suspected killer of lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton, from Dhaka. During a press conference at the office of the Gaibandha superintendent of police, Gaibandha SP Ashraful Islam said Rana will soon be produced in court. Police had earlier arrested three…

Economists and businessmen expressed concern over the proposed gas price hike, pointing out that it would have a detrimental impact on investment and industrialisation. “The hike would hinder the overall growth capacity of the country's economy,” Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of…