Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the country’s businesspersons to stay alert against the propaganda now being carried out against…

The Supreme Court (SC) has observed that a High Court bench issued an absolutely illegal order, directing the Artha Rin Adalat (Money Loan Court) to decree the suits in a specified manner. This has eroded the confidence of the litigants and will have the effect of undermining the credibility of the…

A man believed to be a Rohingya refugee has been killed in a suspected landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, officials said yesterday. Nearly a million of the Rohingya Muslim minority live in camps in southeast Bangladesh after fleeing military violence in Myanmar and typically use…

A 13-year-old girl became the latest victim of dengue at the Millennium Heart and General Hospital in the capital yesterday. She has been identified as…

The Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled the licences of 21 organisations for producing substandard products. Talking to The Independent, BSTI deputy director (CM) Riajul Haque said the organisation had cancelled a total of 31 licences. Among them, 10 organizsations have…