The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have got mired in allegations of corruption and controversies after the government allocated Tk. 1,445 crore for the varsity under a mega project. The allocation, which is the biggest ever for a public university, was approved by the ECNEC to construct…

A case was filed against the editor and publisher of Prothom Alo, Matiur Rahman, in a court yesterday over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College…

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the presence of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar has been affecting the country’s ecosystem. “We have given shelter to 1.1 million forcefully displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar on 6,800 acres of our forest land in Cox’s Bazar. It's an…

The government has finally outlawed militant outfit ‘Allahr Dal’ as its activities are deemed to pose a threat to public security in the country. The Public Security Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs announced the ban in an order dated Tuesday. An order of the ministry reads, “It…