Awami League ministers yesterday urged people to be united and build social resistance against violence against children across the country. They said people must stand up against the brutality and abominable activities against children and stop this immediately. The ministers were addressing various…

The indigenous people of Bangladesh and human rights activists at a seminar yesterday demanded constitutional recognition of ethnic rights and wanted immediate end to the repression of minorities ahead of the World Indigenous Day on August 9. Speakers on the occasion urged the government to ensure ethnic…

Bangladesh is sending lifesaving medicines, worth about Tk one crore, for the flood-hit people of Myanmar, reports UNB. The medicines, weighing about one tonnes, were sent to Myanmar through a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 12.30 pm today, sources at the Prime Minister’s Office said. On Wednesday,…

BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubul Rahman yesterday accused the government of obstructing the opposition’s democratic rights to hold rallies and meetings, reports UNB. “Now we have to hold indoor programmes. Our rights to hold rallies, meetings, and other constitutional…

More than 40,000 inhabitants of the 111 former Indian enclaves in four districts inside Bangladesh are now dreaming of better life and civics amenities for their families and children. For more than six decades, they were deprived of modern civic facilities, as they did not have identity of citizenship…

Ferry services has not yet resumed on Bhola-Laxmipur route, which was snapped due to collapse of two-km approach road to Ilisha terminal on July 25 by the Meghna River erosion.  Immediately after the suspension of the ferry services Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed visited the spot and directed the…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu here on yesterday said the government will show no leniency to anyone over child repression, reports UNB from Kushtia. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after attending a seminar in Bheramara upazila marking the Breast Feeding Week. Inu, also…

Advocate M Mokaddes Ali, Mayor of Sirajganj Municipality and also General Secretary of Sirajganj District BNP has been temporarily suspended from his mayoral post for negligence in duty and absence at work place for a long time. Panel Mayor Selim Ahmed has replaced him as an Acting Mayor, Abu Nur Md…

About 709 persons received legal aid in Tangail in 2014 under National Legal Aid Sangstha.  It was disclosed during an opinion exchange meeting held on the premises of the office of chief judicial magistrate court on Wednesday.  Legal Aid officer of Tangail district and senior Assistant Judge…

The country received $1.387billion in remittance in July of the current year, reports UNB. Bangladesh Bank statistics reveal that the four state-owned commercial banks—Agrani, Janata, Rupali and Sonali—received $413.65 million from the expatriate Bangladeshis while four state-owned specialised…

A work abstention programme enforced by Truck-Tank Lorry Worker’s Union in the district led to the suspension of loading and unloading of goods at Ashuganj port from yesterday morning, reports UNB from Brahmanbaria. The union has enforced the work abstention in protest against the grabbing of…

A woman, along with her infant son, allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of an express train in Raipura upazila yesterday morning, police said. Quoting witnesses and the station master, railway police said Murshida Begum, 23, was waiting with her son, Arifin, 2, near the outer signal point…