LGRD & Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the present Awami League government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should stay in the state power for two more consecutive terms to continue the ongoing pace of development and progress of the…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday called for changing patriarchal mindset to end violence against women, reports BSS. ”As patriarchal mindset exists strongly in society, it should be changed to stop violence on women,” he told the “Suriday Utsab Dhaka” held on the…

Pope Francis yesterday urged nations to act with “courage”, the day before UN talks aimed at saving mankind from the dire impacts of global warming enter their crunch phase, reports AFP from Le Bourget, France. Ministers begin a frenetic week of negotiations Monday to seal a historic 195-nation…

At least three people were killed and nine others hurt in separate road accidents in Jamalpur and Noakhali districts yesterday. In Jamalpur, two sisters were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Jamalpur-Dewanganj road at Kompopur area in sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased…

Former dictator and Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad, who seized power when he was the head of the army in a bloodless coup against President Abdus Sattar in 1982, yesterday wondered whether democracy exists in Bangladesh. Ershad was in power till 1990, when he was forced to resign following a popular…

Newly elected Member of Parliament from Moulvibazar-3 constituency Syeda Saira Mohsin was sworn in yesterday, reports UNB. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the Awami League MP at a simple ceremony at her office, said a Parliament Secretariat press release. Syeda Saira Mohsin,…

Oishee Rahman, who was recently handed a death sentence by the trial court for killing her parents---Mahfuzur Rahman and Swapna Rahman---in 2013, filed an appeal with the High Court yesterday seeking acquittal. In her appeal, Oishee has also sought bail from the High Court in connection with the case.…

About 700 businessmen at Hatgopalpur Bazaar in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah have called an indefinite strike protesting attack on business establishments…

A court in Mymensingh sent a union parishad chairman of Gafargaon upazila to jail yesterday. Police on Saturday arrested Md Shahidur Rahman, chairman of Saltia Union Parishad and ex-president of BNP union unit from his Shulahashia residence in Gafargaon municipality and produced him before the Mymenshigh…

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local people ‘centering seizure of smuggled goods’ in Kashipur border area of Sharsha upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB from Benapole. The injured were identified as Abdul Mannan, 50, Anisur…

Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in the district yesterday demanding that the government impose a ban on plying of human haulers on the highways, reports UNB from Panchagarh. Apel Mahmud, general secretary of Panchagarh Transport Owners Association, said they have called the…

A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing a friend to death at Haripur in Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were Sujan Ali, 18, a first-year student of Amla Government College, and his friend Palash, 22. Witnesses said Palash intercepted Sujan and stabbed…

Rangpur Riders secured a facile six-wicket win over Dhaka Dynamites, displaying an outright supremacy in every sector in their BPL match yesterday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The fifth victory in the eighth match, propelled Shakib Al Hasan’s side to the second position behind Comilla…

Police yesterday detained two students of Dhaka University following a complaint filed by a female student of the university for ‘harassing her sexually’, reports UNB. The detainees are Ashfaque Al Noor, a master’s degree student of History Department and Asad Shah, a 4th year student…

Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) director general Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed yesterday said drugs are not only being smuggled by land but also by air and waterways. He was speaking to the media on completion of three years as the BGB chief at the city's Pilkhana headquarters. He said although the BGB has…

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday served show-cause notices on three ruling party lawmakers for violating election code of conduct. The parliamentarians are MA Malek (Dhaka-20), Shafiqul Islam Shimul (Natore-2) and Showkat Hasanur Rahman (Barguna-2). They have been asked to explain within three…