BNP yesterday alleged that the government has now brought militancy issue in the limelight ahead of the Prime Minister’s India tour as part of its plot of to implement an evil design, reports UNB. “The government has set up a trap by bringing the militancy issue in the forefront as it’s…

Bangladesh has intensified its diplomatic efforts to get UN recognition for March 25 as Mass Killing Day commemorating the atrocities and mass killing committed by Pakistani occupation forces in 1971, reports UNB from Chittagong. “Though it’s a time-consuming process but it’s not impossible,”…

The High Court yesterday summoned two policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Madaripur Sadar Police Station, to appear before it on March 29 over keeping two women detained for long after detaching their children on breast milk, reports UNB.  An HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and…

Journalists serving in mainstream print and electronic media will stage a street march towards Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today protesting the delay in constituting the ninth wage board as pledged by authorities, reports BSS. A press release signed by BFUJ secretary general Omar Farooque, said…

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that BNP is pampering extremist forces sensing it that people will not vote for it in the next general election, reports UNB from Bramanbaria. While talking to reporters after visiting the damaged Shahbajpur Bridge on Dhaka-Sylhet highway…

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against 11 people, including four secretaries, for not complying with its earlier order to demolish illegal structures constructed at Saint Martin’s Island without environmental clearance, reports UNB. The HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul…

A disaster response committee will be formed at every ward of 11 city corporations by May 31 next aiming to cope with any disaster aftermath, said Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzel Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday, reports UNB. “Ward-based disaster response committees will be formed…

A customs intelligence team yesterday seized a luxury vehicle from controversial businessperson Moosa bin Shamsher. A black Range Rover SUV was seized…

The police allegedly violated the Women & Children Repression Prevention Act 2000 by not registering a case in connection with a rape in Savar yesterday. According to local sources, Aminul Islam Baten, a teacher of the Sunrise International School at Sadhollapur village in the Birulia Union Parishad…