An alleged drug dealer and his driver were shot dead at Nimtala in Jessore’s Chaugachha upazila early yesterday. The police and the duo’s relatives claimed they died in a gunfight with other criminals. Axar Ali, 45, the alleged drug trader, was the son of Abdus Sattar of Baro Kabilpur. His…

Bangladeshi teenager Sharmin Akter, a winner of the 2017 International Women of Courage award from the US State Department, yestersaid girls should not lose their confidence in avoiding early and forced marriage, reports UNB. "The recognition of my protest against early marriage is an achievement…

Unidentified miscreants defaced Pohela Boishakh wall murals created by students of Chittagong University’s (CU) Fine Arts Institute on Chatteshwari Road in Chittagong yesterday. According to the students, the miscreants had smeared burnt oil on the institute’s walls decorated with traditional…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, yesterday, released the copy of its verdict permitting the admission of students at all private law universities, except Darul Ihsan. The four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha had, on December 10, delivered the verdict after disposing of several…