BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday left Dhaka for Bangkok for health check up and medical treatment. Mirza Alamgir along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Bangkok at 11:20am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said BNP chairperson's…

Ganashasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday suggested Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to apologise to the nation for its anti-liberation war role in 1971. At a discussion in presence of Jamaat Nayeb-e-ameer Mia Ghulam Parwar, he said, "Jamaat is one of the key allies of the 20-party.…

A woman, set on fire allegedly by her in-laws, died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Saji Khatun, 32, wife of Surman Mandal of Talimnagar village in Bera upazila. SM Moinuddin, inspector of Aminpur Police Station, said Saji succumbed to her injuries…

The High Court yesterday asked Green Line Paribahan to pay within May 22 either the rest of Tk 45 lakh or at least a partial amount as compensation to Russel Sarkar, who lost his leg in an accident in the capital’s Dholaipar on April 28 last year involving a bus of the company. A bench of Justice…

The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 8:30am on the Eid day. However, the jamaat will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 9am in case of inclement weather. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Religious…

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate's court yesterday sent Supreme Court (SC) lawyer and writer Imtiaz Mahmud to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communications Technology Act with Khagrachari Sadar police station. According to the case details, the case was filed in 2017 with Khagrachhari…