Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Her morning started like many other housemaids on that January day in 2011. But she accidentally broke a water glass. That would prove to be a fatal event. Her employer beat her and denied any treatment to the severely injured girl.

The ruling Awami League has decided to draw a distinction between the party and the government and accordingly dropped 10 ministers and state

The government has made a fresh move to form South Asian Taskforce to contain militancy and extremism.

The Awami League is planning a grand triennial council at the Suhrawardy Udyan with an estimated cost of Tk 10 crore.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will raise the issue of India's decision made in July to shift the fence along the border to the

The home minister and the shipping minister yesterday acknowledged that extortion was rampant in transport sector. But both spoke of warning the extortionists instead of going straight into action against them.

The ruling Awami League is going to hold its 20th tri-annual council in late October, keeping the next general election in mind.

With the directive to make an all-out effort to combat militancy and terrorism, the deputy commissioners returned to their work stations from the capital as the annual conference of the DCs ended yesterday. Though the conference was supposed to give priority to their problems in implementing government decisions at the grassroots level, the issue of terrorism and militancy dominated the four-day conference that began in the capital on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there might be attacks next month on some renowned educational institutions to create a hostage situation in efforts to free war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali, a Jamaat leader.

Law enforcement and government officials will not be allowed to be posted in the smuggling-prone border areas for more than a year.

Every month, a union parishad chairman gets only Tk 1,575 as honorarium from the government. He gets another Tk 2,000 from his UP. During his five-year-tenure, he would receive around Tk 2.14 lakh. He does not get any other pay and perks.

The repatriation of Sonu, the “trafficked” Indian boy, hangs in the balance due to legal obligations.

The government has asked the law enforcement agencies to keep a close eye on the network of Peace school and colleges across the country to see if they propagate in favour of militancy.

The Olama League has all along been claiming to be an affiliated body of the Awami League, and issuing media statements and holding programmes using that identity.

Frustration and resentment have created divisions within some left political parties in the Awami League-led 14 party alliance over the question of parting with the government and the alliance.

Two Bangladeshis are working as security guards for absconding Paresh Barua, commander-in-chief of the military wing of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), according to a report of an intelligence agency.

The government moves to create at least 10 divisions under five ministries soon as part of its efforts to accelerate the pace of work in the civil administration and accommodate additional officials at different tiers of bureaucracy.

The Awami League has set July 10-11 as the new dates for its 20th triennial council, extending the tenure of the existing central committee by three more months.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment and concern over the Bangladesh Bank heist, said sources.

Despite appeals by Hasanul Haq Inu, the dissidents of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) stick to their decision to go on with their own faction, saying they are the "real JSD".