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Death anniversary

Today is the 8th death anniversary of Shahabuddin Musharraf Hossain Munir, a former senior economist of IMF and a
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Renowned educationist Md Nawab Ali Khan passed away at a city hospital due to old-age complications yesterday. He was 88. He was the founding Principal of Keshabpur Degree College, Jessore.
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Tofazzol Hossain Chunnu, sub-sector commander of Sector-11 during the Liberation War, died of massive heart attack
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Many terrorists on bail

A report in Prothom Alo has revealed an astonishing fact – a large number of suspected militants are arrested but then get bail because their bail pleas are not contested.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Rana Plaza disaster case

Government rule requiring its clearance to proceed against any government official is standing against the completion of the legal process of the Rana Plaza disaster.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

HC rejects writ petition seeking cancellation of medical admission tests

The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition which sought its order for instruction to cancel the medical admission test held on September 18 and to conduct a judicial inquiry into the test question leak allegation.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day today

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day is being observed today with due solemnity commemorating the sacrifice of the pro-democracy activist.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Begum Fazlatunnessa, wife of freedom fighter and late naval officer AM Ataul Haque, died at a Dhaka hospital last night, aged 80.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Enayetullah Khan, founding editor of the daily New Age and editor-in-chief of the weekly Holiday, says a press release.
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Asma Kibria passes away

Asma Kibria, widow of former finance minister and Awami League leader SAMS Kibria, dies of cardiac arrest at a Dhaka hospital.
9 November 2015, 06:12 AM

A long-awaited election

The November 8 election in Myanmar is a step forward and a significant improvement on the manifestly rigged affair in 2010.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Justice for Rajon and Rakib

The courts have awarded various degrees of punishment to most of the accused, including the maximum punishment to several of them, in the killing of two young boys in Sylhet and Khulna.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Jogomaya Dey, wife of Amrita Lal Dey and chairperson of Amrita Lal Dey and Co, died due to old-age complications at her Karikor Birri residence in Amrita Lal Dey Road yesterday. She was 84.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Ziafat

A Ziafat in memory of Abu Taher, son of late Yakub Ali, will be held tonight in his Eidgah residence in Chittagong after the Esha prayers.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Politically blessed grabbed legal hawkers' markets

The government must free of illegal occupation pedestrian passages, particularly those in the capital, to help public mobility, said Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain yesterday.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Hail, people!

It was the common people who played the key role to ensure justice for the gruesome murder of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Port city's gas crunch

For the past week, Chittagong city residents have been forced to choose alternative, albeit more expensive, fuel sources to cook.
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Action against District Judge

It is not very common to see a judge subjected to disciplinary action. Yet in what is a rare case, the law ministry has initiated disciplinary
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Rabeya Khatun, mother of Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Ltd Sakhawat Hossain, died of old-age
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Modhusudhan Roy

Modhusudhan Roy, former vice-president of Thakurgaon Lawyers' Association and district leader of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, died
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM