Tourism industry turned into threat for Adivasis

The tourism industry has appeared more as a threat to indigenous peoples' cultural integrity and to their right to the land and forest
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Probir still not feeling safe

Senior journalist Probir Sikdar is still apprehensive of moving freely.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Ctg students protest VAT on private university tuition fees

Students of eight private universities of Chittagong yesterday protested the government's decision to impose 7.5 percent VAT on their
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Mass hysteria sends fifteen schoolgirls to Barisal hospital

At least 15 schoolgirls of Durgapasa High School in Chanpasa village of Barisal were admitted to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Transport workers go on strike in all Ctg districts

Chittagong regional committee of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Shramik Federation enforced an indefinite strike in the five districts of
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Catherine Masud urges chief justice to expedite trials

Catherine Masud, widow of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud, yesterday urged the chief justice to take measures to expedite trial
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Assault on journos: EC seeks withdrawal of deputy director

The Election Commission urges the government to withdraw its deputy director who beat up two journalists at his office.
20 August 2015, 09:19 AM

The way they get hearing hamstrung

If you observe their activities, you would hardly believe that they are taking part in a court hearing.
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM

'I was mentally tortured'

Some top cops in Faridpur threatened journalist Probir Sikdar, who lost a leg in an attack in 2001, that they would make sure that he lose the other leg, he told a court yesterday.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Chhatra League activists killed

A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader was killed in a “gunfight” between his associates and Rab members in the capital's Hazaribagh area early yesterday, around 12 hours after he and his friends allegedly beat a teenage boy to death.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

CCC mayor stresses master plan for urbanisation

Without a master plan a planned urbanisation is impossible, said Chittagong City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

2cr Bangladeshis suffer from kidney ailments

Nearly two crore people have been suffering from kidney related ailments across the country, said heath experts at a seminar yesterday.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Committee to Protect Journalists seeks Probir's release

Noting that journalists in Bangladesh have faced heightened pressure for critical reporting on the authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the immediate release of journalist Probir Sikdar and investigation into the threats he faced.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Deadly Bangkok blast kills 19

A bomb exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, yesterday killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 120.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

British state minister for int'l development due on Sunday

British Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne is expected to arrive in Bangladesh for a three-day official visit
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Doa mahfil

Mahboob Rahman Mani, younger son of former minister M Matiur Rahman, died in a car accident in Dallas, USA on August 3 and was
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Returnee domestic workers from KSA speak of torture

At least seven female migrants returned in the last two weeks while another 24 are seeking government assistance to be repatriated after quitting jobs as domestic helps in Saudi Arabia alleging they fell ill after facing abuse and excessive workload.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Army gunfight: Body of 5 Rangamati criminals handed over to families

Bodies of the five armed criminals, killed during Saturday's gunfight between an unknown gang and army at Baradam of Rangamati's Baghaichhari upazila, were handed over to their families yesterday, police said.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi College defying admission rules

The administration of Rajshahi College has allegedly violated the education ministry's order for enrolling class XI students to the 50 newly introduced seats under the English version category.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt univ teachers start striking countrywide

Teachers from all 37 public universities in the country abstained from work for three hours yesterday protesting the proposed eighth national payscale and demanding a separate one for them.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM