Rally of beggars?

It was called a national rally of beggars. But the crowd at the auditorium was formed by people from different walks of life. Only a few said they were actually beggars.
16 May 2015

Digital Sexual Harassment in Digital Bangladesh

In a society where violence against women in private and public spaces goes unpunished, is it any wonder that sexual harassment in the cyber domain continues to be firewalled?
15 May 2015

City contractor grabs part of Uttara Lake

While the government has taken a plan to develop Uttara Lake at the cost of Tk 35 crore, a city corporation contractor has been filling earth in the water body for the last two weeks.
15 May 2015

Two farmers killed in lightning

Two farmers were killed and another three injured in lightning strikes at Beldia in Sreepur of Gazipur yesterday.
15 May 2015

No step yet to salvage vessel from Shela River

Although six months have passed since a tourist vessel capsized in the Shela River in the Sundarbans, the authorities are yet to take
15 May 2015

Reduce cost of business

The upcoming budget should have measures to boost investment, reduce cost of business and support sectors affected by the recent political violence, said industrialists and economists yesterday.
15 May 2015

Bandarban deserves special budgetary allocation

A special budgetary allocation should be made for Bandarban, the most poverty stricken area of the country, which is lagging behind
14 May 2015

GCC contractor held over clash

A Gazipur City Corporation's listed contractor was arrested by police hours after a clash on Wednesday noon in the GCC building that left
14 May 2015

Gulshan, Niketan, Baridhara get 100 CCTV cameras

A total of 100 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were installed in the capital's Guslhan, Baridhara and Niketan yesterday with an
14 May 2015

Illegal Savar gas pipelines snapped

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd disconnected illegal gas pipeline at Harindhara of Hemayetpur in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday.
14 May 2015

Awareness must in protecting sexual minority people's rights

Building mass awareness is crucial in protecting the rights of sexual minorities, said discussants at a programme yesterday.
14 May 2015

Open air concert against sexual harassment today

An open air concert against sexual harassment will be held near TSC on the Dhaka University campus today from 4:00pm.
14 May 2015

Hawkers push pedestrians off footpaths in Ctg city

Almost all the footpaths along major thoroughfares in Chittagong city have been grabbed by hawkers, causing immense sufferings to pedestrians and creating crippling traffic congestion every day.
14 May 2015

Nor'westers, Moha disease affect Rajshahi, C'nawabganj dists' mango production

Although the overall mango production is likely to be good in the northern region, the production in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts may be hampered by unfavourable weather this year.
13 May 2015

ICT training launced for Savar women

A 15-day training on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for rural women was launched in Savar yesterday.
13 May 2015

Meghna Group sends help for Nepal earthquake victims

Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) donated 9,000 bottles of Fresh Drinking Water and 4,800kg of Fresh Flour for the Nepal earthquake victims on Tuesday, said a press rele
13 May 2015

Graft free DNCC, streetlights by Shab-e-Barat in South Dhaka

Newly elected Dhaka north Mayor Annisul Huq expressed his commitment to make the city corporation corruption free, while his
12 May 2015

Create ministerial div for plain land Adivasis

The Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples yesterday demanded creation of a division under the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs ministry to look after the welfare of indigenous people of plain land.
12 May 2015

Agitation on against cop brutality on protesters of sexual assault during Baishakh celebration

Police yesterday came under heavy criticism from platforms of professionals, teachers, human rights and left-leaning student bodies
12 May 2015

Rights and socio-political bodies condemn failure to arrest killers of bloggers

Three free thinkers have been hacked to death in less than three months while police are yet to arrest the real culprits behind the
12 May 2015