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

Bangladesh police to probe how brutality victims attacked cops while protesting sexual assault

Amid widespread criticism over Sunday's police brutality on Chhatra Union activists, Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday formed a committee to investigate how protesters made it to Minto Road from Dhaka University crossing several barricades and "attacked" on-duty cops.
11 May 2015

Shelling by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 2 Bangladeshi expatriates in KSA

Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed in Saudi Arabia's border city of Najran in mortar shell attacks launched by Yemen's Houthi
11 May 2015

One victim's wife doesn't trust DB's charge sheet

A no confidence (naraji) petition was filed with a court yesterday against the charge sheet submitted by the detectives dropping names of five accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
11 May 2015

Apex Footwear rebuts allegation of refusal to give maternity leave

Apex Footwear Limited yesterday issued a press statement in relation to Saturday's incident when a female worker, allegedly denied of
11 May 2015

Appeal for help

Gulzar Rahman, 69, a retired assistant controller of Dhaka University, has been suffering from acute heart disease and asthma for several
11 May 2015

HC asks Buet to allow expelled BCL men to attend classes

The High Court directs Buet authorities to allow its four expelled students, also leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, to avail all student facilities including attending classes and examinations.
11 May 2015

HC summons Apex boss, staff

The High Court yesterday summoned on May 24 three officials of a footwear factory in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila to explain their role
10 May 2015

Three tiger cubs die in Cox's Bazar

All three cubs of tigress Jyoti born in Dulahazara Safari park in Cox's Bazar have died.
10 May 2015

CAAB staff's detention triggers chaos at airport

Chaos erupted at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday after security staff of Civil Aviation Authority of
10 May 2015

Rapid steps to be taken for implementation

Rapid steps will be taken to implement the Land Boundary Agreement after discussions between Bangladesh and India, said Indian High
10 May 2015

Protest against sexual assault during Baishakh celebration met with police brutality

Police yesterday used brute force to crush a demonstration against their failures to make any arrest over the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault on women.
10 May 2015

17 Myanmar citizens among 142 held

Police in overnight drives arrested 142 people including 17 Myanmar citizens in different upazilas of Chittagong yesterday.
10 May 2015

Cut vacation in half

Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer
10 May 2015

Cut summer vacation

Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer vacation by half to recover the loss, suggested participants at a meeting at the education ministry yesterday.
10 May 2015

Indian NGO giving free prostheses for amputees at Nitor

An Indian NGO is providing free artificial limbs to amputees in association with the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic
9 May 2015

123 Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand

At least 123 Bangladeshi jobseekers and 26 Myanmar nationals were rescued in the last two days from Khao Kaew mountain areas
9 May 2015

Resources yet to be explored

Over three years past the much celebrated verdict of a United Nations court in Hamburg, allocating approximately 1,11,631 square
9 May 2015