QUOTA REFORM MOVEMENT Case withdrawal, punishment of BCL attackers demanded

Teachers in different public and private universities as well as leftist student leaders staged demonstrations on Dhaka University and other public university campuses on Sunday demanding immediate withdrawal of ‘false’ cases

BNP suspects Indian HC’s role behind Khaleda’s conviction

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said it suspected a role of ‘Indian High Commission in Dhaka’ over ‘sentencing’ the party’s chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in a case filed on ‘fabricated charges.’

Work together for party candidates

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked party rank and file to work in a body for party-nominated candidates leaving aside feuds for winning the upcoming 11th general elections

Price of green chilli shoots up to Tk 180 a kg

The price of green chilli shot up to Tk 180 a kilogram at the kitchen markets in capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday

QUOTA REFORM MOVEMENT We are in fear of enforced disappearance, arrest, torture: leader

Quota reform activists on Saturday in a press conference said that they were living in fear of arrest, enforced disappearance and torture while urging the government to stop repression of their leaders who were campaigning for a ‘logical’ solution to the quota system

SOBS PERFORMANCE Deals with govt only in paper

The much-hyped annual agreements aimed at improving performance of scam-hit state-owned commercial banks have remained mere paper works, with poor recovery of rising defaulted loan

RAIFA’S DEATH Max Hospital sacks two accused doctors

Two, of the three accused doctors, were sacked from Max Hospital in Chittagong on Friday night following the death of Raifa Khan at the hospital on June 29, as the probe committee found them responsible for the child’s death

Japan floods leave 48 people dead and dozens missing

(CNN)Flooding killed at least 48 people and forced 2 million others to flee their homes Saturday as heavy rain pounded large areas in southwestern Japan

Khaleda’s bail pleas in two cases rejected

Two separate courts in Dhaka on Thursday rejected the bail petitions filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases -- one for celebrating 'fake' birthday and the other for undermining the country's map, national flag and the Liberation War

New Khulna mayor sworn in

Newly elected mayor of Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khalek took oath of office on Thursday.Prime minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony held at Shapla Hall of her office.