Govt carrying out extrajudicial killings in name of anti-drug drive: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government was carrying out extrajudicial killings in the name of the countrywide anti-drug drive.
Bailout fund for scam-hit state-owned banks again
The government is likely to set aside Tk 1500 crore in the upcoming national budget in bailout fund for scam-hit state-owned banks despite opposition from experts, think-tanks and right groups.
BR faces occupancy crisis despite huge demand
Bangladesh Railway is yet to achieve 100 per cent occupancy of seats in intercity trains due to mismanagement, quota and corruption, officials and rights activists say.
11 more killed in anti-drug drives
Eleven more suspected drug meddlers, including a Teknaf ward councillor, were killed across the country in reported gunfights early Sunday taking to 86 killed during the crackdown on drugs in 13 days since May 15.
Orders on Khaleda’s bail pleas today
The High Court will pass its orders on Monday on bail petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in three cases.
Forge national unity to protect democracy: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday called upon the political parties and leaders to forge a national unity to protect democracy.
PM visits Netaji Museum in Kolkata
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday visited Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose Museum at Netaji Bhaban, the ancestral home of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a great patriot of the freedom movement in India.
Bangladesh being built with Nazrul’s non-communal spirit: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh is being built imbued with the non-communal spirit of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
3,403 workers from Bangladesh detained in Malaysia since Jan 1
At least 3,403 Bangladeshi workers who became undocumented were detained by the Malaysian immigration police since January 1.
PM urged to focus on own people, not only Rohingyas
Families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Saturday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to focus not only the plights of Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar but also the rights of the people in her own country Bangladesh.
