BNP to distribute leaflets Thursday for Khaleda’s release

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday announced countrywide leaflet distribution programme for Thursday demanding immediate release of the jailed party chairperson Khaleda Zia

COMILLA ARSON ATTACK SC vacates stay of trial of Khaleda, 77 BNP leaders

The Appellate Division on Tuesday vacated a High Court order that had stayed the trial in Comilla arson attack case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 other leaders of the party.

Govt set to miss target of increasing TSR

The teacher to student ratio at secondary schools stands at 1:42, much higher than the objective of 1:30 by 2018, as mentioned in the National Education Policy.

ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST GRAFT CASE Khaleda’s bail extended till March 13

A special court in Dhaka on Monday extended the bail of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia until March 13 in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Sakib back as Mashrafee rebuffs call for T20 return

Bangladesh on Monday announced the 16-man squad for the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka with injured captain Sakib al Hasan and without retired former captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza

7 banks face Tk 9417cr capital shortfall

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday informed parliament that seven of 57 the banks in the country –– four state-run and three private banks –– were facing shortfall of Tk 9417.42 crore in capital

10 passengers killed, 20 injured

At least 10 people, including three women and two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus hit a parked trailer from the back on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Tribardi area under Sonargaon in Narayanganj on Monday

ATTACK ON STUDENT DU to expel 7 BCL leaders

The disciplinary committee of the Dhaka University on Monday recommended expulsion of seven Bangladesh Chhatra League unit leaders for torturing disaster management and science second-year student Ehsan Rafiq damaging hi eye for seeking his calculator to be returned.

Janaza of Rangpur city ex-mayor Jhantu held

The namaz-e-janaza of former mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka on Monday morning. A guard of honour was given to the late freedom fighter and also a former lawmaker from Rangpur-1 constituency.

KHALEDA’S BAIL HEARING HC keeps order pending

The High Court on Sunday concluded the hearing in jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition for bail but kept its order pending until getting the records of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case from the trial court.