HC summons DWASA MD, DSCC CEO to explain
The High Court Division on Tuesday summoned the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority and the chief executive officer of Dhaka South City Corporation to personally explain to it on March 19 why a blind man died falling inside an uncovered manhole at Paltan in the capital Monday.
Cops attacked again, 2 held in Comilla
Police on Tuesday arrested two suspected extremists while they were trying to get away after launching an attack on police on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Kutumbopur under Chandian in Comilla.
President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday that bans immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, dropping Iraq from January's previous order, and reinstates a temporary blanket ban on all refugees.
Jeff Sessions says he didn't mislead Congress in testimony
Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended his answers about Russian contacts to the Senate Judiciary Committee as "correct" in a letter Monday, as he sought to tamp down questions after it came to light that he had met with the Russian ambassador twice last year.
Putin spokesman: American 'hysteria' hurting relations
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told CNN that "hysteria in official Washington and in the American media" is harming relations between the two nations.
Sikhs: Religious minority target of mistaken hate crimes
The victim of a possible hate crime in Washington state Friday would not be the first Sikh to be targeted.
HC orders immediate closure of Hazaribagh tanneries
The High Court on Monday asked the government to shut down all the tanneries at Hazaribagh in Dhaka immediately as they missed several deadlines for relocation to Tannery Industrial Park at Savar.
Historic March 7 today
The ruling Awami League along with its like-minded political and socio-cultural organizations would celebrate the 46th anniversary of the epoch making speech Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 7, 1971.
PM reaches Jakarta to join IORA summit
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina reached in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on a three-day official visit to join the Leaders’ Summit of Indian Ocean Rim Association, a grouping of nations having coastlines with the world’s third largest ocean.
Khaleda, 77 other BNP leaders face charges in arson case
Police on Monday submitted charge-sheets against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 others in two cases of arson attacks which killed sleeping passengers on a bus at Chauddagram in Comilla.
