CUSTODIAL DEATH, TORTURE Independent probe agency sought

Jurists, human rights activists and civil society members have sought an independent investigation agency for fair probe..

Bangladesh will miss Father Timm: Prof Yunus

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the death of former Principal of Notre Dame College ..

Border confce postponed as BSF team fails to arrive

The top-level conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force scheduled to begin in Dhaka on Sunday was postponed.

ILLEGAL GAS CONNECTION Titas’ drives, reconnection routine work

In the past three years several thousand residents of two housing societies in the capital Dhaka’s Basila saw their illegal gas..

Bangladesh summons Myanmar ambassador over troop movement

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and protested visible ..

No privatised, PPP textile mills reopen

Almost six years of the government initiative have passed but no state-owned textile mill has reopened yet under the public-private partnership..

Bus service franchise move stalled

Chaos in Dhaka city bus services continues with extreme competition among buses running on the same routes while plan to rationalise..

United Nations calls for Rohingya to participate in Myanmar polls

Eight security council members called Friday for the Muslim Rohingya minority, victims in 2017 of what the UN calls a ‘genocide,’..

UNO ATTACK Ghoraghat OC withdrawn, 2 sent to jail

The officer-in-charge of Ghoraghat Police Station was withdrawn on Friday, a week after the attack on upazila nirbahi officer Wahida Khanam on September 3.

TAQI MURDER Govt unwillingness blamed for delay in probe

The Rapid Action Battalion assigned to investigate the murder of Tanwir Muhammed Taqi in Narayanganj has failed to submit..