Judge withdrawn after rejecting Awami Legue leader’s bail

The district and sessions judge in Pirojpur, Abdul Mannan, was withdrawn on Tuesday after he had rejected bail pleas of former Awami League MP AKMA Awal ..

BNP talks tough against utility price increase

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday said that people’s movement would wash away the government if the government’s decision of hiking power..

UN appeals for $877m to help Rohingya refugees

The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for nearly $900 million to help hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities in Bangladesh this year.

BARAPUKURIA COAL 5.48 lakh tonne stolen in 13yrs

A Consumers Association of Bangladesh report released on Tuesday said that 5.48 lakh tonnes of coal were misappropriated since coal extraction at the coal mine ..

8 Rohingyas killed in 2 Bangladesh ‘gunfights’

The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday said that seven Rohingyas were killed during a ‘gunfight’ in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Mujib Birth Centenary Celebration PM asks ministries not to seek separate funds

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked ministries and government agencies concerned not to seek separate allocations for celebrating the birth centenary..

India plans meshed steel fence along border

India has expressed its intent to install meshed steel fence in at least 58 more places, within 150 yards of the zero line, along the border with Bangladesh.

99 drivers killed in road accidents in February

At least 534 people, including 99 drivers and 187 pedestrians, were killed and 1,169 others injured in 504 road accidents in February..

HC issues directives to stop lynching in Bangladesh

The High Court Division on Sunday issued four directives to the government and the law enforcement agencies including to identify the reasons behind lynching to stop it.

Power, Water Price Hike Parties demand withdrawal of decisions

Different left and progressive political parties on Sunday staged separate demonstrations in Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the recent government decisions ..