PM asks police to be friends with people

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the probationary police officers to be ‘friend of the people’ during their bad time as she addressed the passing-out parade of the 36th BCS batch

Dengue patients three times outside Dhaka

At least 619 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning and among them 456 were hospitalised outside the capital.

279,096 acres of forest land grabbed

Different organisations and individuals have occupied 279,096 acres of forest land while the Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation has no record on total ares grabbed in

India denies Shahidul Alam visa

The Indian government did not issue visa to the acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam who was to sit on a panel at the Serendipity Arts Festival in New Delhi on last Friday.

No major political party has any programme

No major political party of the country will organise any programme to mark the International Day of Democracy to be observed worldwide today while the opposition parties said that the country now

BCL president, GS fired

Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday removed the incumbent president and general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, an associate body of the AL.

JU VC asks chancellor, UGC to probe graft allegation

Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Farzana Islam on Saturday called on the university’s chancellor and the University Grants Commission to probe the allegation of corruption brought

Action taken against Rohingyas collecting passports

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said legal action has been taken against those Rohingyas who attempted to obtain Bangladeshi passports using fake identities.

Buses change cos to trick ban after accidents

Amid frequent fatal and severe accidents, bus companies sidestep the ban slapped on them for causing fatalities on roads and are running their busses on the same city routes allegedly under

Decision over BCL committee likely today

A final decision over the leadership of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, might come today from a meeting of the AL central executive committee scheduled