Ayesha freed on bail

The Barguna jail authorities on Tuesday afternoon freed Ayesha Siddiqua Minni on bail after she was detained for 50 days, 47 days in the jail and three days in Barguna Police Line, including one

Jatiya Party MPs write to speaker seeking Quader as opposition leader

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Tuesday sent a letter to Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury for taking necessary steps for announcing him the leader of the opposition in

Body to ease gridlocks in hibernation

A committee formed with Dhaka South City mayor Sayeed Khokon as the head to ease the capital’s traffic congestion within past August could not even start its work due to the ongoing dengue crisis, said officials concerned.

Bangladesh govt drafts law to get idle funds of autonomous bodies

The cabinet on Monday approved a draft law allowing the government to use the surplus funds of different self-governed agencies including autonomous, semi-autonomous, statutory authorities, public non-financial corporations for the ‘welfare of the public.’

Bangladesh to snap telecom connections of Rohingyas

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has asked all telecom operators to snap mobile phone connectivity which were issued to the Rohingya refugees in violation of the regulatory instruction.

Dengue patients likely to increase again

The dengue hospitalization rate declined in the last couple of weeks but experts said that there was no reason to be optimistic right now.

8 BNP leaders, including Fakhrul, get bail

Eight BNP leaders, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, surrendered before a Dhaka court in a case filed with Hatirjheel police station on Monday and the court granted them bail.

Government standing against people: Fakhrul Huge rally marks BNP’s 41st founding anniv

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday vowed to stage a tougher street movement for release of party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, alleging that the government was standing against the people by acting as a ‘fascist and autocratic’ one.

Rifat Murder Ayesha, 23 others face charges

The police on Sunday pressed their charge sheet in the case of murdering Rifat Sharif, who was hacked to death in broad daylight at Barguna district town on June 26, against Rifat’s widow Ayesha Siddika Minni and 23 others.

Another Rohingya killed in ‘gunfight’ after arrest

Another Rohingya, suspected to be involved with the murder of local Juba League leader, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in hilly area of Jadimura in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.