Fakhrul asks youths to spread to villages, organise movement

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged the youths to spread to villages and towns, make the people aware of current misrule and wage

BRTA moves afresh to raise bus fares

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has taken a fresh move to increase the fares of buses and minibuses all over the country following a proposal from the bus operators.

BADDA LYNCHING Why family won’t be paid Tk 1cr in damages: HC

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Tk 1 crore should not be given to the families of Badda lynching victim Taslima Begum Renu as compensation.

LYNCHING HC seeks govt report on actions

The High Court on Monday directed the home secretary and inspector general of police to submit separate reports by November 28 on what measures were taken to prevent lynching.

ACC okays charge sheet against 7 for embezzling BKB’s TK 260cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved the charge sheet against four former Bangladesh Krishi Bank officials and three business people accused of embezzling about Tk 260 crore from the bank.

Govt plans to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Sadarghat

The government has a plan to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Dhaka’s main river port Sadarghat by developing a modern port at Smashanghat of Postagala.

Cabinet okays $1.6 lakh for death of air passenger

The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Bill 2019 aiming at protecting the rights of passengers and the security of baggage carried by airlines operating flights to and from Bangladesh.

Red tape hides actual dengue death figures

In the face of a phenomenal rise in dengue infections in Bangladesh this year, the government agency tasked to monitor the diseases has resorted to a ‘bureaucratic process’ to confirm the

Rohingyas rally for rights at home

Thousands of Rohingya people on Sunday held a rally at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar marking the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh following a crackdown on them by the Myanmar military.

List of Pakistani collaborators underway

Different agencies are working to prepare a list of the Pakistani collaborators who aided the military in fighting against the country’s freedom fighters and carrying out the massacres during the nine-month-long war of independence.