NUSRAT MURDER Principal, AL leader, 14 others found guilty

The Police Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that the charges for murdering Nusrat Jahan Rafi by setting her on fire would be pressed in a Feni court today against Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrassah principal SM Siraj-ud-Doula, local Awami League leader Ruhul Amin, three classmates of the victim and 11others.

Maternal mortality rate still high

Apparently perturbed the government withheld publishing the findings of the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey 2017 as it shows that the high rate of maternal mortality remained unchanged in Bangladesh.

ATTACK ON DUCSU VP Quota protesters issue 48-hour ultimatum

Platform of protesters for quota reform Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum for trail of the people who attacked Dhaka University Central Student Union vice-president Nurul Haq Nur and other activists of the organisation on Sunday.

PM urges public representatives to win people’s hearts

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the public representatives to work for the welfare of the people saying that victory in polls is not enough rather they (public representatives) must win the hearts of the masses.

Cabinet okays speedy trial act extension bill

The cabinet on Monday approved the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeking to extend the tenure of the speedy trial act for five more years as the law expired in last

52 BANNED FOOD PRODUCTS BSTI starts withdrawing suspension order

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution has withdrawn the suspension order issued against the production of ACI salt and is at the final stage of clearing Pran lachchha semai too.

RECORDING, SPREADING VIDEO OF NUSRAT’S STATEMENT Charges pressed against removed Sonagazi OC

The police on Sunday pressed charges against withdrawn Sonagazi police station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain for illegally recording video of madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement made before him about sexual assault on her and posting it on YouTube.

Uneatable foods still sold amid weak monitoring by regulators

Three monitoring teams of food regulators inspected superstores and a few groceries in the capital in search of 52 banned food products on Sunday only to return empty handed.

PM SET FOR TOUR OF JAPAN, KSA, FINLAND Dhaka, Tokyo to sign $2.5bn ODA

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka tomorrow (Tuesday) on a 12-day tri-nation tour of Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Finland.

Female cop, another hurt in city blast

A female police officer and a rickshaw-puller were injured in a crude bomb blast at Malibagh in Dhaka on Sunday night.