Shab-e-Barat tonight
The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour and devotion.
Chinese companies lobby for 2nd nuclear power plant in Bangladesh
Chinese companies are showing interest in constructing the planned second nuclear power plant in Bangladesh’s south although the site is yet to be selected.
Loan sharks prey on people affected by disasters in Bangladesh
Mohammad Babul of Matibhanga, Kuakata, Patuakhali, could not come out of the debt in which he was trapped 12 years back after Sidr lashed the Bangladesh coast.
AL leader held with gun before PM programme
Police detained a local leader of Awami League with a firearm near the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue ahead of the AL central working committee and advisory council members’ meeting, where prime minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to attend.
PM receives treatment at NIOH
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina received treatment like a general patient from the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital at Agargaon in Dhaka on Friday.
Kamal Hossain turns 82 today
Jatiya Oikya Front convener and Gono Forum president Kamal Hossain turns 82 today. Kamal was born in Kolkata of West Bengal on April 20, 1937.
Rohingyas must go back: Bangladesh PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reiterated her firm stance on Rohingya repatriation, saying the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals must go back to their homeland.
At least one extrajudicial killing every day
Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance go unabated in Bangladesh as on an average at least one person has been killed either in custody or in reported gunfight every day in the fi
Enforced disappearance in Bangladesh constitutes crime against humanity: FIDH
A new report from Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, better known as FIDH, said on Thursday that enforced disappearances in Bangladesh constitute crimes against humanity. The platform called on the international community to take all necessary measures to ensure that Bangladesh government fulfils the right of the victims to truth, justice, and reparation.
INQUIRIES INITIATED AGAINST BNP LEADERS BEFORE JS POLLS ACC puts probe on back burner
Inquiries that were begun against at least 13 BNP leaders just before the last general election by the Anti-Corruption Commission are now on its back burner.
