300 people sued
Police lodged a case with Daulatpur Police Station in Khulna city Thursday night accusing 250 to 300 people of attacking Pabla police box under the police station Thursday morning.
AL to be tough on rebel UZ polls candidates, followers
Ruling Awami League would take organisational steps against its leaders who worked against the party nominated candidates in upazila parishad elections with electoral symbol ‘boat’.
Three students killed in city road crashes
Three students died in two road accidents at Demra and Sabujbagh areas in the capital on Friday. In Demra, a college student on a bicycle was killed when a bus hit him from behind and ran over him. Locals blocked the Demra-Rampura road for around five hours protesting against the incident.
Obaidul released from Singapore hospital on Friday
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader was released from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Friday afternoon and would receive further treatment at a rented house there, an official said.
Big cities at risk as no fire safety system in place
People in the capital and the other big cities of Bangladesh are exposed to high risk of fire as no fire safety system is in place anywhere, said academics and experts.
Bangladesh wants to solve Rohingya crisis thru’ discussion, PM reaffirms
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated Bangladesh’s stance on solving the Rohingya crisis with Myanmar through discussion, urging all concerned to perform their responsibilities properly to this regard.
Clash, attack on train mark jute mill workers’ last-day strike, blockade
Cops and a train came under attack and passengers suffered because of blockade on roads and railways on the third and concluding day of the 72-hour strike of state-owned jute mill workers and employees on Thursday.
GM Quader reinstated as JP co-chairman
Nearly two weeks after his removal, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday reinstated his younger brother GM Quader as his party's cochairman.
BNP briefs foreign diplomats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the country’s latest situation and some other issues, including party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition and the recent upazila polls.
US embassy issues security alert for its citizen in Bangladesh
The US embassy on Wednesday issued a fresh alert for its citizens living in Bangladesh encouraging them to exercise heightened awareness of the ongoing threat posed by transnational terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
