Shahidul Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday sent internationally acclaimed photographer and writer Shahidul Alam to jail after interrogation in police custody for seven days. Metropolitan magistrate Farhat Bin Amin Chowdhury passed the order as the police investigators
Quader tells quota reformists nothing can be achieved with ultimatum
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that protesters for quota reform could achieve nothing by issuing ultimatum to the government.
Killers of Ramiz Uddin College students to be punished: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College.
BNP to hold prayer sessions on Aug 15 marking Khaleda’s birthday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday announced to hold countrywide prayer sessions on August 15 on the occasion of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s birthday.
Pvt health facilities getting away with anomalies
Minimal action from time to time and lax monitoring by the authorities concerned did little or nothing to stop the unbridled malpractices by private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.
323 prominent activists, artistes, academics call for Shahidul’s immediate release
Three hundred and twenty three nationally and internationally renowned activists, artistes and academics have called for immediate release of acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam and other road safety protesters.
BNP’s Arif wins Sylhet mayoral race
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Ariful Haque Chowdhury has won the Sylhet mayoral race securing 6,201 votes more than his main
Many home-goers go back without ticket after waiting in long queues
Several hundred Eid-time home-goers on Saturday had to go back without advance train tickets from capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station after waiting in queues for several hours.
8 more students killed in road accidents since Kurmitola accident
One more school student was killed in a road accident on Saturday in Feni as deaths of students in road accidents continued despite countrywide student outburst for safe road following deaths of two of their fellows in a bus crash at Kurmitola in Dhaka city on July 29.
Anarchy on Dhaka streets returns
Anarchy on Dhaka city streets returned amidst ongoing traffic week programme the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have taken in the face of school and college students’ protests for road safety and against anarchy in the transport sector.
