Rohingyas struggling to meet basic needs

Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar are struggling to meet their basic needs despite massive relief efforts as their camps are severely overcrowded which is obstructing efforts to maintain sustainable water, sanitation and health services, aid workers have said.

Negligence to Bangla at univs irks PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her dissatisfaction with public and private universities ignoring Bangla in their curriculums.

NINE YEARS OF BDR REBELLION No suggested probe done to identify plotters, plot

The reason, plot and plotters of the massacre during soldiers’ rebellion at the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, in Dhaka and elsewhere in February 25-26, 2009 are yet to be identified even nine years after the rebellion

SSC QUESTION LEAK Probe body to submit report in a day or two

The written part of this year’s Secondary School Certificate examinations, which witnessed the largest ever spate of question leaks in the history of country’s public exams, concludes today.

SIX MONTHS OF INFLUX Rohingyas continue entering Bangladesh

No end to Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee persecution in Myanmar is in sight as the ethnic minority people continue to seek safety in Cox’s Bazar even six months inside the beginning of the influx on August 25, 2017.

Police foil BNP protest in city

Police on Saturday foiled Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s black flag demonstration in two cities of Dhaka by using water cannon and charging batons on demonstrators. BNP claimed more than 150 leaders and activists

PM for proper use of Bangla

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to practice and use Bangla in a proper manner and uphold the country’s culture and heritage to brighten further its image abroad alongside spearheading the campaign for development.

Nation salutes language heroes, observes Int’l Mother Language Day

The nation observed Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day on Wednesday paying rich tribute to the memory of the Language Movement martyrs and renewing the call for proper use of Bangla in all spheres and that too properly.

Govt puts democracy into grave, says Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government has put democracy into grave by snatching people's all rights.

Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey

The nation will observe Amar Ekushey paying homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past today by placing flowers standing in solemn silence for a while at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security