4 handed death in Rupa rape, killing case

A court in Tangail on Monday sentenced four people to death for killing law student Zakia Sultana Rupa after rape in a moving bus and concealing the body on August 25, 2017. The court, however, sentenced the other accused in the case to seven-year imprisonment for assisting the four to conceal Rupa’s body.

SSC QUESTION LEAK Probe body to submit report at end of exam

Government committee formed to investigate allegations of question leak in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate examinations will submit its recommendations, including one regarding if the exam would be cancelled or not, at the end of the exam

BB, state-owned banks asked to check info leaks

The Financial Institution Division has directed the state-run financial entities to check any leak of ‘confidential’ information as reports on scams frequently grabs the headlines in local and international media tarnishing image of the ruling party.

ZIA ORPHANAGE CASE SENTENCE Khaleda not given verdict’s certified copy in 4 days

The trial court did not provide former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia with a certified copy of its verdict in last four days to enable her to appeal against her jail term.

BNP allies extend support to protests for Khaleda’s release

Allies of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday expressed solidarity with BNP’s programmes for unconditional release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.

In opposition of book censorship

LEARNING does not always lie in reading books that conform to ruling narratives. It can also be there in anti-orthodox thoughts and books that contain such thoughts. The concept of the geocentric, or earth-centred, model of the universe, which came to be known after Claudius Ptolemaeus

Examinees hopeless as ICT question leaked too

Thirty-four more people were arrested in 24 hours ending Sunday afternoon on charges of leaking questions of information and communication technology paper of Secondary School Certificate exam, with the prime source still remaining unearthed.

BNP activists form human chain protesting Khaleda’s jailing

As part of its countrywide scheduled programme, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists formed a human chain in the city on Monday protesting the jailing of its chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case.

Question leak becomes phenomenon

Question paper leak has emerged as a phenomenon of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate examinations as the mathematics multiple-choice question portion was allegedly leaked an hour and a half before the exams on Saturday morning.

Khaleda in solitary confinement: Moudud

Five senior lawyers after visiting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia at former Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday said that she was not given facilities of Division I she deserved in jail but was kept in ‘solitary confinement.’