Man, son among four killed in Comilla road accident

Four people, including a man and his minor son, were killed and 10 others injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Daudkandi in Comilla early Monday.

Sakib returns to Test helm

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday removed Mushfiqur Rahim as Test captain and replaced him with all-rounder Sakib al Hasan ahead of two-Test series against Sri Lanka in January-February at home.

PM opens four power plants, 100pc electrification in 10 UZs

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated four new power plants including two solar power plants as well 100 per cent electrification in 10 upazilas.

Human rights index now below zero: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said that human rights index in Bangladesh had dropped below zero.In a message issued on the occasion of the Human Rights Day, Khaleda said that Bangladesh had been turned into a ‘slaughtering ground’ before and after January 5, 2015 ‘unilateral’ election.

Govt gets three more days to publish judges’ conduct rules

The Supreme Court on Sunday extended time for the government up to December 13 to issue a gazette notification on lower court judges’ conduct rules.

‘Confession’ was what DB made me to write: Farhad Mazhar

Writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar on Saturday said that the Detective Branch of police sent him to court handing him a written copy for making a statement which he handed over to the magistrate

Rain disrupts normal city life

Moderate rainfall, caused by the influence of deep depression which weakened into depression in the Bay of Bengal, disrupted the normal life in the city on Sunday morning.

AL wants national polls next Dec: Quader

The general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader, on Wednesday said that his party would like to take part in the next general election in December next year.

Autocrat Ershad was not so bad: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday claimed that ‘autocratic regime of HM Ershad’ was comparatively better than the incumbent Awami League government.

Every dist to get high-tech park: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the government would set up a high-tech park in every district to flourish the ICT sector.