Compensate Tareque’s family: HC

The High Court Division on Sunday directed the owners of the bus, its driver and an insurance company to pay Tk 4,61,75,452 as compensation to the family of filmmaker Tareque Masud who was killed under the wheels of the bus in 2011

Dhaka city traffic keeps going awry

Traffic rule violation in the capital is going on unchecked due mainly to traffic mismanagement and lack of proper planning and facilities, urban and transport experts find

PM off to Cambodia on 3-day visit

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Phnom Penh on Sunday morning on a three-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of her Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen

President asks judges to ensure quick disposal of cases impartially

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday said judges have to ensure quick disposal of cases in an impartial manner to fortify people's confidence on the judiciary to overcome problems of delay in trial process and backlog of cases.

Comilla maintain top slot with win against Rangpur

Comilla Victorians defeated Rangpur Riders by four wickets to register their 8th win and maintained the lead in the points table of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday

Country observes Eid-e-Miladunnabi with religious fervour

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed in the country and elsewhere in the Muslim World today with due reverence and religious fervour

Pope leaves Dhaka after seeking Rohingya forgiveness

Pope Francis ended a diplomatically tricky trip to Asia on Saturday, seeking the forgiveness of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh after his controversial decision to not directly refer to their plight when he visited their homeland, Myanmar

Arrest warrant issued for Khaleda in graft cases

A Dhaka court on Thursday issued warrant of arrest for Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in two graft cases — Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust corruption case and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust corruption case

Tannery shifting limps

The under-construction Tannery Industrial Park at Savar became a huge source of pollution since 100 out of 155 tannery factories shifted there in last eight months.

AL govt takes anti-CHT accord steps : Santu

Top PCJSS leader Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma on Wednesday alleged that Awami League government in its nine years in power did not take any effective steps to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord rather took anti-accord steps