AL’s election preparations to begin from today’s meeting: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said his party will begin its preparations for the next parliament election from today’s extended meeting to be chaired by party chief Sheikh Hasina.
Land minister’s son among 11 arrested for vandalism
Police arrested Sirhan Sharif Tamal, son of land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, and 10 others on early Friday in a case of vandalising a house and assaulting an elderly woman the previous evening at Shaheed Aminpara under Ishwardi upazila in Pabna.
Sharia court sentences gay men to public lashing in Indonesia
A Sharia court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province sentenced two gay men to a public caning Wednesday.
Chikungunya spreading
Mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya is spreading afresh in the capital with early rainfalls this year after a break of about five years.
23 to die for killing 4 AL activists
A Narayanganj court on Wednesday handed death sentence to 23 people including the then Araihazar thana unit BNP vice-president, now a local Awami League leader Abul Bashar Kashu for killing four AL activists of Jalakandi, Araihazar, Narayanganj on March 12, 2001.
RAPE IN BANANI HOTEL Another suspect Nayem Ashraf arrested
The police arrested accused of rape of two university students in Raintree hotel at Banani in Dhaka Nayem Ashraf alias Hasan Mohammad Halim at Lauhajang in Munshiganj on Wednesday evening.
People in no region would remain neglected: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has been working with an aim to give opportunity for every people irrespective of their creed, colour and caste and none would remain neglected because of topographic feature of any area.
HC changes trial court for Zia Charitable Trust Fund case against Khaleda
The High Court Division on Wednesday changed the trial court for the Zia Charitable trust fund embezzlement case against former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Severe water-logging looms large over Dhaka city
Urban experts and residents are in fear of massive water-logging in the capital this year again as the agencies concerned remain as indifferent to the perennial problem as ever.
HSC ADMISSION GUIDELINES Govt asked to explain legality
The High Court Division on Tuesday directed the government to explain its guidelines for admission to Higher Secondary School Certificate class for the 2017-18 session would not be declared illegal.
