LGBT mag editor, friend hacked to death
The country’s first LGBT magazine Roopban’s one of the editors Xulhaz Mannan and his theatre activist friend Khandaker Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy were hacked to death by a group of youths at Xulhaz’s Kalabagn apartment in the capital on Monday.
Most banks yet to install ATM anti-skimming devices
Most of the country’s scheduled banks have missed the deadline for installing anti-skimming devices at their automated teller machines (ATM) to prevent fraud.
RU teacher murder: MP Badshah finds police negligence
Police is yet to unearth the mystery behind the killing of Rajshahi University’s English professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee even three days into the murder.
Tonu rape, murder: Students observe half-day strike
Seventeen students were detained and over 100 injured during clashes with police as two left-leaning students’ alliances observed a countrywide half-day strike on Monday protesting the government’s failure to arrest the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
Teachers help leaking question: Nahid
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Monday said that a section of teachers were helping to leak question just before beginning of exams.
Heat wave likely to continue
The Meteorological Department on Sunday said the continuing heat wave was likely to continue. Severe heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi region mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over
Octane, petrol price goes down by Tk 10; diesel, kerosene by Tk 3
The government on Sunday reduced the prices of petrol and octane by Tk 10 while diesel and kerosene by Tk 3.
JS goes into session, to continue till May 5
The 10th Jatiya Sangsad went into its tenth session at 5:00pm Sunday with speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Deep sea port project: Govt urged not to take sides in India-China rivalry
Academics, economists, researchers and former ambassadors on Saturday said Bangladesh should not wait anymore over building the deep sea port and could come up with nuanced plan for the betterment of the nation, setting regime interest aside.
Tonu murder: Govt urged to arrest killers
Progressive Students’ Alliance and Samrajyabad Birodhi Chhatra Oikya on Saturday said a culture of impunity is prevailing well in the country which is deterring the government to hold trial in the case of Sohagi Jahan Tonu murder.
