Primary Students: Govt asked to reduce weight of schoolbags
The High Court Division on Wednesday asked the government to ensure that no primary school student henceforth carried schoolbags in excess of 10 per cent of his or her own weight.
Bangladesh can’t allow ‘waves’ of Myanmar citizens: Hasina
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh would not allow ‘waves’ of Myanmar citizens fleeing military atrocities to sneak into the country.
SC upholds death sentences of Mufti Hannan, 2 others for grenade attack on UK high commissioner
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of banned outfit Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami and its two other leaders as they were found guilty of murdering three persons and injuring former UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004.
SC upholds death sentences of Mufti Hannan, 2 others for grenade attack on UK high commissioner
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of banned outfit Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami and its two other leaders as they were found guilty of murdering three persons and injuring former UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004.
BNP submits Khaleda’s EC proposals to Bangabhaban
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday welcomed the president’s plan to hold talks with political parties to form a new election commission.
Trump and China on collision course
In speaking on the telephone with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and lashing out at China on Twitter over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump did more than bewilder leaders in Beijing and the White House.
Donald Trump meets with Al Gore on climate change
President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore -- one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.
'They want us to be silent': Hong Kong lawmaker under threat vows to fight
One of the leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement has vowed to take to the streets again if the Hong Kong government succeeds in unseating him and three other pro-democracy lawmakers.
The photo that captures 2016's political tsunamis
he five world leaders stand close together, all firmly at the helm of their respective nations, which together could lay claim to leading the free world.
Failure to complete trials in crimes against women, children : HC wants action against tribunal judges, PPs, IOs
The High Court on Monday prescribed departmental action against judges of women and children repression prevention tribunals, public prosecutors and investigation officers who would fail to complete the trial of accused within the stipulated 180 days.
