Pope can help but Rohingyas ‘have to go back’: Cardinal
The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis's visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight
Keep Razakars, killers out of power: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on people to keep anti-Liberation War forces, war criminals, history distorters and killers out of power for ever.
Documentation of 1971 genocide demanded
Academics and anti-war campaigners from home and abroad on Saturday underscored the need of proper documentation of genocide committed during Bangladesh’s war for independence in 1971 and demanded trial of the perpetrators in the international court of justice.
PROTESTING POWER PRICE HIKE Nov 30 hartal to protect people’s interests: left parties
Left political leaders on Saturday came down heavily on prime minister’s energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury for his remarks that the latest increase in power price was marginal and would hardly have any effect on daily life.
People suffer in daylong traffic gridlock
Dhaka city dwellers suffered traffic gridlocks on Saturday due to the daylong celebrations of UNESCO recognition of historic March 7 speech.
Govt committed to quick return of Rohingyas: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Jatiya Sangsad that her government was committed to ensuring quick return of Rohingyas their home in the Rakhine State of Myanmar safely
Mahmood meets Suu Kyi, discusses Rohingya repatriation issue
Bangladesh foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar's state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi had a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday morning when they discussed various issues of mutual interests, including the crucial Rohingya repatriation issue.
GAIBANDHA WAR CRIMES Ex-Jamaat MP Aziz, 5 others to die
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal -1 on Wednesday handed death sentence to former Jamaat MP Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia alias Ghoramara Aziz, 65, and five others
Left on bench, veteran players rue chances
The fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League has already reached its half-way stage but still a lot of locals players, including some seasoned campaigners, are waiting to get enough opportunities to show their merit.
TONU RAPE, MURDER CID interrogates family members
Five members of the family of slain Sohagi Jahan Tonu were interrogated on Wednesday by investigators of Criminal Investigation Department in their office in Dhaka as part of the investigation into rape and murder of Tonu, a Comilla Victoria College girl, inside Mainamati cantonment on March 20, 2016.
