BOAT CAPSIZE IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Suspected human trafficker Enamul, accomplice remanded
Suspected human trafficker Enaml Haque and his accomplice Abdur Razzak on Thursday were taken to police custody in a case filed for trafficking some 59 youths who died in a boat capsize on the Mediterranean Sea on May 9 while they were attempting to reach Italy from Zouara of Libya.
Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday.
NUSRAT MURDER Family fumes over charge sheet as case shifted for trial
A Feni judicial magistrate court on Thursday transferred the case filed for burning to death madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi to the Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for trial.
Everest climbers risk death for ultimate high atop world's tallest peak
Our helicopter lands in Lukla, a small town best known for being the gateway to Mount Everest.
Huawei calls on Washington to halt 'illegal action' against the company Sherisse Pham
Huawei is pressing on with its lawsuit against the United States, challenging the constitutionality of a US law banning federal agencies from buying its products.
HINDU NATIONALIST VICTORY IN INDIA Modi’s credo of divide and rule
IT IS members of the nation’s ethnic minorities who will pay the price for this success. Already during the last legislative period under prime minister Narendra Modi, we saw a clear increase in the number of lynchings carried out against Muslims and Dalits (previously referred to as
Pakistan not invited to Modi’s swearing-in
India will not invite Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan to the swearing-in of his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, two Indian government sources said, suggesting any early warming in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours is unlikely.
Traffickers train Rohingyas to get Bangladesh passports
Rohingyas, mostly women and girls, are being trained and given fake documents by suspected human traffickers to manage Bangladeshi passport for sending them abroad.
BNP’s Rumeen wins reserved JS seat
The Election Commission on Tuesday unofficially declared Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s lone candidate Rumeen Farhana elected to a reserved woman seat in the Jatiya Sangsad.
TRIAL COURT SHIFTING HC adjourns hearing of Khaleda’s petition
The High Court on Tuesday adjourned until June 10 the hearing of a writ petition filed by jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of her trial in NIKO graft case inside Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj.
