Principal Siraj confesses to giving order from jail
Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrassah principal Siraj-ud-Doula on Sunday gave confessional statement before a court in Feni admitting that he gave order to kill Nusrat Jahan Rafi by setting her on fire for
China is watching Western democracy eat itself
Over the next few months, the world's current and previous superpowers are set to undergo enormous self-harm.
15 killed as Sri Lanka forces raid Islamist hideout
Fifteen people including six children died in a battle between Sri Lankan security forces and suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the latest fallout from the Easter attacks, police said Saturday.
Chief Justice asks judges to speed up disposal of cases
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Saturday asked judges to restrict inflow of cases before they are filed to reduce the backlog of lawsuits.
Journalist Mahfuz Ullah dies
Senior journalist, columnist and freedom fighter Mahfuz Ullah died at a Bangkok hospital Saturday. He was 69.
Autopsy says excessive burns caused Nusrat’s death
Dhaka Medical College Hospital forensic department chief Md Sohel Mahmud on Saturday handed to the police the post-mortem report of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, which said that excessive burns caused her death.
DISAPPEARANCE, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING UN officials criticised for inaction
Rights activists on Saturday criticised three senior UN officials for ignoring human rights abuses, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing in particular, in Bangladesh during their recent visit.
Sofia Hossain’s novel Bir Birangana launched
A novel featuring struggles of women during the Independence War titled Bir Birangana by Sofia Hossain was launched at RC Majumdar auditorium of Dhaka University on Saturday.
China's billion-dollar Belt and Road party: Who's in and who's out
Leaders from across the world have arrived in Beijing for the second Belt and Road Forum, drawn by the possibility of billions of dollars in Chinese funding for infrastructure projects.
Sri Lanka bombers' mentor is dead, but his memory still stokes fear
Zahran Hashim had preached hate and violence for years. On Easter Sunday, at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, he put those words into action.
