Obaidul talking normally: physician
Ailing road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader is now talking normally to family members and physicians as his condition is improving gradually. /
Monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, mafia… or authoritarianism
GIVEN increasingly serious accusations against President Trump, Americans have been mystified by the reluctance of the Democrats now in control of the House, to initiate impeachment
Fire at Karail slum again
A fire broke out at Karail slum at Mohakhali in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
DU restricts press access to polling stations
Dhaka University authorities have imposed a restriction on all electronic devices including mobile phones inside the polling centres and live telecast from booths in the election to central students union of the university slated for March 11.
Heads of cattle can be bought, not of humans: Dr Kamal Hossain
Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said that heads of cattle can be bought but not of humans, he was venting his anger over Gono Forum lawmaker-elect Sultan Muhammad Mansur Ahmed’s oath taking as member of the 11th parliament on Thursday.
US satellite images cast doubt on Indian claim
High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number
Historic March 7 today
The ruling Awami League and its like-minded political and socio-cultural organisations are scheduled for today to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the epoch-making speech Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 7, 1971.
DCs asked to evict river encroachers
The shipping ministry has asked the deputy commissioners across the country to operate mobile courts in the respective districts to free rivers from encroachers and illegal structures.
11 more bodies identified, eight handed to relatives
The Criminal Investigation Department of Police said Wednesday that 11 more persons who were killed by fire at Churihatta, Chawkbazar, Old Dhaka on the night of February 20 were identified by using DNA test results.
ICC team probes Rohingya atrocities
A team from the office of the International Criminal Court prosecutor was in Bangladesh on Wednesday for a preliminary probe into alleged atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar military in 2017.
