DMP may ban motorcycles from outside
Dhaka Metropolitan Police is planning to prevent motorcycles, registered in other districts, from availing ridesharing services in the capital.
Panels keep narrow room for women, marginalised groups
Only 30 female students amongst 231 candidates from 10 panels are contesting for the 25 positions in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students Union scheduled for March 11.
President asks EC to consider enrolling expatriates as voters
President M Abdul Hamid on Friday asked the election commission to consider enlisting Bangladeshi expatriates in the voter list so that they can cast their votes in any election.
‘Alor Ferrywala’ Palan Sarkar no more
Ekushey Padak winner Palan Sarkar, who used to distribute books for free of cost among people, passed away on Friday.
Inside Trump's Hanoi heartbreak: A long road to nowhere
It was meant as the sequel to rival the original -- another far-flung encounter, laced with backslapping and friendly banter alongside the world's most ruthless dictator.
Why China doesn't want to get caught in the middle of a India-Pakistan conflict
Beijing is on the verge of being sucked into an India-Pakistan crisis, amid rising tensions in the Kashmir region that borders China.
Think like a civilisation
THIS essay is a piece of dissent at a time when dissent may not be welcome. It is an attempt to look at what I call the Pulwama syndrome, after India’s bombing of terrorist camps in Pakistan.
Bangladesh tells UN it will no longer take in Myanmar refugees
Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar.
AL’s Atiqul wins mayoral by-polls largely ignored
Ruling Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was elected Dhaka north city mayor for about one-year term in the by-elections largely ignored by city dwellers on Thursday.
City dwellers hardly take interest in polls
Most of the voters refrained from casting vote in the elections in Dhaka north and south city on Thursday as they were seen hardly to take an interest in the polls, boycotted by all opposition parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
