Deadly fire kills 70 in Dhaka’s Chawk Bazar
At least 70 people were killed and 55 others injured as a deadly fire broke out in a densely populated residential area at Chawk Bazar in old town of Dhaka Wednesday night.
Still a lot to be done
The use of Bangla in all spheres of life is still limited to some empty rhetoric as two Supreme Court directives and Bengali Language Introduction Act 1987 remain largely unimplemented.
PM urges judges to pronounce verdicts in Bangla
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the judges to pronounce verdicts in Bangla taking into consideration the poor knowledge of most of the litigants in the foreign language.
Body handover begins, DNA test to identify deformed bodies
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital authorities have so far handed over four bodies of the Chawk Bazar fire incident victims to their family members.
Three German journalists beaten at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
Four Journalists, including three Germans, were beaten by Rohingyas at Lombasiha of Kutupalong Rohingya camp under Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s BAzar on Thursday.
Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks on US companies
Hackers in China have significantly stepped up attacks on US companies as the two countries have clashed over trade and technology.
Mapping the American war on terror
IN SEPTEMBER 2001, the Bush administration launched the ‘Global War on Terror.’ Though ‘global’ has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding.
Deadly fire kills 65 in Dhaka’s Chawk Bazar
At least 65 people were killed and 55 others injured as a deadly fire broke out in a densely populated residential area at Chawk Bazar in old town of Dhaka Wednesday night.
Nation salutes language heroes
Streams of barefooted people from all walks of life began filing past the shaheed minars after placing flowers at the altars across the country as the clock ticked past Wednesday with the nation paying tributes to the 1952 Language Movement heroes.
Shamima not Bangladesh citizen: foreign ministry
The government on Wednesday said that ISIS outfit member’s wife Shamima Begum would not be allowed to enter Bangladesh territory as she was not a citizen of the country.
