Five to die for killing journalist Aftab
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced five people to death for killing award-winning photojournalist Aftab Ahamed in 2013.
Comilla City Poll: BNP alleges police, goons intimidate its supporters
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that the police and local goons were intimidating the party’s leaders and activists and supporters of its mayoral candidate in Comilla City Corporation elections slated for Thursday.
Govt gets more time to finalise judges' discipline rules
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time for the government by another week to issue a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges.
4 extremists killed as army raid on
Four suspected extremists, including a woman, were so far killed as army commandos continued ‘Operation Twilight’ at suspected den of extremists at a multi-storey building in Sylhet city for the third day on Monday.
Comilla city poll a vital test for EC: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday termed the forthcoming Comilla City Corporation election, slated for March 30, as a ‘vital test’ for the Election Commission to prove its neutrality.
Minimum 8th grade edn for drivers
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft ‘Road Transport Bill, 2017’ making minimum eighth grade education mandatory for obtaining driving licence and doubling jail term for driving motor vehicles without licence.
Operation Twilight: Two extremists killed as commando drive continues
Two extremists were killed in the ongoing operation of army commandos along with other security forces in a five-storey building in Sylhet, a suspected den of extremists on Sunday.
47th Independence and National Day celebrated
People flock to the national memorial at Savar and other monuments across the country to pay homage to the brave freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the liberation of the country on Sunday as the nation celebrated the 47th Independence and National Day.
13 killed in Chuadanga road accident
At least 13 people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and an engine-run vehicle at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Sunday morning.
PM urges extremists to return to normal life
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged those wasting their lives in suicide attacks to return to the right path and assured them of doing whatever necessary to ensure their livelihoods. ‘But, I'll urge them [extremists] not to choose the wrong path of suicide attacks as well as the path of terrorism and extremism,’ she said.
