Girls must wear burqa if they go to colleges and univs: Ahmed Shafi
Hefazet-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi in a fresh statement on Sunday said girls must wear burqa if they want to get higher studies or they want to go to colleges and universities and their teachers must be female.
Fight against corruption to continue: PM
Reiterating her government’s farm stance against corruption, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government would continue its fight against graft to keep up the country’s development spree and uphold its achievements.
Opposition can be outside parliament for people: Khaleda
Jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said that said that an opposition could remain outside of parliament for the people.
How a hacked phone may have led killers to Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi probably thought the messages he was sending to fellow Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz were hidden, cloaked in WhatsApp security. In reality they were compromised -- along with the rest of Abdulaziz's phone, which had allegedly been infected by Pegasus, a powerful piece of malware designed to spy on its users.
Washington Post: Trump concealed details from meetings with Putin
There are no detailed records of five personal meetings President Donald Trump has had with Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing US officials.
BNP may be asked to leave Jamaat: Kamal
Jatiya Oikya Front convener and Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain said on Saturday that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party might be asked leave the Jamaat-e-Islami.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN EDN INTTS A hidden wound that bleeds
Scattered across newspaper pages and often glossed over with cold indifference, the reported handful of incidents of corporal punishment in Bangladesh educational institutions are far from reflecting the grim picture of torture and humiliation students are often made to endure.
Ctg transport workers call strike over alleged assault by MP
Transport workers in five districts of Chattogram division have called a 48-hour strike from tomorrow morning in protest at assault on a workers’ leader by a local lawmaker.
Workers’ unrest continues, 80 factories closed
Production at over 80 apparel factories were suspended for Saturday at Ashulia, Gazipur and in the capital as thousands of workers held demonstrations blocking roads to press their demand for wage hike.
Why Russia is getting back 30 World War II tanks from Laos
Russia is taking back World War II-era tanks from Laos because, well, Moscow needs a star, lots of them.
