Suspected killer Obaidul detained over Risha murder

Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday said they detained the suspected killer, Obaidul Khan, in the case of murdering Suraiya Akhter Risha, Class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School and College.

Willes Little Flower students continues protest over Risha murder

The students of Willes Little Flower School and College and their guardians on Tuesday launched a fresh demonstration blocking the Kakrail intersection near the school premises demanding justice for murder of their fellow Suraiya Akter Risha.

SC upholds death sentence for Mir Quasem

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the review appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Mir Quasem Ali over an earlier verdict that upheld his death penalty for crimes against humanity in 1971 Liberation war.

Dhaka wants market access, return of Mujib killers

The United States would consider Bangladesh’s request for duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladeshi products to the US market, US secretary of state John Kerry said in Dhaka on Monday.

Democracy to be restored thru US co-op

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday called on the visiting US secretary of state John Kerry and expressed her hope that economic development would take place and democracy would be restored in Bangladesh through US cooperation.

Demo for dorm: BCL activists attack again agitating students

Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists once again on Monday launched attacks on Jagannath University students on movement in demand of residential halls.

Rampal power plant: oil-gas body rules out alliance with BNP, PM’s arguments

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Monday ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the movement against the coal-fired Rampal power plant project near the Sunderbans.

Schoolgirl stabbed by stalker dies

Schoolgirl Surayia Akhter Risha, who was stabbed in the abdomen by a stalker on August 24, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday.

Kerry due today

The US secretary of state, John Kerry, will arrive in Dhaka on a nine-hour official visit starting from about 9am today.

AGITATION FOR DORMS: BCL activists attack JnU students

Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Sunday attacked Jagannath University students on the first day of their two-day fresh strike demanding construction of residential halls.