Nothing reins in reckless driving
Local people blocked Dhaka-Rangpur Highway for around four hours and clashed with police after reckless driving claimed the life of yet another student in Rangpur on Sunday, only two weeks after student protests demanding road safety rocked the country.
Shahidul Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday sent internationally acclaimed photographer and writer Shahidul Alam to jail after interrogation in police custody for seven days. Metropolitan magistrate Farhat Bin Amin Chowdhury passed the order as the police investigators
Quader tells quota reformists nothing can be achieved with ultimatum
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that protesters for quota reform could achieve nothing by issuing ultimatum to the government.
Killers of Ramiz Uddin College students to be punished: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College.
BNP to hold prayer sessions on Aug 15 marking Khaleda’s birthday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday announced to hold countrywide prayer sessions on August 15 on the occasion of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s birthday.
In Trump's White House, Charlottesville was a moment that wasn't
When President Donald Trump declared a year ago that "very fine people" were among the Nazi mobs descending upon Charlottesville, Virginia, the reaction was swift.
Anti-government protesters and police clash in Romania
A large anti-government protest in Romania's capital, Bucharest, turned violent as demonstrators and police clashed, state media reported, leaving many in need of medical care.
V.S. Naipaul, Nobel-winning novelist, dies at 85
Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad but lived most of his life in England, died in his London home Saturday, Britain's Press Association reported, citing Naipaul's wife.
How a currency meltdown in Turkey threatens Europe
Worries over a fragile Turkish economy and the risk of contagion in Europe unnerved investors on Friday and sent the lira to a record low against the US dollar.
Pvt health facilities getting away with anomalies
Minimal action from time to time and lax monitoring by the authorities concerned did little or nothing to stop the unbridled malpractices by private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.
