Early mango sales raise concern
Low quality mangoes, harvested long before their maturity, flooded the capital’s fruit markets, making horticulturists concerned about the possibility of application of chemicals to ripen the fruit. Fruit merchants have been facing the allegation for long that they apply carbide to ripen mangoes at premature stage to make extra profits.
WAR CRIMES Sayedee’s jail until death upheld
The Appellate Division on Monday upheld its previous verdict that had commuted the death sentence of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death.
Khaleda seeks transfer of case to new court
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday filed a petition with the High Court seeking its directive to transfer the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to another court from the Dhaka Special Judge's Court-3.
Rape at Banani hotel: Safat's driver, bodyguard held
Rapid Action Battalion and detective branch of police on Sunday arrested two absconding accused of a case over raping two university students at hotel Raintree Dhaka at Banani.
AL extended meeting on May 20 over polls preparation, in-party feud
The ruling Awami League will hold an extended meeting of the central committee on May 20 as part of the preparations for the next general elections and to reduce in-party feuds across the country.
North Korea says missile could carry nuclear warhead
North Korea said Sunday's test-fire of a ballistic missile proved the missile is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead, state news agency KCNA said Monday.
Worldwide cyberattack could spark more trouble Monday
Companies worldwide are bracing for even more fallout from the biggest cyberattack ever as their workers head back to the office Monday.
Carl Bernstein: Comey firing is a 'dangerous' moment
Carl Bernstein says the Trump administration could put the United States in a "more dangerous" situation than the Watergate scandal did during President Richard Nixon's tenure.
On the frontline of ISIS' last stand in Iraq
Flies buzz around the drying rivulets of blood seeping from the heads of two corpses draped over the hood of a Humvee.
BANANI RAPE CASE Customs intel raids Apon Jewllers’ outlets
Customs authorities on Sunday conducted raids on the business firms owned by the father of one of the suspects of reported rape incidents inside Rain Tree Hotel in the capital’s Banani on March 28.
