Govt likely to issue ord replacing 2009 act
The government is likely to promulgate an ordinance aiming at making the National Human Rights Commission must be made free from political influence...
Bangladesh
Govt fails to fulfil people鈥檚 aspirations: JP
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammad Quader on Saturday said that the interim government was trying to hold the next general election by excluding some political parties and keeping half of the voters of the country out of the polls...
AL, banned BCL stage flash processions in Dhaka, Ctg
Leaders and activists of the Awami League, activities of which are banned, and the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League on Saturday brought out flash processions in Dhaka and Chattogram demanding the resignation of the interim government...
CA congratulates new Nepalese PM
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has greeted the newly appointed prime minister of Nepal, Sushila Karki...
Tk 6cr bridge without road remains unused for years
A bridge built over the Jamuna canal at a cost of about Tk 6 crore in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj has remained unused for four years, as no approach roads were ever constructed...
ICDEC celebrates Bangladesh Civil Service founding anniv
The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council organised a programme, marking the 45th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Civil Service, at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at Farmgate in Dhaka on Saturday...
Communal forces rising: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday said that after the country had been freed from fascism, communal forces were now on the rise, creating fresh dangers for democratic values...
Adviser cautions indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a programme on Saturday called upon all concerned to stop the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock...
Ex-DIG Nahidul sent to jail in ICT case
A Dhaka court on Saturday sent former deputy inspector general AKM Nahidul Islam to jail in a case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal...
Rajshahi winters warming fast amid vanishing green, blue spaces
Rajshahi city鈥檚 winter land-surface temperature has witnessed a sharp and spatially concentrated rise over the past three decades, raising renewed concerns about urban planning, thermal comfort and long-term liveability in the divisional city, according to a geospatial study...
Two dengue patients die, 279 new patients hospitalised in 24 hours
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 147 this year...
Shibir bags GS, majority posts in JUCSU polls
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, swept most posts in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union in the elections held on Thursday, marked by widespread mismanagement and boycott by several panels.
Pro-BNP teachers allege irregularities in JUCSU polls
The pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party teachers鈥� platform at Jahangirnagar University on Friday condemned what they described as a smear campaign and widespread irregularities in the JU Central Students鈥� Union election held on Thursday...
86,690 people killed in 62,619 road accidents across Bangladesh in 11 years
At least 86,690 people were killed and 1,53,257 more injured in 62,619 road accidents in the country in the past 11 years, according to the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh...
DMP arrest ex-DIG Nahidul Islam in Dhaka
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former deputy inspector general of Police AKM Nahidul Islam in Eskaton area in the capital on Saturday...