It was far from a cracker of a match between two high-quality sides as Shakib Al Hasan's Dhaka Dynamites sent Mashrafe Bin

More than 35,000 employees of 260 municipalities have not received salaries for up to seven years due to fund crunch of the local government bodies.

Clutching her father's fingers, 10-year-old Faija was crossing a road at Uttara yesterday morning. Her mother and younger brother were nearby.

The High Court yesterday directed the lower courts concerned to finish the trial proceedings in all drug-related cases within six months of taking cognisance of charges.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for building a more “people-friendly” police force and instructed the authorities concerned to dispose of cases properly and on time to ensure quick justice.

The Anti-Corruption Commission now blames businessman Abu Salek, accused of misappropriating about Tk 18.5 crore from Sonali Bank, for making jute mill worker Jaha Alam a scapegoat.

Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a host of demands that include land allocation for the force and appointment of police officials to the key posts, including that of the director general, at the passport department.

The government has intensified drives in Dhaka and elsewhere to evict river grabbers, while also mulling a Tk 850 crore project to save the four rivers around the capital.

Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are set to sign a defence pact on February 14 to further bolster military cooperation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the police to remain careful so that innocent people are not harassed and tortured during their duties. "You need to keep in mind that no innocent person should fall victim to torture and harassment by you," she says.

Criminals shot dead a member of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS-MN Larma) and his friend at Karigar Para village in Kaptai upazila yesterday afternoon.

Likeminded student organisations have been reaching out to each other in the hope of forming alliances to contest the coming Ducsu election.

When Mohammad Ershad arrived at a hospital in Dhaka four years ago with a persistent cough, he had no idea that it was symptomatic of something that could be so fatal.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave her nod to all the demands placed before her on the opening day of the Police Week yesterday.

Terming food adulteration one kind of “corruption”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said this ill practice must be stopped at any cost to save people's lives.

The High Court yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission whether it had produced another “Joj Mia drama” while commenting on the imprisonment of an innocent person.

Less than half the target of creating 39 lakh jobs was achieved in the first two years of the government's Seventh Five Year Plan (SFYP), though the country registered robust economic growth during the period.

River encroachers cannot run in any elections or get bank loans, the High Court has ordered, in efforts to save rivers from greedy grabbers. The HC also ordered the government to make a list of every grabber in the country and publish the list in the media to expose them to the public.

The Election Commission yesterday rejected the nomination papers of Jatiya Party nominated mayoral candidate Shafin Ahmed for the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls because he had defaulted on bank loans.

President Vladimir Putin yesterday said Russia was suspending its participation in a key Cold War-era missile treaty in a mirror response to a US move, triggering fears of a new arms race.