Rohingya genocide case to proceed
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‘You cannot remain silent’
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Lightning Casualties: Govt to focus on forecast

Even a few years ago, metal objects in the shapes of tridents, crescents, stars and roosters could be seen on the roofs of buildings. They are hardly seen anymore.
27 April 2017

Cuffed man tortured

A video clip in which a former Jubo League leader is seen being tortured has gone viral on social media with his family members pointing the finger at police in Chittagong' Sandwip.
27 April 2017

TOP QUOTE!

"It is unfortunate that guardians are now busy thinking how to get leaked question papers for their children. It is shattering their children's morale."
27 April 2017

Onslaught of flashfloods in haors

Affected crop land 4.5 lakh hectares
27 April 2017

Four killed in militant den

The 12-hour raid on a terror den in Chapainawabganj ended yesterday evening, as four militant suspects holed up there blew themselves up. Rafiqul Islam alias Abu, an operative of militant outfit “Neo JMB”, was among the dead. The terror outfit had given Abu, also known as Abul Kalam, the responsibility for providing shelter to its members, said police.
27 April 2017

Maheshkhali declared 'digital island'

The government yesterday declared Moheshkhali, one of the remotest islands of the country, a “Digital Island”, targeting to make it a model for the world in five years.
27 April 2017

Cameron sees 3 challenges

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has called upon all to unite to battle the violent ideology of terrorism, a key challenge facing the world today.
27 April 2017

Shab-e-Barat on May 11

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed across the country on May 11 with due religious fervor as the Shaban moon was sighted in the sky yesterday.
27 April 2017

AQIS head of Bangladesh affairs killed in Afghanistan

Tariq alias Sohel, the “chief” of the Bangladeshi affairs of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and five of his accomplices were
26 April 2017

Cameron in the capital

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in the capital on a brief visit last night.
26 April 2017

Top Quote!

“Human rights of those who have long been languishing in jail without trial are being violated.”
26 April 2017

Metro rail project slows down

Slow tender bidding process has pushed the metro rail construction work nearly a year behind schedule. Of the eight components of the project, the ground work of one was ongoing. Even though prequalification of bidders in the remaining seven components was done, the final contracts have not been signed yet.
26 April 2017

Flood grips Chalan Beel

Early flooding hit Natore's Chalan Beel area yesterday, submerging standing Boro crops on around 1,500 hectares of land.
26 April 2017

Don't torture

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of Rapid Action Battalion to make sure that common people do not fall
26 April 2017

SWAT hunts for 'Neo JMB' men in C'nawabganj

After a daylong operation, police last night suspended their raid on a house in Chapainawabganj where four suspected militants along
26 April 2017

Issues can be resolved thru' talks

In no country do the chief justices speak so much in public or express so much anger unless it involves judicial activities, Law Minister
26 April 2017

Judiciary treated unfairly by all governments

Successive governments treated the judiciary unfairly and the administration never wanted the judiciary to run independently, Chief
25 April 2017

Fatal negligence

The government inspection system for factory boilers is meant to fail by design, hence boiler explosions have been claiming lives all too frequently.
25 April 2017

Fishing ban in haors lifted

The fisheries department yesterday lifted the ban on fishing in the haors of Moulvibazar and Sunamganj.
25 April 2017

Teesta Deal: Mamata still 'reluctant'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee apparently won't budge on a Teesta water sharing deal despite Prime Minister Narendra
25 April 2017