Behind enemy lines: Story of a Bengali family stuck in Pakistan during 1971

To instil the patriotic fervour of our ancestors on to future generations to come.
15 December 2021

On the road again

The death of Notre Dame College student Nayeem Hasan under the wheels of a garbage truck in Gulistan on November 24 reignited the
11 December 2021

Europe faces Covid freeze

Austria yesterday became the first country in western Europe to reimpose lockdown since vaccines were rolled out, shutting non-essential shops, bars and cafes as surging caseloads raised the prospect of a third winter in deep freeze for the continent.
22 November 2021

SC forms committee against sexual harassment

The Supreme Court administration has formed a five-member committee to receive complaints of sexual harassment on court premises, conduct inquiry into them and make necessary recommendations to this effect.
4 November 2021

Hindu community celebrating Kumari Puja

Hindu devotees are celebrating Kumari Puja amid religious fervour and festivity across the country today.
13 October 2021

Travel ban on graft suspects: SC modifies HC ruling on prior court permission

The Supreme Court today modified, with some observations and directions, the High Court ruling that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has to take court permission to impose embargo on corruption suspects or accused from leaving the country.
27 September 2021

'Commerce ministry’s new panel to work on e-commerce law'

The commerce ministry is going to form a new committee to seek recommendations for making the law on e-commerce regulatory authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and merchants.
25 September 2021

Bangladesh among top 5 most economic resilient countries: Kamal

Bangladesh has been one of the top five resilient economies in the world during the coronavirus pandemic, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today.
13 September 2021

Dishonest politicians, bureaucrats a curse for nation: Razzaque

The dishonest politicians and bureaucrats, no matter how big they are, are a curse and burden for Bangladesh, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.
8 September 2021

Include Bangabandhu's March 7 speech in textbooks: HC tells govt

The High Court directed the government to include Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 speech in the schools, colleges, and university textbooks so they can learn about its significance.
8 September 2021

Income of AL fell by 51pc in 2020

The income of ruling Awami League in 2020 was about Tk 10.33 crore, 51 percent down from that of 2019, according to its audited financial statement submitted to the Election Commission yesterday.
29 August 2021

BCL, Chhatra Dal activists clash at DU

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus yesterday morning.
29 August 2021

Funding on decline, challenges up

As international funding for the Rohingyas declines, Bangladesh faces increasing challenges to manage the displaced people amid little prospect of repatriation anytime soon.
24 August 2021

Nowhere to go

Rohingya repatriation has become even more uncertain following the military takeover in Myanmar while the displaced people find it riskier to go back to their motherland where there is no legitimate government right now.
24 August 2021

How Rohingya youth are fighting for education

Abdul Aman, a Rohingya boy of 18, was a student of grade eight in 2017. His dream was to travel abroad for higher education after completing his school.
24 August 2021

Myanmar military arrests more journalists

Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, army-owned television reported on Saturday, the latest among dozens of detentions in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb. 1 coup.
22 August 2021

Convict arrested 19 years after attack on Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade in Satkhira

Detectives have arrested a convict in a case filed over the attack on motorcade of the then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.
21 August 2021

Seeking Refuge: 218 Rohingyas died or went missing at sea

At least 218 Rohingyas died or went missing at sea in 2020 as they desperately sought refuge in the Southeast Asian countries either from Myanmar’s Rakhine State or Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps, a new UN report says.
19 August 2021

Argentine Court: Rohingyas testify about the horrors they faced

In a historic development for Myanmar, Rohingya women have described in an Argentine court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction, how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village.
18 August 2021

Rohingya women testify in Argentina court on ‘brutal massacre in Rakhine state’

In a historic development, Rohingya women have described how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village, in an Argentinean court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction.
18 August 2021