Major political parties yesterday welcomed the International Crimes Tribunal’s decision to sentence ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday said sentencing of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates shows that no one is above the law, as the government intensified its push to bring her back from India.

One must distinguish between two separate issues: the evidence presented by the prosecution against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and the fairness of the process and procedure of the trial itself.

Law enforcers clashed with demonstrators yesterday in and around Dhanmondi-32 in the capital, as the latter attempted to demolish the remaining parts of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house with diggers.

ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has announced its panel for the first-ever Jagannath University Central Students’ Union election, scheduled for December 22.

Columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar yesterday said the July uprising has reminded the nation of a fundamental truth: all power belongs to the people, and neither the state nor parliament has any authority to take away their rights or livelihood.

The Russian Navy ship Gremyashchy yesterday arrived at Chattogram Port on a five-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh.

Nine vehicles were gutted in a fire at an automobile workshop in Pathantula area of Sylhet city early yesterday.

Even after 48 years of its establishment, Chattogram Metropolitan Police has yet to bring the entire city under a full-fledged digital signal-controlled traffic system.

Workers and employees of the Ashuganj Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited in Brahmanbaria yesterday held a demonstration to press home their demand for an uninterrupted gas supply to resume urea production at the plant.

Telephone conversations of sheikh hasina used as evidence

A Tk 1,653 crore proposed project for repairing and upgrading roads along with other key infrastructure in Rangpur city has been stalled for the past 18 months, leaving most of the city’s streets nearly unusable.

Snaps from court to street

Every morning, hundreds of schoolchildren from Puthikhali union in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila cross a fragile wooden bridge in Vatkhali to attend classes, each step feeling like a gamble with their safety.

Workers and employees of the Ashuganj Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited in Brahmanbaria yesterday held a demonstration to press home their demand for an uninterrupted gas supply to resume urea production at the plant.

A mother and her son were stabbed to death in Cumilla’s Adarsha Sadar upazila yesterday.

The Russian Navy ship Gremyashchy yesterday arrived at Chattogram Port on a five-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh.

Jafar Howlader, 55, a former union parishad chairman and local Awami League leader, died at Patuakhali General Hospital yesterday after suddenly falling ill inside the Patuakhali District Jail, prison authorities said.

At least 21 leaders and activists of the Awami League, currently banned from political activities, were arrested in special drives across Narayanganj over the past 36 hours, as of 6:00am yesterday.