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Missing Gazipur schoolboy rescued
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HC questions legality of tenant info drive

The High Court questions the legality of a provision under which the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been collecting information about residents of the metropolitan area.
27 March 2016

Stay on SC lawyer Shakila’s bail extended

Supreme Court today extends the stay order on the bail of Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana, accused of funding militancy, for another round of remand.
27 March 2016

CJ comments: Ministers Qamrul, Mozammel fined Tk 50 thousand each

Supreme Court fines Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq Tk 50 thousand each for committing contempt of court by making contemptuous statements about the chief justice.
27 March 2016

ASK condemns Tonu murder, urges arrest of culprits

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, condemns killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Victoria College in Comilla, and expresses serious concern for the perpetrators involved in the killing not being arrested yet.
26 March 2016

Activities of Sylhet BCL unit closed over infighting

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) suspends all activities of its Sylhet district unit for an indefinite period following Friday’s factional clash in the district.
26 March 2016

Sylhet JCD president held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested the president of Sylhet Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) last night.
26 March 2016

6 members of dope gang held

Detectives claim detention of six members of a dope gang from Darussalam area of Dhaka.
25 March 2016

SCBA annual election ends

The two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended yesterday peacefully.
24 March 2016

Workshop on public procurement held

A divisional workshop to engage citizens and ensure social accountability in public procurement was held in Sylhet
24 March 2016

1 killed, 10 hurt in post UP polls clash in Dohar

A man was hacked to death and at least 10 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Union Parishad election at Purbachar village in Dhaka's Dohar upazila yesterday.
24 March 2016

Freedom fighter killed by dope gang in capital

Members of a dope gang took life of a freedom fighter, Aftab Uddin, 65, yesterday in the capital and snatched away Tk 40,000 and a mobile phone.
24 March 2016

University professors now eligible for grade 1, 2

The public university professors will get promotions to grade 2 and grade 1 of the eighth national pay scale without selection grade, a cabinet committee meeting decides.
24 March 2016

Remove structures on Shaheed Minar land in 72hrs: HC

The High Court directs the authorities to demolish all structures, excluding a grave, on the land of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka by the next 72 hours.
24 March 2016

Specific time period needed for concluding war crimes trials: Dr Kamal

Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain says the trials of war criminals should be completed within a specific time.
24 March 2016

Ekramul murder: Stay on Minar’s bail extended

The Supreme Court extends for two weeks its earlier stay order on bail of BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Minar in Feni’s Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case.
24 March 2016

Int'l confce on genocide, mass violence begins at DU today

A three-day international conference on “Genocide and Mass Violence: Theories, Traumas, Trials and Testimonies” will begin in the special conference hall of
23 March 2016

CCC workers protest termination of six colleagues

Workers of Chittagong City Corporation yesterday demonstrated in front of CCC office protesting termination of six
23 March 2016

Family planning weakened

After achieving its momentum in the 80s and 90s, the family planning programme of the country has weakened as
23 March 2016

Govt pry headmasters want 10th grade in new pay scale

Headmasters of government primary schools yesterday demanded promoting both trained and non-trained head teachers to the 10th grade of the 8th National Pay Scale.
23 March 2016

Dhaka condemns Brussels attacks

Bangladesh has strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attacks at the Brussels Airport and Metro Station that took
23 March 2016