Broken classrooms drive students outdoors

From students of 38 primary schools in Nilphamari's Jaldhaka upazila there can be few complaints of stuffy
8 November 2016, 18:00 PM

HC questions legality of Jessore youth’s imprisonment

The High Court questions the legality of sentencing a youth to two years imprisonment by a mobile court in Chaugachha upazila of Jessore for having drug.
8 November 2016, 14:33 PM

37 Bangladeshi job seekers held in Libya

At least 37 Bangladeshi fortune seekers, who tried to reach Italy through Mediterranean Sea, are kept at a detention centre in Libya’s Gharyan town.
8 November 2016, 12:04 PM

Charges pressed against Khadiza’s attacker

Police have submitted charge sheet against suspended student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Badrul Alam in connection with the gruesome attack on Sylhet college girl Khadiza Akter on October 3.
8 November 2016, 07:30 AM

Home boss, police chief visit attacked Hindus

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder visit Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar following the spate of attacks on the Hindus.
8 November 2016, 05:57 AM

65 Bangladeshi fortune-seekers rescued in Libya

At least 65 Bangladeshi fortune-seekers are rescued from the traffickers’ den in the remote area of Tripoli, the capital city of the war-torn Libya. Libyan police also arrest four Bangladeshi human traffickers for their alleged involvement in abducting these 65 jobseekers and realising ransoms from the victim families.
7 November 2016, 11:01 AM

National Service Programme for youths expanded

Bangladesh’s cabinet decides to expand “National Service Programme” in 64 upazilas across the country for youths’ skill development through training.
7 November 2016, 08:41 AM

Gaibandha Santals claim mass tyranny, cops deny

Ethnic minority Santals of Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj have claimed of mass oppression upon them as a sequel to clashes with police over land dispute. They say locals are looting their livestock and belongings. However, police deny such allegations and say peace is prevailing in the area.
7 November 2016, 06:34 AM

Mymensingh char people continue protest

Thousands of char people yesterday blocked a road demanding removal of their farmlands and homesteads from the
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM

India concerned over safety of Bangladesh Hindus

India has conveyed its concerns to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the security of Hindu community in Bangladesh, in the backdrop of recent attacks on the minority group in Brahmanbaria.
6 November 2016, 12:27 PM

Weakened depression crossing Ctg coast

The deep depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression and started to cross Chittagong coast.
6 November 2016, 05:15 AM

40-day scheme yet to start for fund crisis

A good number of farm labourers of five upazilas in the district are going through a serious job crisis.
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Photos of PM, Bangabandhu torched

A college principal was arrested in Chatmohar upazila of the district yesterday on charge of torching photographs of Father of the Nation
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Struggle for education

The father of a girl newly admitted to a medical college is very worried as he is unable to bear the expenses of her education.
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM

6 villages under threat of erosion

Around 1,500 families of six villages in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj have been passing their days in fear of erosion of their
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on Hindus: Sayedul to brief media tomorrow

Amid widespread criticism for his comments over the attack on Hindu community in Nasirnagar, Fisheries Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque is to brief the media in Brahmanbaria on November 6, 2016.
5 November 2016, 16:34 PM

Attack on Hindus: Nirmul committee wants judicial probe

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee blames the failure of the local administrations and police behind the October 30 attacks on Hindu temples and Hindu community in Brahmanbaria.
5 November 2016, 09:42 AM

Laxmi idol found at Brahmanbaria mosque

Six days into the attack on Hindu temples and houses in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, police recover an idol of Goddess Laxmi from a mosque in the upazila.
5 November 2016, 08:56 AM

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 4

Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal No four lowering local cautionary signal No three, according to the latest weather bulletin by Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
5 November 2016, 06:16 AM

HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMCORACY

Two transitions are taking place simultaneously: the first is the political transition from the pre-independence authoritarian to a post-
4 November 2016, 18:00 PM