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The Jail Killing Day, commemorating the killing of four national leaders inside Dhaka Central Jail, is being observed on Thursday (Nov 3) across the country in a solemn manner. Different political Detail >>
Bangladesh government should set up “an impartial, independent and transparent investigation” into allegations of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killing, and torture, Michelle Bachelet, Detail >>
Police recovered the body of college teacher Khairun Nahar, who married a college student in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore. The body was recovered from a rented house in Ballaripara area of Natore Detail >>
The High Court on Monday gave split verdicts in connection with a writ petition filed challenging the legality of article 70 of the constitution that allows the cancellation of parliament membership Detail >>
Quader insists constitution stipulates poll-time govt formula
In response to BNP’s allegation that the prime minister's remark regarding constitutional provision for a poll-time government is misleading, ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) general secretary Detail >>
Police on Sunday night arrested two people in Boalia in Rajshahi in connection with the rape of a college girl and taking video footage of the incident, reports UNB. The arrestees are Sohel Rana Detail >>
The Election Commission says it will have no role in initiatives to build a 'consensus' among political parties to take part in the next national election. Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda's Detail >>
PM directs to raise tea workers' wage to Tk 145; strike called off
Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Mir Nahid Ahsan has said the daily wage of tea workers has been increased from Tk 120 to Tk 145, on the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The DC said this at Detail >>
Police recovered the bodies of a teacher couple from a private car in Gazipur on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Tongi Shaheed Smrity High School’s headmaster Ziaur Rahman Mamun Detail >>
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday hoped that the country would come out of load shedding by the end of the next month. He also said: "We are in crisis due Detail >>
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (Bapex) has discovered a new reserve of a significant amount of natural gas in Bhola, a district of the country's southern region. The new gas reserve, which Detail >>
Myanmar government is constructing a temporary camp for sheltering 30,000 Rohingya after repatriation, state media reported on Monday. This was discussed during talks between Myanmar and Bangladesh Detail >>
A major percentage of Bangladeshi children are the victims of second-hand smoke (SHS). Oxford journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published from England on 7 December, showed that about 95% Detail >>
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days following a fresh military build-up in Myanmar's Rakhine state, community leaders said Wednesday. They said at least 500 Detail >>
It is fair to say that Bangladesh’s human rights community was split on whether the visit of the UN’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet would improve the situation of human rights Detail >>
On May 29th 2016, Shekh Mohammad Salim was waiting at an auto repair shop in Kapashia, Gazipur, as technicians were renovating a bus owned by his family. This was something he took a great interest in Detail >>
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday suspended all proceedings of the election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) which was scheduled to be held on February 26. “We have taken the decision Detail >>
The High Court (HC) today delivered a split verdict over article 70 of the constitution that stipulates that a lawmaker shall vacate his or her seat on resignation from or voting against his party. Detail >>
Following the protest of a group of Tabligh Jamaat followers, Indian scholar Maulana Saad Kandolvi will not join the first phase of the 53rd Biswa Ijtema the second largest congregation of the Muslim Detail >>
At least Six people were killed and thirty others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Khulna highway near Dhusor bridge of Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj early Saturday Detail >>
Around 50 people have been killed and about 32 lakh people in 22 districts affected by the flash floods triggered by incessant rains, according to a Parliament Secretariat press release. The Detail >>