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Tarique Rahman sued under DSA for calling Zia ‘father of nation’
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:44am on March 01, 2021
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who has been staying abroad since 2008, was sued under the Digital Security Act for saying that his...
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Multi-dimensional edn to create skilled manpower: PM
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 01:10am on March 01, 2021
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government had been working to make education multi-dimensional attaching priority to science and technology to create...
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Killing by state, say citizens
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:09am on March 01, 2021
Fifty one academics, writers, journalists and rights activists have demanded a judicial probe into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail. In a statement...
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Protests on for judicial probe, DSA repeal
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:07am on March 01, 2021
Different political, rights and student organisations on Sunday continued protests for the third consecutive day against the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail and...
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Violence, rigging, boycott mark polling
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:56pm on February 28, 2021
A man was killed and several dozens were injured in the fifth-phase municipal vote on Sunday, which was marked by violence, irregularities and boycott by...
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Shaheed Selim and Delwar remembered
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:09pm on February 28, 2021
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that Bangladesh Chhatra League brought success in all movements against autocratic governments...
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Police arrest three more JCD activists
DU Correspondent | Updated at 05:26pm on February 28, 2021
The police on Sunday arrested at least nine Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists in front of the National Press Club after a clash between the law...
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PM’s deputy press secretary Khokan seeks release
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:53pm on February 28, 2021
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s deputy press secretary M Ashraful Alam Khokan has sought to leave his job to facilitate his higher education in the United...
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Positivity rate, cases rise for 2nd week
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:24am on February 28, 2021
The number of COVID-19 cases and the test positivity rate have increased for the second week in the 51st week, ended on Saturday, according to...
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5th phase municipal polls today
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:23am on February 28, 2021
In the fifth phase of the staggered municipal elections, 29 of the designated 30 municipalities go to the polls today amid fears of violence as...