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2 killed in Rangamati landslide

Two people have been buried under mud following a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati. The bodies of the two deceased — Tahmina Akhter, 25, and

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Steps taken to make capital market vibrant: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken various steps to ensure a vibrant capital market that will supplement its efforts to make Bangladesh a developed country by

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Rickshaw-pullers block road protesting rickshaw ban on 3 major streets in Dhaka

A day after a ban was imposed on rickshaw on three major roads in Dhaka, hundreds of rickshaw-pullers took positions at several points from Uttara to Sayedabad in the capital

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HC refuses to grant Latif Siddique bail in graft case

The High Court today refused to grant bail to former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a corruption case filed on charge of misuse of power in selling

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RMG worker gang-rape accused shot dead

Police have recovered the bullet-hit body of the prime accused in a case filed in connection with the rape of a 20-year-old ready-made garment worker in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila on

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Crimes mark a sharp rise for law-and-order downslide: BNP

BNP today alleged that the incidents of killing, rape and other social crimes marked a sharp rise due to serious slide in law-and-order situation. “They’ve created an anarchic situation across

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ACC to quiz DIG Mizan’s bodyguard, driver Sunday

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate the bodyguard and the driver of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman over bribery allegation tomorrow. Bodyguard Hridoy Hasan and driver

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Md Shamsuzzaman new railway DG

Engineer Md Shamsuzzaman, a member of BCS (Railway: Engineering) Cadre Service, has joined as the Director General of Bangladesh Railway (BR). Before assuming the office of director general of BR,

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Innocence Project in the pitfall of criminal justice system

By Forhad Ahmed The New York based Innocence Project is a legal attempt that is committed to exonerate wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reform

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Bangladesh Reels As 36 Men Named In Blasphemy Lawsuit

It has been a whirlwind decade for Bangladesh in many respects, with its reputation in the international arena tanking due to various issues such as corruption, cutthroat fundamentalism which have

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