Category: National

The heartland of a reserve forest in Moulvibazar is in the process of being leased out to a private company for tea plantation.       Several companies …

There are 888 convicts, including Ayesha Siddika alias Minni, in the condemned cells of 68 prisons around the country. Ayesha Siddika was recently sentenced to …

Advanced Level examinations of the October and November session began yesterday amid parents’ concern about the grades their children would get as many could not …

The recruiting agency that sent 14-year-old Umme Kulsum to a Saudi employer, who tortured her to death, threw many others into similar pits of abuse. …

Onion prices have shot up dramatically in the country due to panic buying by consumers and price gouging by wholesalers in the immediate aftermath of …

To the question, “how democracy is faring in Bangladesh”, a ruling party’s answer has always been “we are a global example” and that of the …

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to Anwar Hossain Choudhury, an assistant professor of Chattogram University’s sociology department, in …

Death toll from Friday’s explosion in the Narayanganj mosque reached 20 last night with fire officials suspecting that the incident took place due to leak …

Hundreds of people were seen waiting restlessly outside the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka this morning after the blast …

The government has made little progress in relocating hazardous chemical businesses and warehouses from Old Dhaka, leaving the residents in constant fear following the two …