Mojaheed's family meets him in jail

Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed's wife Tamanna-E-Jahan hoped that the authorities concerned of the state including the president, prime minister, chief justice will play roles in ensuring justice for her husband in review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty.
9 October 2015

Abdul Karim's discoveries - Origins of modernity in Bengali literature

Abdul Karim discovered that there existed also Muslim writers of quality in Bengali literature and, what's more, their quantity also is far from negligible. In diction their works, for instance, those of the 17th century lauraetes Kazi Daulat (1600-1638) or Syed Alaol (1607-1680) are no less 'elevated and dignified,' i.e., Sanskritized in measure than Bharatchandra Ray's (1712-1760) or Madhusudan Datta's (1824-1873) of later fame.
9 October 2015

Plan for partisan polls a conspiracy

The plan to make the local government elections partisan is a strategy to send BNP's demand for a fresh national
9 October 2015

UK heightens alert, fears further attack on westerners in Bangladesh

The United Kingdom apprehends more attacks on westerners in Bangladesh and those could be indiscriminate.
9 October 2015

Tunisia activists win Nobel Peace Prize in boost to fledgling democracy

Tunisian civil society groups won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for helping to create the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring, at a time when the country is under threat from jihadist violence.
9 October 2015

Probe medical admission test question leak

Academics, intellectuals, and cultural activists yesterday joined the cause of medical college hopefuls and called for
9 October 2015

UK fears fresh attacks on westerners

The United Kingdom is apprehensive about more attacks on westerners in Bangladesh, saying those could be indiscriminate.
9 October 2015

Barisal hospital interns abstain from work for 4hr after attack

Attendants attacked interns of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal yesterday following the death of a
8 October 2015

Family to meet Mojaheed at Dhaka Central Jail today

Family members of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail today.
8 October 2015

Int'l standard education must for development

Global Study, an education consultancy firm in Dhaka, celebrated its 11th founding anniversary in the capital's The
8 October 2015

Belarusian writer Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize

Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize yesterday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war and life under the repressive Soviet regime.
8 October 2015

Mawna OC accused of beating driver

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was hospitalised yesterday after the Mawna Highway Police Station o%cer-in-charge
7 October 2015

Rights bodies blame impunity, violent political climate

Lack of rule of law, failure to mete out exemplary punishment and current practice of cadre-based politics which requires demonstration of power are some of the main causes for increasing and brutish violence against children.
7 October 2015

Train delayed for 4 hours as driver sleeps in Bangladesh

What happens when a train driver is fatigued, having worked late into the night, and has a train to drive in the morning?
7 October 2015

70 freed from Bangladesh’s jail on fake bail in 5 months

A temporary staff at a Dhaka court sent fake bail orders to Dhaka Central Jail authorities for five months till June to have released at least 70 accused in cases over illegal trade of drugs, and arms and ammunition.
7 October 2015

A disturbing breach of security at Dhaka airport

The US-Bangla Dash-8 was taxiing towards the runway at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for its domestic flight to Chittagong when the cabin crew discovered something odd. The plane has 72 seats and there had been 71 boarding cards issued, yet all the seats were occupied.
7 October 2015

Agitators hope to strike at all edu institutes today

Demonstrators will enforce a strike in all educational institutions today for their four-point demands including fresh
6 October 2015

Experts urge greater coordination among security agencies

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday suggested greater coordination among all intelligence and law enforcement agencies with a lead agency at the helm to effectively fight extremism in Bangladesh.
6 October 2015

Unknown liquid found in 3 containers at Ctg port

Customs officials of Chittagong Port yesterday halted the delivery of three containers for false declaration, as unknown
6 October 2015

RMG workers block Ctg road for festival bonuses equivalent to basic salary

Over 3,000 workers of two RMG factories blocked the road in Chittagong city's Sher Shah for around two-and-a-half hours yesterday afternoon demanding Eid bonuses equivalent to their full basic salaries.
5 October 2015