Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that the death of anyone is not desired and so is not any unrest centering the demise.

Bangladesh has once again asked its counterpart India for using “non-lethal” weapons in the Indo-Bangla border to bring down the border killing to zero.

After a year of closure due to the pandemic, and significant academic losses, the government yesterday announced that all schools and colleges will be reopening on March 30.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh’s graduation from the group of the least developed countries (LDCs) to a developing country stemmed from her government’s relentless efforts, planning and hard work over the last 12 years.

Bangladesh has stepped into a new journey as it qualified to graduate into a developing nation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) after 45 years.

Hours after protesting writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s detention under the Digital Security Act and subsequent death in custody, Ruhul Amin himself was sued under the controversial law.

As Rab members were taking away writer Mushtaq Ahmed from his Lalmatia residence nine months ago, they assured the family that he would return home after a short while.

Outrage all over after Mushtaq’s death in custody; call for scrapping DSA gets louder.

Thirteen heads of foreign missions in Bangladesh have expressed grave concern over the death in custody of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in Kashimpur jail on Thursday, and called on the government to conduct an enquiry.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highly applauded Bangladesh’s tremendous efforts in mitigating the health and socio-economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The United States hailed progress in turning around its troubled Covid-19 vaccine rollout, as the European Union said it was on track to meet jab targets and Asia’s inoculation drive gained pace yesterday.

“Should not have been detained in the first place”

Mushtaq Ahmed, the writer, the commentator, the socially conscious citizen, the articulate but moderate voice of dissent and a critical observer of current events is dead.

Reckless driving claimed eight lives and left 17 people injured in Sylhet’s Dakshin Surma upazila yesterday morning.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has requested the UN to provide humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char where a housing facility has been developed for one lakh Rohingyas.

The High Court yesterday warned loan defaulters that if they fail to pay back money to People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), they will be thrown into jail.

The Department of Prisons has finalised a plan to vaccinate for Covid-19 inmates in 68 jails in the country.

Students across the country took to the streets demanding the continuation of ongoing and previously announced exams, protesting the authority’s decision to postpone ongoing exams.

The trial of Sayeed Ahmed Tipu’s murder case did not make any headway in around a decade due to the prosecution’s failure to produce witnesses before court for their statements.

A group of at least 55 Bangladeshis had paid recruiting agencies over Tk 3 lakh each for jobs in Algeria and the promise of illegal passage into Spain -- what they got instead was indentured labour under subhuman living conditions.