RCBC sued BB to cheat with people of Philippines: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says Philippine’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) has filed the defamation case against Bangladesh Bank in order to cheat with the people of their country.
14 March 2019, 11:17 AM

Ducsu polls: No comment from VC on hunger strike

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhteruzzaman has said nothing about the students who were observing hunger strike for fresh elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu).
14 March 2019, 10:08 AM

Elections in Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines 2019: Voters' expectations

In early 2019, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to polls in elections that will either continue the populist/ authoritarian dynamics that has gripped the region, and the world, over the past few years or begin to halt it.
14 March 2019, 10:08 AM

AL ex-MP Rana gets HC bail

The High Court grants a six-month bail to former Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in the Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
14 March 2019, 09:18 AM

Nur expresses solidarity with Ruqayyah Hall girls

Nurul Haque Nur, the VP-elect of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu), expresses solidarity with the Ruqayyah Hall students who are on hunger strike.
14 March 2019, 08:11 AM

Local BCL leader stabbed dead in N’ganj, 4 held

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League is stabbed dead allegedly over previous enmity in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.
14 March 2019, 07:45 AM

Criminals threaten quota reformist Rashed to gun down if leads other movement

Quota reform leader Rashed Khan claims that unidentified criminals threatened him to gun down if he leads any other movements.
14 March 2019, 07:17 AM

PM opens, lays foundation stones of 31 uplift schemes in Tangail

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 31 development projects in Tangail district.
14 March 2019, 06:57 AM

Zia Orphanage Trust graft: Khaleda challenges enhancement of punishment

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed a leave to appeal petition with the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict that enhanced her punishment to 10 years imprisonment from five years in Zia Orphanage Trust Corruption case.
14 March 2019, 06:50 AM

Girls allege BCL teasing during hunger strike

On hunger strike for re-election to hall unions, the five Ruqayyah Hall girls claim that they have been teased by ruling party’s front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.
14 March 2019, 05:34 AM

‘We will resist all goons on DU campus’

An independent vice president candidate in the recently concluded elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) vows to resist “all goons” on the university campus.
13 March 2019, 15:09 PM

Ducsu re-election not possible: VC

Re-election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) is not possible, the university’s Vice Chancellor Akhtaruzzaman says.
13 March 2019, 11:18 AM

Ducsu polls: Nur demands re-election to all posts by March 31

Newly-elected Vice President of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur has demanded re-election to all posts by March 31.
13 March 2019, 10:39 AM

Don’t keep children under pressure for study: PM

Urging everyone to give children education with joy Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to not exert additional pressure on the tender-hearted children for studying.
13 March 2019, 10:32 AM

VC rejects demand, threatens lawsuit: Liton

Dhaka University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhteruzzaman has shut the door on the face of activists demanding a fresh schedule to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu). The five demonstrating panels, however, demand fresh schedule to Ducsu elections in three days.
13 March 2019, 07:26 AM

Obaidul Quader shifted to cabin from ICU

Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has been moved to a cabin from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) today after his condition improved further.
13 March 2019, 06:59 AM

Barapukuria coalmine graft case: Khaleda unwilling to appear before court

Jail authorities fail to produce BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia before a Dhaka court in Barapukuria coal mine graft case as she expressed “unwillingness” to appear before the court.
13 March 2019, 06:37 AM

1 hospitalised as hunger strike for Ducsu re-polls continues

One of the six students who began a fast unto death demanding fresh election to the Dhaka University Students’ Union (Ducsu) is hospitalised after he fell unconscious.
13 March 2019, 05:14 AM

4 candidates go on hunger strike for fresh Ducsu polls

Terming yesterday’s Ducsu election as nontransparent, four candidates of the opposition panel begin a fast unto death demanding fresh election to the Dhaka University students’ union.
12 March 2019, 16:05 PM

VP-elect Nur now demands fresh Ducsu polls

Newly elected Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur once again demands a fresh election to the Dhaka University central students’ boy bringing allegations of vote rigging and ballot stuffing.
12 March 2019, 09:07 AM