3 HC judges ask govt for their security

A High Court bench comprising three judges hearing the appeals and death reference in the 2009 BDR carnage case yesterday in a
26 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Home ministry decides to cut visitors at Secretariat

The home ministry has decided to reduce the number of visitors at the Bangladesh Secretariat on security grounds.
26 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Confiscate properties of war criminals

An anti-war crimes platform yesterday called for confiscation of all properties of the convicted war criminals and distribution of the
26 November 2015, 18:00 PM

HC orders to give security to 3 BDR carnage judges

The High Court directs the government to arrange adequate security for three of its judges now hearing the death references and appeals of 2009 Pilkhana carnage case.
26 November 2015, 09:31 AM

EP to debate on freedom of speech in Bangladesh

The European Parliament will have a debate today on a motion to adopt a resolution on freedom of expression and other rights issues in Bangladesh.
25 November 2015, 21:33 PM

BDR mutiny convict dies at DMCH

A convicted member of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who had two weeks left to be freed from jail, died of kidney failure at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 10:30pm on Tuesday, said family and hospital sources.
25 November 2015, 21:08 PM

Police repair roads in Badda

Police of Tejgaon Industrial Area Traffic Zone, as per their own initiative to repair roads in the capital's Badda to ease traffic, on Tuesday added crushed stones and brick chips on Satrasta leading to Hatirjheel.
25 November 2015, 20:27 PM

BCC mayor promises re-excavation of city canals in six months

Barisal City Corporation Mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal yesterday said the city canals would be re-excavated within six
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt, 4 Japan firms sign deal to build 3 bridges, flyover

The Road Transport and Highways Division and four Japanese construction companies signed a deal yesterday to construct, at a cost of Tk 8,800 crore, three bridges, and a flyover on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

HC questions exec magistrate run mobile courts

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of some provisions of the Mobile Court Act, 2009 that empowered
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Indo-Bangla border confce held in Ctg, Rajshahi

The last sessions of two-day deputy commissioner (DC)-district magistrate-level conference between Bangladesh
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Result of judiciary service written test published

The result of ninth Bangladesh Judiciary Service written test was published yesterday.
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Enact law on right to food

Speakers at a dialogue yesterday emphasised the need for enacting a law on right to food in the country to ensure food security.
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Rabab made new envoy to Japan

The government has decided to appoint Rabab Fatima, director general (East Asia and Pacific) in the Foreign Ministry, as the next
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Govt trying to cut workplace deaths

The government is trying to ensure that no deaths will occur due to lack of safety at workplace in the country, said Syed Ahmed,
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM

UN calls for moratorium on execution in Bangladesh

The United Nations has renewed its call on the Bangladesh government to immediately impose a moratorium on capital punishment and abolish the practice altogether.
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Foreign minister leads delegation to C'wealth meeting in Malta

A Bangladeshi delegation led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday left for Malta to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2015) on November 27-29.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM

HC questions 34th BCS exam results

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why the final results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, published on August 29, should not be declared illegal.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM

SC upholds HC stay on transfer of case against army man to military court

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that had stayed a move to transfer the case filed against an army officer allegedly for torturing his wife to military court from a special tribunal.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Cabinet okays biodiversity act draft

Around two and a half years after it was approved in principle, a proposed law to protect the biodiversity got the cabinet's final endorsement yesterday.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM