Speedy trial process not speedy enough

All the Speedy Trial Tribunals failed to complete trials in sensitive cases in 135 working days as mandated by the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act 2002.

DUCSU VP wants GS to resign

Dhaka University Central Student Union vice-president Nurul Huq Nur on Tuesday demanded resignation of its general secretary Golam Rabbani as he was removed from the post Chhatra

Each division to have cancer centre

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved a project involving Tk 2,388.40 crore to set up a 100-bed full-fledged cancer centre in each government

PM breaches law by firing BCL leaders: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina breached the law by removing Bangladesh Chhatra League’s president Rezwanul

Graft Allegation Against JU VC Leaked phone chats stir controversy

Two new leaked phone conversations between Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and a teacher have fuelled the rumour about the reported involvement of Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor

Saudi Arabia, Malaysia crackdown Thousands of Bangladeshi workers fear deportation

Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi workers fear deportation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Malaysia amid their on-going crackdown on illegal migrants.

Editors’ Council gets new committee

The Editors’ Council in a meeting on Sunday at The Daily Star Centre formed its new executive committee with The Daily Star editor and publisher Mahfuz Anam as the president and Bangladesh

Khaleda kept in jail to be killed: Fakhrul

BNP secretary-general Mirza Fakhru Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government was keeping their party chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail to kill her in a planned way as part of political vengeance.

6 lakh Rohingyas in Myanmar at ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a ‘serious risk of genocide’, UN investigators said Monday, warning the repatriation of a million already driven from the country by the army

BIWTA, DSCC, 4 realtors among 959 grabbers

The Dhaka district administration found no encroachers on the five of the eight rivers flowing through or around the district.