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.
