Barrister Mainul released on bail
Former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein was released from jail on bail on Sunday night, 97 days after his arrest for making 'offensive comment' against journalist Masuda Bhatti.
No internet package with less than three-day validity: BTRC
From the first day of the next month, no mobile phone operator will be allowed to offer internet packages with less than a three-day validity.
Shape up or ship out, PM warns doctors, nurses
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday issued a strict warning to government physicians and nurses to do their respective duties properly or quit their jobs.
AL picks Atiqul for DNCC mayoral by-poll
The ruling Awami League on Saturday picked businessman Atiqul Islam as the mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election and Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi for re-election in Kishoreganj 1 constituency.
PM’s call for national unity was phoney: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for national unity was just words for words’ sake and she was not committed to resolve political disputes at all.
PM invites political parties at Ganabhaban on Feb 2
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, has invited leaders of different political parties to a post-election tea-party at Ganabhaban on February 2 to exchange greetings.
PM calls for national unity to fight graft
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday vowed to launch a massive anti-corruption campaign as she delivered her first nationwide address, assuming office for the third consecutive term, also seeking a greater national unity on core issues.
BNP rejects PM’s call to join parliament
Terming prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s address to the nation deceptive, BNP on Friday turned down her call for taking oath by MPs of the party to join the 11th parliament.
400 migrants from Bangladesh detained on Mexico-US border
Nearly 400 Bangladeshi migrants are currently in jails on the cross-border areas of the United States of America and Mexico after they were detained by the law enforcement agencies for attempting to enter the US illegally.
Drugs still aplenty despite drive across Bangladesh
Illegal drugs are still available in almost all places of the country as a huge quantity of the contraband items are being seized in countrywide anti-drug drives and suspected drug peddlers are being killed and arrested almost every day.
