Dwellers suffer as municipality staff on strike for 18 days
The people living in the municipalities across the country continued to suffer as they have been deprived of the civic services due to the ongoing strike called by the officials and employees of the country’s 327 municipalities demanding payment of their salaries, wages and retirement benefits outstanding for years.
HC rejects Khaleda’s bail petition
The High Court Division on Wednesday summarily rejected former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail application in the Zia Charitable Trust case.
Winners and losers from the first night of the CNN debate
The first of two CNN-sponsored Democratic presidential debates is over.
police charge 44 protesters with rioting
Hong Kong police have charged 44 people with rioting after an illegal protest Sunday spiraled into chaos and brought parts of the city to a standstill, amid a deepening political crisis that shows little signs of deescalating.
Japanese anime: From 'Disney of the East' to a global industry worth billions
biker gang slices through Tokyo's neon-soaked night. The riders hit the brakes next to a giant, black crater created by an atomic blast. It's so enormous that it bursts beyond the comic strip panels and seeps across the whole page.
Four more die of dengue
Four more people died of dengue on Tuesday as the mosquito borne viral disease spread over 60 districts besides the capital with hospitalisation of at least 15,369 dengue patients throughout the country.
PM sees importers’ hand in milk research
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday raised questions over the motive of the recent study on pasteurised milk of different brands at Dhaka University’ Biomedical Research Centre led by professor ABM Faroque.
Zia Charitable Trust Case High Court begins Khaleda’s bail hearing
The High Court Division on Tuesday started hearing in a petition filed by former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
Writ seeks actions against joint secy over Titash’s death
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to take action against a joint secretary and the ferryghat manager over the death of a boy in an ambulance on a ferry after its departure was reportedly delayed by three hours for the government official.
Rifat Murder Widow Minni denied bail again
The Barguna district and sessions judge court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Aysha Siddika Minni, widow of Rifat Sharif who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna town on June 26, in the case of killing her husband.
