Rape victim declines to appear at HC hearing to claim compensation
22-year old college girl who became a victim of raping by two police officers of Saturia police station in Manikganj in February declined to appear at the High Court Division’s hearing to claim the compensations from the government and the police.
NUSRAT MURDER Sonagazi AL chief placed on remand
A court in Feni on Saturday recorded statements of Kamrun Nahar Moni and Javed Hossain, two more accused in the case of murdering Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi by setting her on fire.
PM leaves for Brunei
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Brunei Darussalam on a three-day official visit at the invitation of the kingdom’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
Shab-e-Barat tonight
The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour and devotion.
Chinese companies lobby for 2nd nuclear power plant in Bangladesh
Chinese companies are showing interest in constructing the planned second nuclear power plant in Bangladesh’s south although the site is yet to be selected.
Protests on in London, Paris, Rome
Film star Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in central London on Friday to read poetry praising Earth’s bounties, part of a series of protests which have caused transport sn
Loan sharks prey on people affected by disasters in Bangladesh
Mohammad Babul of Matibhanga, Kuakata, Patuakhali, could not come out of the debt in which he was trapped 12 years back after Sidr lashed the Bangladesh coast.
AL leader held with gun before PM programme
Police detained a local leader of Awami League with a firearm near the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue ahead of the AL central working committee and advisory council members’ meeting, where prime minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to attend.
PM receives treatment at NIOH
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina received treatment like a general patient from the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital at Agargaon in Dhaka on Friday.
Kamal Hossain turns 82 today
Jatiya Oikya Front convener and Gono Forum president Kamal Hossain turns 82 today. Kamal was born in Kolkata of West Bengal on April 20, 1937.
