Nusrat killed on principal’s order: PBI

The Police Bureau of Investigation on Saturday said that the perpetrators set Nusrat Jahan Rafi ablaze on instruction from the jailed madrassah principal Siraj-ud-Doula, her abuser.

Naba Barsha to make life even more beautiful: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday exchanged Naba Barsha greetings with leaders and workers of Bangladesh Awami League and its associate bodies at Ganabhaban.

Bangladesh, Bhutan sign five bilateral documents

Bangladesh and Bhutan on Saturday signed five bilateral instruments aiming to enhance cooperation on inland waterways, health, agriculture, tourism sectors and public administration training centres.

PBI finds 13 involved in Nusrat killing

The Police Bureau of Investigation has found involvement of some 13 persons, including two women, in Nusrat’s case.

Why did Ecuador give up Assange after seven years?

Hours after Julian Assange was ousted from his diplomatic refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, the country released a laundry list of alleged transgressions which brought the WikiLeaks founder's seven-year residency to an end.

The martyrdom of Julian Assange

THE arrest Thursday of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British and US governments, in the seizure of Assange are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses,

Washington’s selective sanctions

ON APRIL 3 US vice-president Pence told Germany and Turkey to stop cooperating with Russia. In a speech in Washington marking the 70th anniversary of the US-NATO military alliance he

20 killed in Pak suicide blast

At least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded Friday by a powerful suicide blast apparently targeting the Shia Hazara ethnic minority at a crowded fruit market in Pakistan’s Quetta city, officials said.

Sexual harassment at edn institutions alarming

Incidents of sexual harassment in educational institutions go unabated across the country as a High Court order issued in 2009 for installing a complaint committee at every institution is not being followed properly, allege educationists and rights activists.

FIREFIGHTING Govt plans to amend rules

The government has decided to amend the Fire Prevention and Fighting Rules 2014 to relax major safety clauses under pressure from apparel and knitwear factory owners.