Sher-e-Bangla championed rights, education
Zahir Uddin Swapon on Saturday described AK Fazlul Huq as a pioneering leader who worked for the education, rights and social emancipation of Bengali Muslims....
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Legal aid ADR settles over lakh disputes
National Legal Aid Services Organization has settled more than 2.05 lakh disputes through its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service since 2009, according to an official...
Dhaka air turns unhealthy
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked 9th among the world’s most polluted cities on Saturday morning, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of...
10 held in Jatrabari anti-crime drive
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Jatrabari Police Station arrested 10 suspected criminals during a special drive in different crime-prone areas under its jurisdiction, officials said on Saturday....
Former KCC mayor’s wife dies
Laila Arzuman Banu, wife of former Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman, passed away on Friday evening while undergoing treatment at Khulna City...
Ex-CJ Khairul shown arrested again
A Dhaka court on Saturday showed former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque arrested in another murder case filed over violence during the July Mass Uprising...
Millions leave capital early to escape Eid chaos
They come with bulging travel bags and sleeping children in arms, with umbrellas tucked under elbows and food packets swinging from tired hands. At Kamalapur...
Ganges talks begins ahead of treaty expiry
The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) continued in Kolkata on Friday, with officials from both countries reviewing existing water-sharing arrangements and...
Father hopes for justice after PM’s assurance
Abdul Hannan Mollah, father of eight-year-old Ramisa, expressed confidence that justice will be served in his daughter’s murder case, following assurances from the Prime Minister....
Backlog grows as ACC remains headless
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh’s principal anti-graft body, has been without its top leadership for over two and a half months, effectively paralysing its core...
Chattogram in uproar over child assault
Chattogram police have arrested a man, identified as Monir Hossain, 35, on charges of attempting to rape a four-year-old girl in the Abu Jafar Road,...
EC to ban posters, party symbols
The Election Commission (EC) is set to introduce significant reforms to local government elections, including a ban on campaign posters, the removal of party symbols,...