Experts skeptical about lockdown outcome
A fresh lockdown with harsher measures is going to be enforced in the country from Wednesday in an effort to rein in Covid transmission, but...
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Hefazat leader Azizul Haque remanded
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday granted the police seven-day remand to interrogate Hefazat-e-Islam leader Azizul Haque Islamabadi in a case filed with the Paltan...
Prayers shortened in two Holy Mosques
Gulf News :Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz on Sunday ordered to shorten Taraweeh prayers (special night prayers) at the Grand Mosque in Mecca...
Muslims face 2nd Ramzan amid pandemic
AP :For Ramadan this year, Magdy Hafez has been longing to reclaim a cherished ritual: performing the nighttime group prayers called taraweeh at the mosque...
State to take initiative for hearing on review petition
Staff Reporter :Attorney General AM Amin Uddin on Monday said the state will take necessary initiatives for the Supreme Court’s hearing of the 2017 review...
Four more Hefazat leaders remanded
Court Correspondent :A court of Narayanganj yesterday placed four leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam on remand in Narayanganj. A day earlier, they were arrested in two cases...
Blaming Israel, Iran vows revenge for blackout at nuclear site
News Desk :The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, vowed revenge against Israel on Monday morning, a day after a blackout at an Iranian nuclear...
No need to produce under-trial prisoners before courts now: SC
Staff Reporter :The Supreme Court administration has directed not to produce under-trial prisoners in the lower courts or tribunals during case proceedings including hearing of...
409 pedestrians killed
Staff Reporter :In total 409 pedestrians were killed on roads and highways in 398 accidents in January-March this year.Of them, 246 were males, 66 females,...
AL factions in Kushtia clash; 25 hurt
UNB, Kushtia :At least twenty five were injured in Kushtia in a clash between two groups of Awami League over a Facebook post on Hefazat’s...