‘Vile steps taken to humiliate FF’
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Sunday accused the authorities of taking “disgraceful” measures to humiliate freedom fighter (FF) and...
Back Page
Gaza voters want jobs as Palestinian polls approach
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ahmad Mohsen, 24, sits in a shop selling prepaid internet access cards in Deir el-Balah. Three years ago, before Israel’s...
‘We don’t want to be a chessboard’
Bangladesh does not want to become a “chessboard” for geopolitical competition among other countries and is determined to pursue its international relations on its own...
Akhtar’s arrest ‘revenge for leaving BNP’
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has claimed that retired Major Akhtaruzzaman was arrested not over an altercation at the airport, but out of...
Restaurant sector in crisis as sales fall 30pc
Bangladesh’s restaurant sector is facing mounting pressure from rising food, energy and labour costs, prompting restaurant owners to seek permission for limited beef imports to...
6 dengue patients die
Six people died of dengue and 1,608 were hospitalised with the disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to a press release issued...
2,035 held in anti-teen-gang raids in Cumilla
Police have detained 363 people in the fifth round of an ongoing anti-teen-gang drive in Cumilla, taking the total number detained in five rounds to...
Political violence leaves 4 dead, 527 hurt in Sept
At least four people were killed and 527 injured in 68 incidents of political violence across Bangladesh in September, according to a report by the...
CUET protesters call for VC’s reinstatement
Students who are protesting at Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) have urged the prime minister to step in and reinstate Prof Abu Sadat...
Over 150 factories shut in N’ganj in 3 years
More than 150 factories in Narayanganj have shut down over the past three years, leaving around 60,000 workers without jobs, according to industry sources. The...