Demo at RU postponed till Sunday
Our Correspondent :The students of Rajshahi University (RU), who were protesting the sexual harassment of a fellow student at a provost’s house, postponed their demonstration...
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AL starts purification drives at its own party, says Obaidul
Staff Reporter :Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that they have started purification drives against...
2 ‘criminals’ killed in ‘gunfights’
UNB, Dhaka :Two suspected criminals including a ‘drug trader’ were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Dhaka and Khulna early Thursday.In...
388 new dengue patients hospitalised
UNB, Dhaka :A woman has died of dengue at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) while a total of 388 more people infected with the mosquito-borne...
Latif Siddiqui seeks HC bail in graft case
Staff Reporter :Former Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in a case filed by Anti-Corruption...
Renu murder Probe report on Oct 27
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed October 27 for submitting the probe report in the case filed for killing Taslima Begum Renu in...
World faces ‘unprecedented threat’ from terrorism
AP :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the world is facing “an unprecedented threat from intolerance, violent extremism and terrorism” that affects...
‘Barbed wire fences to be erected around Rohingya camps soon: Asad
Staff Reporter :Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the government will install barbed wire fences around the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar soon, aiming...
20 killed in Indonesian quake
AFP :At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured Thursday in a strong earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands, triggering landslides that buried...
Sandra Muller, French #MeToo founder, guilty of defamation
AFP, Paris :A Paris court on Wednesday ordered the woman behind France’s answer to the #MeToo campaign to pay thousands of euros in damages for...
Barrister Sumon keen to move cop case free of cost
Court Correspondent :Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon yesterday announced to move free legal battle for police officer Mahmud Saiful Amin, who raised allegation of Tk 180...