2 drivers nabbed for raping passenger in Netrokona
Staff Reporter : In a harrowing incident, a bus driver and an autorickshaw driver were arrested on Friday night for allegedly raping a female passenger...
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UN adds IDF to global list of offenders
CNN : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel’s military to a global list of offenders that have committed violations against children, his spokesman...
Metro ride going to be costlier from July
Staff Reporter : Starting from July 1, metro rail passengers in Bangladesh will face a 15 percent VAT on their tickets as the existing waiver...
Budget provides fresh feast for big fishes: BNP
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party-BNP on Saturday said that the newly proposed budget is nothing but fresh arrangements of looting the nation’s wealth....
District admin takes over Benazir’s resort
News Desk : Sixteen days after the court gave its order, the Gopalganj district administration has taken control of ‘Savanna Eco Resort and Natural Park’...
MP Anar murder: Siam put on 14-day remand
Staff Reporter : A Barasat court in Kolkata has granted a 14-day remand to Siam, one of the key suspects in the murder of Jhenaidah-4...
Eid-ul-Azha on June 17
News Desk : Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Jun 17 as the moon for the month of Dhu al-Hijjah has been sighted. The decision was...
Storm over 2024-25 budget: Political parties slam AL govt’s economic plan
Abu Jakir : The Awami League government’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 has faced unanimous rejection from the country’s major political parties. Critics...
Two-thirds of Bangladeshi children under five face food poverty: UNICEF
Staff Reporter : Two in every three children under five in Bangladesh are living in food poverty, according to UNICEF’s new report Child Food Poverty:...
BNP’s exiled leaders’ families face harassment
Staff Reporter : Families of exiled leaders of Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the BNP, have accused the government of harassment campaigns against them. These allegations...
Journalists boycott BB governor at post-budget press briefing
Staff Reporter : In protest against the recent ban on journalists’ access to Bangladesh Bank, journos have boycotted the speech of Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur...
BNP blasts budget, claims it encourages corruption
Staff Reporter : On Friday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) criticized the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, alleging it would further expand...