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An alarming increase in the water level of the Padma river has resulted in massive erosion of river banks as well as of char villages in Rajshahi during the last one week. Even the 72-year-old Char Khidirpur Border Outpost, situated in the middle of the river, is facing the threat of erosion. The strong river ... Read more

Felani’s father and her maternal uncle have returned to Kurigram from India at 4.30 pm on Tuesday after appearing as witness in the Felani murder trial in India. Commanding Officer (CO) of Kurigram 45 BGB Battalion Lt Col Zeaul Haque Khaled, Public Prosecutor of Kurigram judge court and principal

22 projects to combat climate change risks The Climate Change Trustee Board (CCTB), formed to combat risks due to climate change, approved 22 projects costing Tk 77 crore on Tuesday. “The donor countries have already deposited US $190 million to Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) as grant and also committed to give further US ... Read more

Oishee Rahman, daughter of the slain special branch police inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Shapna Rahman, is giving `cooked-up information’ during her police remand in connection with the killings the investigators have launched massive hunt for her two friends to verify her information.    The investigators are saying that the daughter of the couple,

A Bangladeshi youth was held by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from Dharmagrah border area under Ranisangkoil upazila of the district early Tuesday. The detainee was identified as Farjan Ali ,19, son of Md Abdul, inhabitant of Sahanbaj village. BGB and local sources said, the youth, Farjan Ali, and his two friends crossed the India ... Read more

Former PM reiterates demand for caretaker government Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has demanded that the government restore the caretaker government system by passing a Bill in Parliament in the upcoming session. “There is still time. Parliament will go into its session. You have the majority in the ... Read more

The Cabinet on Monday cleared the Information and Technology (Amendment) Ordinance draft with a provision to enhance the maximum punishment for any violation of the law to 14 years of jail from the current 10 years. “The minimum punishment for violating the law has been proposed to be seven years in prison,” Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf ... Read more

Consumer rights activists have strongly resented the government’s decision to relax punishment for food adulterers, saying death penalty for use of chemicals and harmful substances in food must be reincorporated in the proposed law to check widespread food adulteration. The activists expressed deep concern over the decision to drop the provision of capital punishment from

Indian govt to initiate discussion with TMC which opposed it The Trinamool Congress (TMC) put a spanner in the works with its sudden opposition to the controversial Land Boundary Agreement(LBA) between India and Bangladesh. The Bill will now come up after discussions between TMC and the Government. The Bill was listed for introduction today in ... Read more

The successful decoding of local jute varieties along with that of Tosha jute three years back will usher in a new horizon for jute quality improvement and diversification of jute goods, observed the scientists working behind the gigantic achievement for the country. They were speaking at a press conference at the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute ... Read more

Both public and private universities of the country have failed to find a satisfactory place in the international university rankings which experts say is an ominous pointer to falling educational excellence of the institutions in recent years. Not a single university of Bangladesh found a place

Even as investigators claim that Oishee, the only daughter of special branch police inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, was involved in the murder of her parents, her uncle suspects that others were also involved in the murder. Moshiur Rahman Rubel, younger brother of the slain police officer and the plaintiff of the ... Read more

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia will address eight public rallies across the country, including the capital Dhaka, from September 8 onwards to garner the people’s support in favour of her party’s demand to hold the next general polls under the oversight of a non-party caretaker government (CG). A ... Read more

Leaders of rights groups and academics have expressed concern over the sharp rise in dowry-related violence. They have called for women-friendly laws, such as uniform family code and equal rights to property for women, to eliminate the curse of dowry that is looming large over the country. According to a report by the Bangladesh Mohila ... Read more

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Monday briefed foreign diplomats reiterating the Prime Minister’s stance that the next general election will be held as per the Constitution. Talking to reporters after the briefing at the Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Minister also said time has not run out for talks for holding a peaceful election. “In ... Read more

The Ekushey Padak winning folk singer Abdur Rahman Boyati died at 7.30 AM on Monday at a city hospital after suffering from old age complications. He was 74. He was under treatment at the intensive care unit of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital when the end came. The iconic mystic singer

After the launch of a massive clampdown on Yaba pills by the Rapid Action Battalion in October 2007, Yaba has yet again become the vogue among young people at posh neighbourhoods in the city. It began to spread at an alarming rate after most arrested Yaba dealers were released from jail about two years back. ... Read more

The police have submitted an affidavit before the High Court (HC) stating that the Dhaka range police as well as police of the Rajshahi, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet ranges have taken initiatives to stop extortion by the police themselves as well as by criminals from transporters on the highways across the country. On July 28, ... Read more

Felani killing trial M Nurul Islam, father of Felani killed by BSF, and her maternal uncle M Abdul Hanif testified on Monday before a special court constituted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Cooch Behar of India at the trial of the killing of the Bangladesh girl. Kurigram public prosecutor Abraham Lincoln who is also ... Read more

The cabinet on Monday approved the draft bill seeking amendment to the Information and Communication Technology Act raising the maximum punishment for offences to imprisonment for 14 years. According to the bill, the serious offences would be cognisable and non-bailable, said officials. The information and communication