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A five-member new bench of the Appellate Division was formed yesterday to hear on the appeals of the Bangabandhu Murder Case. The hearing on the long-pending appeals of the five former army officers

Children of Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana will be given lifelong special security along with their mothers, says a new government bill. Home Minister Sahara Khatun may place the bill titled ‘Father of the Nation’s

The government is expected to sign four agreements with India – an extradition treaty, a pact to provide mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, combating international terrorism, organised crime and

The government yesterday suspended police officers Mazharul Haq and Kohinoor Miah on charge of “professional misconduct”. A circular issued by home ministry said that a departmental case would also be

Ruling Awami League lawmakers yesterday in the third session of parliament demanded immediate resumption of the task to enroll educational institutions in the monthly payment order (MPO) system as they are

BNP secretary general Khondkar Delwar Hossain yesterday alleged that the present government has termed former general secretary of Awami League Abdul Jalil unbalanced in a bid to hide its secret deal

The draft National Health Policy-2009 suggests ‘user fee’ to be given by the patients for getting health services from public hospitals, which the health experts describe as a blatant attempt to commercialise

Three days after the death of a wild male elephant in Naikhhongchhari, forest department claimed yesterday that the animal died of diarrhoea. Divisional Forest Officer of Lama forest division Zahirul Islam Akhand

Thousands of people queued outside the country’s banks yesterday as subscription for the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) from Bangladesh’s biggest mobile-phone operator Grameenphone opened at the

A group of Awami League leaders and activists mercilessly beat a youth at the residence of AL lawmaker Ilias Mollah early hours of yesterday and later handed him over to Pallabi police for allegedly demanding

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave orders for taking action against party men involved in extortion, tender manipulation and other unlawful activities, which are tarnishing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain to take immediate measures including construction of an elevated expressway in the capital to ease nagging traffic

The inspector general (prisons), Brigadier General Ashraful Islam Khan, his wife and daughters were severely injured when his son hacked them in their house on Nazimuddin Road in Dhaka Saturday

A section of ruling party leaders mounts pressure on local journalists to stop reporting further on the incident of gang rape of the teenage girl at Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali. Under immense pressure, the editor of

The border force of Myanmar – Nasaka – is learnt to have restarted barbed-wire fencing of border along Tumru and Naikhangchari in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) without any discussion with its counterpart

Chairmen of the Union Parishad yesterday movement if parliament passes a proposed law that contains provision of appointing bureaucrats as administrators to the Parishad in absence of elected councils. Addressing a national Full Article on The New Nation

Sohel ParvezBangladesh Biman seeks guarantee from the government to avail bank loans to make pre-delivery payments (PDP) of about $117 million for purchasing Boeing aircraft, officials concerned said. The

The BNP, plagued by dissensions in the party, is considering a proposal to have a new leader for the Dhaka metropolitan city unit of the party for a period of two months. According to party insiders, apprehending

The government has incurred a loss of Tk 41 crore in the last 14 months due to the failure of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to float tenders on time for handling integrated containers. The integrated

Whole villages in Indonesia’s quake zone were found obliterated by landslides Saturday, while rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed to be still trapped in rubble. The full extent of