She added that Hasina was arrested under regular law but an order from the home ministry, issued hours after her arrest, said the case had been taken under cover of emergency powers rules. [Read more]

Earlier in the day, Barrister Rafique took permission from the court for filing the writ petition where Hasina said bringing extortion charges against her under the emergency power rules is illegal. [Read more]

The ruling communist front in West Bengalbeen in an awkward situation given the fact that the West Bengal government’s response to Nandigram kilings has been much slower than the Andhra government’sresponse on shooting there. [Read more]

In an exclusive interview with VOA Bangla Service, Mohammad Abdul Mannan describes the activities of his bank and refutes allegations about any mismanagement in the bank activities. [Read more]

Amir Khasru has interviewed Shaikh Siraj, an expert on agriculture on the impact of flood on agriculture as a whole. [Read more]

Bangladesh’s High Court has ordered that detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be freed on bail after staying an extortion case against her. [Read more]

The resumption of a rail service between India and neighboring Bangladesh has been delayed after New Delhi raised concerns over lack of security and poor infrastructure, officials said on Monday. [Read more]

In an interview with Voice of America, he spoke about Jamdani Sarees. Jamdani is a specialty saree from Dhaka. This popular material is also exported. [Read more]

Tareque Masud’s film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) is scheduled to be commercially released in Kolkata but there is opposition in Kolkata. [Read more]

Pulack GhatackThe government, which is the guardian of citizens’ right, has emerged as the “major deceiver” as most of the government and semi-government offices are collecting huge revenue from unemployed and helpless youths promising them to offer jobs. However the government agencies have failed most frequently to provide them with jobs. The very direction of [...]