Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade on Wednesday as the market searched for signs of demand in a weakening global economy, analysts said. [Read more]

UNB, Dhaka
Information Secretary Abu Karim was yesterday sent on forced retirement a day after the filing of a case against him for his allegorical writing allegedly disparaging a political family.“The government has sent the Information Secretary on compulsory retirement in public interest as per section 9(2) of the Public Servants (Retirement) Act 1974 on completion [...]

গত ২৪শে মে ঢাকায় অনুষ্ঠিত বাংলাদেশ সংলাপের আয়োজনে প্রশ্ন ওঠে সরকারের সাথে আলোচনা বা সংলাপে বসা নিয়ে বড় দলগুলোর মনোভাব, আলোচনা হয় রাজনৈতিক সংস্কারের বর্তমান অবস্থা আর নেতাদের গ্রেফতারের বিষয় নিয়ে [Read more]

As the clock struck one minute past zero hours, President Advocate Zillur Rahman placed a floral wreath at the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar. [Read more]

The first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office returned to Britain on Monday, saying his seven years of captivity and torture at an alleged CIA covert site in Morocco went beyond his “darkest nightmares.” [Read more]

Court Correspondent
Awami Ulema League President yesterday filed a defamation case with Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Dhaka against the Information Secretary for allegedly defaming Bangabandhu and the living and dead members of his family.Metropolitan Magistrate Konika Biswas recorded the depositions of the complainant Moulana Mohammad Ilias Hossain Bin Helali Sunday and fixed
March 2 [...]

এসপ্তাহে আলোচনার প্রসঙ্গ: সরকারে রদবদল, সেনাবাহিনীর ভূমিকা ও রাজনৈতিক দলের সঙ্গে আলোচনাসহ অন্যান্য বিষয়৻ [Read more]

Recently Mr. Hafizur Rahman donated money to the Dhaka University’s Economics Department to start a scholarship program for talented students. [Read more]

Six people died in a fire in Chittagong’s Sitakundu area in Bangladesh. [Read more]

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Monday he was prepared to stop the Black Caps’ tour of Zimbabwe if necessary and was unsympathetic to calls for the tour to go ahead. [Read more]