Staff Reporter
Non stop rainfall for the last two days flooded six coastal districts of Bhola, Khulna, Satkhira, Pirojpur, Barisal and Patuakhali rendering reportedly 1.50 lakh people either marooned or displaced.Ten trawlers sank in the northern Bay of Bengal for the heavy late rainfall and 140 fishermen are presumed to be missing by the tidal [...]

Zahid Hasan
Despite government efforts to solve the power crisis, the situation has worsened further as gas supply shortage forced to keep a number of power plants in the country to utilise their full capacity. In this backdrop, the country is reeling under several hours of load shedding a day due to significant fall in [...]

DU Correspondent
The Awami League-led grand alliance was breaching their electoral commitment to ensuring the constitutional rights of the tribal communities of the country, speakers alleged.They also alleged that the tribal people were being oppressed in a larger scale after the present Government came to power.The speakers, who attended National Tribal Student Convention on the [...]

Staff Reporter
The High Court (HC) yesterday ruled that no man or woman can be forced to wear or put off any religious dress, including burqa (veil) and cap, against his or her wish in the territory of Bangladesh.“Bangladesh is now a secular country,” the HC ruled, adding that nobody can be compelled to wear a [...]

Court Correspondent
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday issued warrant against World Peace Council President Deb Narayan Maheshwar on charge of hurting religious sentiments and defaming the Muslim Community across the world.Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan Talukder issued the warrant order as accused Deb Narayan did not appear before the Court following the [...]

Staff Reporter
The Constitution will be amended keeping out the part of the Fifth Amendment, which legalised the Martial Law rule and with the inclusion of provisions of the 1972 Constitution. The Awami League Advisory Council member and co-chairman of the Constitution Review Committee to restore the 1972 Constitution Suranjit Sengupta MP disclosed this at a [...]

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Cricket team led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will take on New Zealand Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori today in the first One Day International (ODI) clash of the five-match Micromax ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match starts today at 9.00 AM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time).Mashrafe Bin [...]

Staff Reporter
Severe traffic congestion in the capital causes a loss of Taka 20 thousand crore per annum, specially in the road transport sector, sources said. Traffic jam also causes negative impact on human life. It has also been increasing environmental pollution in the city, sources added. The experts have specified some major [...]

AFP, New Delhi
Kylie Palmer won the first Commonwealth Games swimming gold in New Delhi Monday, powering her way to victory in the women’s 200m freestyle and setting Australia on course to retain top spot in the pool.The 20-year-old struck out after the second turn and touched home in 1:57.50 but the battle for the [...]

BSS, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her government’s pledges to formulate necessary laws and action plans along with allocating adequate resources to build a welfare society where rights of the children will be ensured. “The government is committed to the people as well as the United Nations to establish rights of the children [...]