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OC under spotlight in Nusrat killing, SP going scot free?

OC under spotlight in Nusrat killing, SP going scot free?

Udisa Islam
Former OC of Sonagazi police station, Moazzem Hossain, recorded the statement of sexual harassment victim Nusrat Jahan Rafi and was slapped with a...Details
Files at High Court move only through ‘lobbying’

Files at High Court move only through ‘lobbying’

Bahauddin Imran
Lobbying is common practice at the High Court (HC) and in most cases, it involves financial transactions. Without payment to the right place, cases...Details
More security in Rohingya camps recommended

More security in Rohingya camps recommended

Abdul Aziz, Cox's Bazar
As days go by, the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya, Teknaf are becoming insecure. To ensure security, 16 recommendations were sent from the police to the...Details
Clandestine chemical storage on in old Dhaka

Clandestine chemical storage on in old Dhaka

Sheikh Jahangir Alam
Following the horrific fire at Chawkbazar in the Old Dhaka, the South City Corporation (DSCC) began removing chemical warehouses. Though the...Details
State incurs Tk 3.5b loss in phantom energy project

State incurs Tk 3.5b loss in phantom energy project

Shanchita Shitu
Petrobangla has ordered legal steps to be taken against three former officials for incurring huge losses for Titas Gas.The three are: former deputy...Details
A year on, no progress in Councillor Ekram killing probe

A year on, no progress in Councillor Ekram killing probe

Abdul Aziz & Abdur Rahman, Cox’s Bazar
On 26 May night of 2018, a ward councilor of Teknaf municipality and local Awami League leader Ekramul Haque was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB....Details
BNP to try ‘mending fences’ with BJP

BNP to try ‘mending fences’ with BJP

Salman Tareque Sakil
The BNP is mulling over 'mending fences' with India after Narendra Modi’s Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) cinched a major win in the Indian...Details
Female mentor at madrasahs to prevent sexual harassment

Female mentor at madrasahs to prevent sexual harassment

SM Abbas
The education ministry has decided to appoint a female teacher as a mentor in all madrasahs across the country to prevent sexual harassment, and...Details
Deadly ‘game’ to send people to Europe illegally

Deadly ‘game’ to send people to Europe illegally

Saddif Ovee
To enter Europe illegally via the Mediterranean, migrants have to wait in a house on the Libyan coast. For three days, they are given training on...Details
Rape: Children are the prime targets

Rape: Children are the prime targets

Sheriff Al Sire & Nusrat Sharmin
Rape is the most horrendous form of violence inflicted upon women. Unfortunately, according to a research, this abysmal bestiality has been on the...Details
Journalism faces challenges, restrictions and censorship

Journalism faces challenges, restrictions and censorship

Udisa Islam
Journalism in the 21st century faces many adversities; some say journalism is changing while others contend that though the medium is changing,...Details
Nurses’ overseas training faces allegations of graft

Nurses’ overseas training faces allegations of graft

Dipu Sarwar
To take training on seven subjects, 140 nurses are going to Thailand and Indonesia this month while another 54 nurses will be going to Saudi Arabia...Details
False scare over Formalin saw tonnes of fruits destroyed

False scare over Formalin saw tonnes of fruits destroyed

Shahed Shafiq
Though hundreds of tonnes of fruits like mangoes and lichis were destroyed in 2014 over suspicion that they were grown with the aid of harmful...Details
No new household or commercial gas connections

No new household or commercial gas connections

Shanchita Shitu
The government will no longer give clearance for gas connections to residential or commercial areas as well as CNG filling stations.The Energy and...Details
Nuhash under flak for adverts hurting culture, religious sentiment

Nuhash under flak for adverts hurting culture, religious sentiment

Udisa Islam
Nuhash Humayun, son of noted writer late Humayun Ahmed has faced censure over two adverts he has made recently, one for a mobile operator and...Details
Import trade stagnant

Import trade stagnant

Golam Mowla
Import trade in the country is stagnant; in February and March, import saw a negative growth, informs a Bangladesh Bank report. The report says...Details
Polls-time alliances in abeyance during Ramadan

Polls-time alliances in abeyance during Ramadan

Aditto Rimon
There were quite a few alliances during the 11th national parliamentary elections, with Awami League (AL) and BNP as the nucleus. But after...Details
Abduction rises using cars with black tinted glass

Abduction rises using cars with black tinted glass

Amanur Rahman Roney
There have been abductions in microbus with tinted black glass, which is against traffic laws. Reportedly, the tinted cars are picking up people...Details
Jamaat’s new mission with Oli Ahmad?

Jamaat’s new mission with Oli Ahmad?

Salman Tareque Shakil
With the issue of securing release for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, chairman of LDP, Col (retd) Oli Ahmad has become active. It’s found that...Details
Developing export sectors neglected in terms of incentives

Developing export sectors neglected in terms of incentives

Shafiqul Islam
The government has been providing cash incentives in various sectors to encourage export but exporters allege only the readymade garments (RMG)...Details
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