Ecstatic victory, haunting losses
As if nine months of atrocities and massacre were not enough, the havoc that the Pakistan army wreaked on the people of this country in the last days of the Liberation War in 1971 surpasses every definition of extreme. As the Bangalis were inching closer to the long-cherished emancipation from Pakistani subordination, the occupation army was also sensing that something was going to give.
Clean-up efforts at Sundarbans veer off course
A long-term ecological disaster is in the making in the Sundarbans because the manual clean-up method being employed in the Sela River oil spill is further contaminating the forest floor, experts said. The Forest Department and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) put local people to manually scoop up the spilled furnace oil four days ago.
Bangabandhu’s family to come under presidential retirement scheme
As members of a former president’s family, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s family members are coming under a government retirement scheme. The government has already drafted a bill on the president’s retirement benefit.
SC summons Prothom Alo editors
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has summoned Prothom Alo Editor Motiur Rahman and Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan on allegation of contempt of court for publishing an article on appointment of chief justice.
Rubel gets HC bail
National cricket team paceman Rubel Hossain has was granted four weeks of anticipatory bail in the case filed by actress Naznin Akhter Happy under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Nilkhet road blockaded over accident
Eden College students have laid a blockade in Nilkhet area of New Market in the capital after a bus ran over the legs of a second year student of the adjacent Home Economics College.
BCL activists confine Chittagong University VC
The activists of ruling party's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Chittagong University have confined the vice chancellor of the varsity.
55 sued over arms recovery at CU
A case has been filed against 55 persons over the firearm and sharp weapons recovery at a dormitory of Chittagong University.
