THE judiciary appears to be in need of an urgent course correction as it appears to have shifted its standing with the change in the government. And, such a shift questions the independence of the judiciary that was officially effected on November 1, 2007 from the executive and the legislative based a 12-point directive that the Appellate Division issued...
Teachers of different universities, including Jahangirnagar and Rajshahi University, staged demonstrations protesting at police killings, arrests, oppression and harassment for the second consecutive day on Tuesday...
Today is the fourth anniversary of death of Shajahan Siraj, a former student leader and one of the key organisers of the War of Independence...
The 84th birthday of the Independence Award-winning artist Hashem Khan was observed on Thursday...
Yearlong programmes will be held to mark the 100th birth anniversary of educationist and War of Independence organiser Khan Sarwar Murshid...
WITH a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 147,570 square kilometres, Bangladesh is the eighth most populated country in the world. It is still one of the least developed countries, poised to graduate to a developing country by 2026 and a developed country by 2041...
With five days still to go in the first monsoon month鈥擩une鈥攖he north-eastern district of Sylhet already recorded an amount of rainfall that was never seen in the month since Bangladesh鈥檚 independence in 1971...
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of writer and political activist Jahanara Imam, who pioneered the campaign for the trial of 1971 war criminals...
The first anniversary of death of Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organisers of the country鈥檚 War of Independence, was observed on Sunday...
Chinese defence minister Dong Jun warned on Sunday that his military was ready to 鈥榝orcefully鈥� stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with the United States.......
Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai鈥檚 solo exhibition under way at the Zainul Gallery 1 and 2 of Dhaka University gives the younger generation a glimpse into the...
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday observed that the West鈥檚 commitment to media freedom is selective...
The publications of two books written by Bir Pratik Md Shahjahan Kabir on the history of the War of Independence were launched at the Liberation War Affairs Ministry in the capital on Thursday...
THE demand for April 10 to be recognised and observed as republic day merits a serious government consideration. Almost all political parties in the opposition, many civic groups, historians and intellectuals have on different occasions..