Steps taken to start HC hearing of Aug 21 grenade attack cases soon, Against the backdrop of several setbacks, including the late commencement of trial proceedings, Joj Miah drama, and the Covid-19 situation, steps have been taken to start soon the hearing of the death references and appeals of the convicts in the two cases […]

AL its allied bodies pay homage to victims of August 21 grenade attack, The ruling party Awami League (AL), its associate bodies of AL, its left-leaning allies and other political parties today paid homage to the victims of the brutal grenade attack that killed 24 people and wounded nearly 500 others. Earlier, the day’s programmes […]

Somali forces end jihadist hotel siege: security commander, Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight Saturday. At least 13 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded since militants from the Al-Qaeda affiliate unleashed […]

Tea workers end strike as daily wage increased to Tk 145, Tea workers today withdrawal their demonstrations as their daily wage has been increased to Taka 145 from Taka 120 at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tea workers end strike as daily wage increased to Tk 145 The workers ended the strike after […]

Govt alerts IT infrastructures key offices over DDoS cyber attack, All important organisations including information technology (IT) infrastructures have been asked to take proper measures as the government’s computer incident response team in its regular surveillance noticed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attacks very recently in Bangladesh. Govt alerts IT infrastructures key offices over DDoS cyber […]

18th anniversary of 21 August grenade attack being observed, The 18th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004, is being observed today with heavy hearts.  On this day in 2004 during the BNP-Jamaat coalition government, this unprecedented grenade attack was carried out […]