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Metro rail employees withdraw strike

Staff Correspondent: The strike by metro rail employees has been withdrawn after Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) management assured disciplinary action against the MRT police officer who allegedly assaulted

SC stays graft case sentences against Mir Nasiruddin, Mir Helaluddin

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday allowed a leave to appeal petition filed by former state minister and BNP vice-chairman Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and

Interim govt advisers trying to divide anti-fascist movement: Rizvi

Staff Correspondent: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the interim government advisers are trying to create a division between the anti-fascist movement and the

Govt to amend act, proposes tribunal for child rape cases

Staff Correspondent: The interim government has in principle decided to bring necessary changes into the existing Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, including introducing a provision, to have a tribunal

Women unsafe amid rising sexual violence: Selima Rahman

Staff Correspondent: BNP senior leader Selima Rahman on Monday expressed deep concern that women are not safe in society, stating that a “grand festival of rape” unfolding in Bangladesh, with

Govt asks to operate irrigation pumps from 11:00pm to 7:00am daily

Staff Correspondent: The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Monday urged farmers to operate irrigation pumps between 11pm and 7am during the upcoming summer and irrigation season. This