A video clip shows that Siddiqur Rahman collapsed to the ground when a policeman shot a teargas canister directly at the agitating college students at Shahbagh on Thursday. But, four days after the incident, police smell sabotage saying both his eyes cannot be hurt by a teargas shell. When more than a hundred protesters from […]

Field-level officials of the election commission (EC) are in favour of deploying defence personnel as regular law enforcement to create confidence among voters during the next general elections. They came up with these recommendations as their opinion was sought in order to amend 14 laws, rules and directives ahead of the 11th parliamentary polls. Reinsertion […]

Workers are at work in an apparel factory at Chourasta in Gazipur. The photo was taken recently. —Sony Ramany The potential of export to non-traditional markets has remained untapped for lack of preparation on the part of the government and the exporters and diversification of products. Despite huge potential to gain more share in the […]

Rainwater enters into Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College at Agrabad in Chittagong city as downpour inundated most of the city areas on Monday. — New Age photo Heavy downpour and tidal waters submerged many areas of Chittagong city again on Monday, leaving the normal life in disarray like the previous day. City streets, residential and […]

The cabinet division has formed a probe committee over a lawsuit that led to the arrest of a upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) for publishing an “improper” portrait of Bangabandhu on an invitation card. The five-member body will be led by an additional secretary of the cabinet division, said Cabinet Secretary Md Shafiul Alam. It was […]