Sylhet city dwellers are facing serious sound pollution from hydraulic horns that are being used unabated in most of the vehicles here defying the Road Security Council’s ban. Moreover, the roadside restaurant and shop owners are playing songs in full volume using amps to attracted customers that is another prime reason behind the city’s sound pollution. This correspondent learnt that ...

A man who was injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over grabbing khas land in Gowainghat upazila on Monday died at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mainul Islam,40, hailed from Gurkochi village of the upazila. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital around 8 am, hospital sources said. With his ...

Three people, including a teenage girl, were found dead in different parts of the district on Friday. Nazrul Islam, in-charge of Bandarbazar police camp under Kotwali Police Station, said a hotel employee was found dead at Sunflower Hotel in Dhopadighir Par in the city early Friday. The deceased was identified as Tera Mia, 34, son of late Jalil Mia of ...

A court here Monday sent three pro-Awami League lawyers to jail in the Juba League leader Abdul Ali killing Case. Session’s Judge Khandakar Kamaluzzaman passed the order when the trio surrendered before his court seeking bail. The lawyers are additional public prosecutor Mahfuzur Rahman, also publicity secretary of district Awami League, unit member Ajmal Ali and Habibur Rahman. Court sources ...

Police arrested a total of 196 persons, leaders and activists of BNP, its front organisations and Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh from different places here in the SMP area last 56 days, police sources said. Police arrested 196 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations and three leaders and activists of Jamaat for their alleged involvement with recent subversive activities committed ...

BY  MUHAMMAD ZAMIR ::  Six weeks have passed and yet violence continues to rage on in the name of achieving democracy for the common man. On the plea of recovering the inherent and inalienable rights of the people, the 20-Party coalition led by the BNP continues to foment arson and unrest. Non-stop blockade and hartal have not only disrupted the ...

Most of us are aware that the world is affected by violent behaviors of different individuals or groups and it has increased significantly in recent years. Religions, in particular Islam, have received a great deal of criticism due to these activities. Even though the vast majority of Muslims condemn terrorism, the frequency and cruelty of the assaults have led many ...

By Piya Mayenin ::  In recent years the use of Human Rights as a defence for Immigrants and foreign Criminals in removal and deportation cases has been at the forefront of criticism. Surrounding the controversy has been a curtailing, repealing of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998), and replacing it with a UK Bill of Rights. We have seen ...

Peter Hawkey (left) congratulating Sumon Hoque (right) on becoming the Scottish Labour candidate for Banff and Buchan in the General Election. Friday 13 February 2015 The Banff and Buchan Labour Party has selected Sumon Hoque as its candidate for this May’s General Election during a meeting in Banff recently. A graduate from University of Aberdeen, Sumon has been working in ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March, Rushanara Ali MP last night marked the occasion by hosting a large public event alongside Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman MP. Part of Labour’s Woman to Woman campaign, the event celebrated the history and contribution of women in Bethnal Green and Bow and provided an opportunity for local ...