Demonstrators from the sit-in at Shahbagh on Thursday gave the government a Mar 26 deadline to start the process of trying and banning Jamaat-e-Islami.
Day: February 21, 2013
Govt on ‘Baksal’course: BNP
DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said “a Baksal ghost” has ridded upon the government back.
Nation pays homage to language martyrs
DHAKA: The nation observed the International Mother Language Day (Amar Ekushey), paying tribute to the language movement martyrs, who laid down their lives for recognition of Bangla as an official language. In the first hour of the day, Prime Minister…
BCL-men beat up Shibir workers in Sylhet
SYLHET: Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly beat up at least three Shibir activists in Majortila area of the district on Thursday.
Officials asked to build stages in Upazilas: Mosharraf
DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf on Thursday alleged that the government asked high officials of every upazila to arrange ‘Ganojagoron Mancha’. “The government wants to do politics over war crimes trial as they do not want…
Build rajakar free, secular country: PM
DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the people to build a knowledge-based, prosperous, peaceful and secular country, free from war criminals and razakar.
Hyderabad blast kills 15
DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed and 50 injured in a series of blasts in a busy commercial area of Hyderabad this evening.
Of sand of suffering
DHAKA: ‘Antardhan’ or ‘The Disappearance’ tells the audience a story of sands left by the once mighty river Padma and the suffering created for the riverside people.
Protecting Arctic in the near-term
Washington, DC. – Arctic Environment Ministers are calling for “urgent action” to reduce black carbon, methane, and HFCs in order to help protect the Arctic and reduce the risk of setting off self-amplifying feedback mechanisms that accelerate warming and lead…
Six points and the War of Liberation
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The fiery sit-in demonstration of youths at the Shahbagh Chattar for seventeen days to press their demand for capital punishment of war criminals attracted attention of the people from near and far. Many people expressed their solidarity…