Police detained a son of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who is facing war crimes charges, from the capital’s Uttara Model Town on Monday. Shamim Hossain Sayedee was detained for questioning along with three others from near a shop in…
Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Monday categorically said judges of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) should resign as new generation even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed ‘no confidence’ in ICT.
A bus crashed through the side of a bridge and fell into a river at Chakoria in Cox’s Bazar early on Monday. Police say atleast 18 passengers have died. Chakoria police station OC Ranjit Kumar Barua said the accident was…
Journalists of different media groups will stay off work for 24 hours from 6:00am on March 11 to demand justice for journalist couple Sagar Swawar and Meherun Runi, a union leader said on Monday.
The protesters at Shahbagh have called upon all Bangladeshis to stand up for three minutes at 4pm Tuesday to push for the execution of all war criminals.
Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has postponed their pre-scheduled protest rally which was set to be held on Saturday afternoon. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on Friday night, said they were compelled to postpone the protest programme as police…
In the awake of the ongoing demand from common people and legal experts, the government has taken decision to amend section 21 (2) of International Crime Tribunal (ICT) Act-1973. The amendment will incorporate a provision for the government to file…
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami was observed in greater Chittagong on Saturday amid stray violence. Pickets vandalized a bus in the port city in the morning and tried to bring out processions across the city during the hartal hours.
Bangladesh information minister Hasanul Hoque Inu has stressed on “cooperation and mutual market access” to develop the Bengali film industry. “If the two Bengals join hands , then we have much to gain,” Inu told the “Ananda Bazar Patrika” in…
Over 3,000 mid-level workers of ready made garment factories have received training on fire safety till Saturday. The burgeoning industry’s apex body Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) initiated the crash programme in the wake of the Nov 24…
Authorities have called off search after rescuers recovered 14 bodies following Friday’s ferry capsize in the river Meghna. Twelve more bodies were retrieved on Saturday after MV SM Sarash with some 50 passengers went down on the Meghna at Gazaria…
Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a three-day official visit to discuss bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest at a foreign secretary-level meeting. Bangladesh’s Acting Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque told bdnews24.com that they…
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed satisfaction in the “mass uprising”, demanding “capital punishment” for Jamaat-i-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla on war crime charges.
The law enforcers are still in the dark about the motives behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, a year after the homicide. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said after arresting a ‘suspect’ of the couple’s…
At least 200 workers of a readymade garments factory at Ashulia in Savar fell sick on Thursday night after eating food provided by the factory office.
Results of all subjects of the Masters final examinations of 2009 of the National University (NU) were announced on Friday.
A devastating fire damaged property worth around Tk 1.5 crore of Surichala Textile and Dyeing Factory at Kaliakoir of the district. The fire originated from an electrical short circuit of Melba textile section waving machine around 2:00 pm Friday.
Believe it or not, the report on the Teesta river that West Bengal government had commissioned last year has been shelved unceremoniously. Hydrologist Kalyan Rudra submitted his ‘preliminary’ report to chief minister Mamata Banerji in person in early December, highly…
A snowstorm of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the northeast with a vengeance on Friday, with up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow forecast along the densely populated corridor from the New York City area to Boston and…
A passenger ferry carrying up to 50 people sank in the river Meghna at Gazaria in Munshiganj Friday morning. bdnews24.com Narayanganj Correspondent reported the MV SM Sarash sank near Ismani Char around 8:00am after a sand-laden boat hit it, said…
The government is following a dual policy on war crimes trial, alleged the BNP Friday blaming the government for the recent controversy arising over the war crimes trial. “Now the government itself has landed in the trap it had laid,”…
Quazi Mohamamd Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis of Bangladesh pleaded guilty at a United States court as being involved in a plot to blow up the New York Federal Reserve building. The court will pronounce his sentence on May 30.
The ‘grand rally’ at Shahbagh intersection ended with a vow to spread the ongoing movement from Teknaf to Tetulia demanding death penalty for all war criminals, including Abdul Quader Molla, and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami.
The ruling Awami League lawmakers expressed solidarity to demonstration at Shahbagh to press home their demand of death penalty of Jamaat leader Quader Mollah for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday issued the circular for the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination to fill some 2,050 vacant posts of different cadres.
Thirteen distinguished personalities, including poets Rafiq Azad and Asad Chowdhury, have been nominated for the Ekushey Padak-2013 for their outstanding contributions to society and the country.
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jesmin Islam in 11 cases filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for Sonali Bank loan scam. Senior Special Judge M Jahurul Haque granted the bail after hearing of the cases.
The Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in greater Chittagong region for Saturday as the Islamist party was denied a rally in the port city.
The special privileges or division that Jamaat-e- Islami stalwart Abdul Quader Molla had been enjoying in jail has been revoked after the International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced him to life in prison for his war crimes in 1971.
People of all walks of life will stage a grand rally at Shahbagh Square at 3:00pm Friday to press home their demand of death penalty of Jamaat leader Quader Mollah for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war…